The Charlotte artist Billy Chuck Da Goat turns a private self-audit into a gripping hip-hop and southern soul moment built for repeat plays. Some records hit hardest when they stop pointing fingers and start pointing inward. That is the charge running through “Mirror To Myself,” the new single from Charlotte artist Billy Chuck Da Goat. It has the feel of a late-night mental reset, the kind...

"Cloud Ocean", is a debut record, from Hafnarfjörður in Iceland with its young artist Guzo who is changing the parameters of hip-hop and storytelling. The release of an extraordinary album at eighteen by the producer, writer, vocalist, rapper, and audio engineer Guzo perfectly reflects his maturity, inspires and brings people up to him in new forms. Drawing from such influences as Quadeca, Frank Ocean, Tyler The...