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Arts & Life
Nick Sligh notes the best hip-pop/rap albums released between April and June of 2020.

Best hip-hop/rap albums of the 2nd quarter of 2020 (April-June)

Nick Sligh
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June 24, 2020
Arts & Life
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Norwegian artist Aurora Aksnes is a muse for the electro-dark pop generation

Kamilah Arteaga
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May 20, 2020
Arts & Life
(Photo: Universal Pictures)

‘The Show Must Go On[line]’: Revisiting childhood favorites in musical theater during the pandemic

Jocelyn Chen
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April 19, 2020
Arts & Life
The Gopi Family (father Paramesh Gopi from Stanford Medicine and his children Kaanchana and Shankaran) perform a traditional Indian healing prayer on the keyboard during last week's "Stuck@Home" concert. (Photo: Stanford Medicine & the Muse).

Stanford Medicine’s ‘Stuck@Home’ series closes the distance between medicine and art despite social distancing

Chloe Chow
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April 8, 2020
Arts & Life
The album cover for "3.15.20" is a blank white square with the faintly-engraved words "Donald Glover presents," capturing the existential themes of Childish Gambino's March 22 digital release. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Childish Gambino’s ‘3.15.20’ is an almost-algorhythmic musical masterpiece

Ari Gabriel
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March 26, 2020
Arts & Life
Stanford-affiliated concert violinist Francisco Fullana performs for enthusiastic, socially-distanced neighbors in local park. (Photo credit: Alice Ting)

Del Sol Quartet, Francisco Fullana enliven Bay Area with ‘socially distanced’ music

Natalie Francis
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March 23, 2020
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar, Saba and Lupe Fiasco claim the final 3 spots of the top 10 hip-hop/rap albums of the decade. (Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #10-1

Nick Sligh
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March 18, 2020
Arts & Life
Kendrick Lamar, IDK and Vince Staples round out this week's rankings of #20-11 of the top 100 hip-hop albums of the decade. (Graphic: AMY LO/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #20-11

Nick Sligh
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March 12, 2020
Arts & Life
Miriam El-Mansouri '22 surprises the audience with her cover of French classic "Rein de Rein" accompanied by William Kingsfield '20 on the guitar at Wednesday's Music @ Mars event, the second of the school year. (Photo courtesy of Paulo Makalinao)

Palm Drive Records’ Music @ Mars gives indie musicians the mic

Megan Faircloth
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March 6, 2020
Arts & Life
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Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #30-21

Nick Sligh
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March 4, 2020
Arts & Life
Alexa Thomson '21 and her a cappella co-stars shine in this year's astrology-take on Mixed Co.'s annual anti-Valentines Day show. (photo credit: Michael Byun)

Astrology app gives Stanford’s Mixed Co love advice in ‘Love Sucks’

Nadia Jo
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Feb. 25, 2020
Arts & Life
J.I.D, Vince Staples and EarthGang round out this week's rankings of #50-41 of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the decade. (Graphic: HELEN HE/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #50-41

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 19, 2020
Arts & Life
(Photo: Universal Pictures)

1917, the Great War and Brexit

Altair Brandon-Salmon
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Feb. 13, 2020
Arts & Life
The Underachievers round out this week's rankings of the top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s. (Graphic: HELEN HE/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #60-51

Nick Sligh
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Feb. 12, 2020
Arts & Life
The debut punk album 'Family Party' (2019) of Washington D.C.-based Knife Wife both draws from and breaks away from traditional punk (Photo: Bandcamp)

Knife Wife’s ‘Family Party’ punk is weird and wonderful

Palmer Manes
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Feb. 10, 2020
Arts & Life
St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein star as fictionalized versions of themselves in "The Nowhere Inn." (Courtesy of Sundance Institute)

Sundance 2020, part 1: St. Vincent’s ‘The Nowhere Inn’ is fan-service, but who’s complaining?

Julie Fukunaga
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Feb. 5, 2020
Arts & Life
With genre-bending releases and a colorful personality, Tyler The Creator (pictured) helped to push the evolution of hip-hop throughout the decade. Tyler's 2019 release "IGOR" kicks off the top 100 countdown. (Graphic: MEGAN KING/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #80-71

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
Dreamville founder and 2010s breakout hip-hop sensation J Cole (pictured) rounds out the next section of the top 100 albums countdown. (Graphic: DANIEL WU/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #90-81

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 22, 2020
Arts & Life
"Little Women" is a brilliant and modern adaptation of the classic novel. (Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

‘Little Women’ (2019) excels in the eyes of the artiste

Natalie Francis
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Jan. 21, 2020
Arts & Life
With genre-bending releases and a colorful personality, Tyler The Creator (pictured) helped to push the evolution of hip-hop throughout the decade. Tyler's 2019 release "IGOR" kicks off the top 100 countdown. (Graphic: LIV JENKS/The Stanford Daily)

Top 100 hip-hop/rap albums of the 2010s: #100-91

Nick Sligh
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Jan. 15, 2020
The Stanford Daily

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