This is the first of a two-part series on the origin of the song ‘Dominica, Land of Such Beauty’. The second installation ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

On the Daisy Age veterans’ 10th album, De La confront the loss of Trugoy the Dove, who died while making the record. But despite the sorrowful subtext, their rhymes and beats are as playful as ever.

Damon Albarn is preparing for a big Gorillaz year in 2026: The band has a new album, The Mountain, on the way in March. Before that, fans in Los Angeles have the opportunity to hear it early, as today ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Three has always been "The Magic Number" for hip hop trio De La Soul. But, with one voice gone, how do you keep making the magic? Founding member David Jude "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur passed away in ...

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One of the group’s most memorable lyrics is “f**k being hard, Posdnous is complicated” – and while the group's legacy is one of undeniable renown and admiration, their catalog is as webby as anything ...

Nearly four decades after banding together as Long Island teenagers, De La Soul still know how to create event albums that command our attention. It’s one of their less-acknowledged gifts — there’s ...

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