From field recordings to the divorce album, via club experiments and self-care rituals. Music that soundtracked another unpredictable year in the pandemic. Here are the best albums of 2021.
From the rise of UK drill to AI-augmented music, to post-genre explorations via pirate radio stations, here are the 50 albums that captured the many faces of 2019
When Kanye West was on the promotional trail for Yeezus, his interviews turned into an impromptu rally for his own worth as a fashion designer. He needed a co-sign, he needed the "infrastructure" to get out his dreams. One of the points he kept hammering home to bewildered radio DJs and journalists was the struggle he faced when he wanted to make the move from producing to rapping.