#at a time when that genre is trending very safe and wispy & radio friendly

[saint-soap]

hi im the girl that obsessively keeps up with new music releases. lemme drop some 2024 stuff

cakes da killa makes insanely hype dance-rap influenced by ballroom & runway music, constantly calls attention to house's origin as black music. this dude is Gay and this music is Gay and it bops unreasonably hard. his new album Black Sheep owns

nia archives is a UK artist blending pop & breakbeat, sorta like if pinkpantheress went harder on both the pop elements and the breakbeat elements. catchy as hell & very straightforward

1010benja is a kansas city weirdo whos music is rap & r&b influenced but takes a much stranger angle at it, my partner described him as "singing like an anime protagonist" and i do get it. reminds me of hearing frank ocean for the first time, it sounds expensive and well put together but also really out there. also his voice kinda sounds like justin timberlake

she popped off earlier this year so idk if she counts as obscure anymore but rachel chinouriri just put out her debut album and it's absolutely killer guitar pop that throws it back to uk stuff from the 2000s

lustsickpuppy is a new york artist who straddles lines like industrial & breakbeat & hard electronic & rap & hardcore, their stuff isnt for the faint of heart but if you love to go stupid & crazy to stuff like machine girl or black dresses or death grips or ministry then you will dig on this for sure. they shouted "dont forget to always kill your rapists" when i saw them live

baltimore synth-funk wizard dude nourished by time just put out a new EP on xl recordings, synth funk has sounded the same for so long that its super cool to hear somebody like them pushing the genre forward in DIY ways. this is dance for ur soul

baby rose is an r&b/soul singer with the smokiest, bluesiest, prettiest voice, it's so unique in the current landscape. the instrumentals for this EP were done by jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD so if you want pretty singing over lush sax and piano this is where to get that

uk rapper john glacier is hit or miss for me but her whispery, ice-cold style is really identifiable and a ton of people i know love her. this new EP is her best work yet imo, lots of very different instrumentals on here

brittany howard, formerly of southern rock band alabama shakes, has her second solo album out and its AMAZING i cant rec this enough. crazy mix of soul & psychedelic rock

like black people are present in every single fucking genre and scene and popularized and straight up created several but people are so fucking hell bent on finding every possible excuse to not engage with their music because its easier than trying to confront their own racism. like okay well if its truly just a disinterest in most rap music then surely you listen to black artists in other genres right? who am i fucking kidding. of course you dont.