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Rapsody's album Please Don't Cry functions as a reintroduction to the rapper — long defined by her technique, now revealing some of the real person behind that prowess. Jhalin Knowles/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Mask off: When rappers bust their own myths

May 23, 2024 • Rapsody and Mach-Hommy, two rap technicians long defined by their skill above all, shake off that armor on a pair of striking new albums that demonstrate wildly different kinds of vulnerability.

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The 25 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021

December 10, 2021 • This year's best hip-hop — including Westside Gunn, Mach-Hommy and Moor Mother — comes from death and defiance, erotic power and provocation, Black joy and pain — and that's just the shortlist.

NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 (20-11)

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NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 (20-11)

December 1, 2021 • NPR's annual list of the year's best albums is full of work by musicians who hit career peaks, discovered their voices or willed something new into reality.

Amid Haiti's Upheaval, Rapper Mach-Hommy Sees The Country's Resiliency In Focus

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Amid Haiti's Upheaval, Rapper Mach-Hommy Sees The Country's Resiliency In Focus

July 25, 2021 • NPR's Michel Martin talks with rapper Mach-Hommy about the dissonance between increased unrest in the country and the success of his latest album, Pray For Haiti.

Amid Haiti's Upheaval, Rapper Mach-Hommy Sees The Country's Resiliency In Focus

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Dystopian Rap Is The Death Rattle Of The American Dream

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Dystopian Rap Is The Death Rattle Of The American Dream

December 11, 2019 • A lot of the rap that felt worth listening to in 2019 was hard to listen to — full of sonic dissonance and emotional distance, and pregnant with a particularly black depiction of dystopia.