Violet Love has offered up an EP titled "Destined to Fail," and it arrives less like a prediction and more like a pre-existing condition, a medical chart for a soul that’s been diagnosed with itself. The DIY recording quality doesn’t feel lo-fi for aesthetics; it feels necessary, like these songs could only have been born in a sealed-off room where the air was getting...

Misfit24th has a talent that only a few other rappers have: the ability to experiment with words and produce smart wordplay. The album "All Is Fair In Love & War" by the UK-based rapper is currently available, and the song "Indecisive Person" serves as the album's lead single. He freely acknowledges his indecision and refuses to censor himself. That's exactly what he does, and he also...