The only way you can hear Yasiin Bey 's first album in a decade is by being trapped in a museum. The installation yasiin bey: Negus, which runs through January 26 at the Brooklyn Museum, is advertised as a multimedia hip-hop experience offering the…

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From Eminem sidekick to Dr. Dre ghostwriter, from major-label hit-chaser to backpack powerhouse, from deliriously drunk shit-talker to soberingly woke preacher, Royce 5'9” has played them all. In his 20 years of funneling characters into…

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Medhane's writing leans on the value of blood bonds and forged friendships. “With my fam,' on the grind, going to the sky/Putting pain in, tell a story like a painting,” he raps on “Dan Freeman,” the opening track from…

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The glassine synthpop Allie Hughes crafts as Allie X often serves as a Trojan horse for the eccentric personas she invents. A classically trained singer, Hughes prefers characters and costumes, often donning bug-eyed sunglasses while performing…

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Spend enough time listening to Destroyer and the world will start to resemble a Dan Bejar song—when a bon vivant slips in an unexpected curse word; when a friend tries to place a melody by humming the guitar part; when a common phrase twists…

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