West, Kanye

Artists like Edwin Birdsong and Ballin’ Jack aren’t household names, but their music is instantly recognizable as the samples behind hit pop songs. Source

Hear tracks by Blackpink, Jorja Smith, Washed Out and others. Source

Hear tracks by the Sunday Service Choir, Kehlani and Keyshia Cole, the Secret Sisters and others. Source

“Nebuchadnezzar,” presented Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl, is a passionate but puzzling work employing the rapper’s latest provocation: his salvation. Source

On “Jesus Is King,” his ninth album, the rapper turns to gospel music, suggesting a shift in his public image that’s actually not much of a change at all. Source

At his third listening party in three days, the rapper showed off a new side of himself with a gospel-tinged record that has yet to be released. Source

After a few of his most difficult years and a brief retreat from the spotlight, the rapper returned with Sunday Service — a performance of spiritual music where he rarely took center stage. Source

Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music. Source

The monologue, delivered in a red Make America Great Again hat, discussed racism and Democrats. Source


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