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The Round-Up: Best Songs of The Week - ft. Ciara, Chance The Rapper and More
The Round-Up: Best Songs of The Week - ft. Ciara, Chance The Rapper and More

The Round-Up: Best Songs of The Week - ft. Ciara, Chance The Rapper and More

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

Featuring selections from new albums by The Internet, Buddy, and jitwam, as well as the week's finest standalone frequencies

The Round-Up is back today with a fresh batch of essentials for your weekend dial.

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A svelte release week was led by hip-hop's newest media mogul, Chance The Rapper, and his surprise four-track EP, closing today with The Internet's latest full-length, Hive Mind, along with polished pieces from Buddy and jitwam. (But the prospect of a new album from her holiness, Sade, is probably enough to just sign the fuck off until further notice.)

Elsewhere, we see the return of Ciara, a choice new morsel from r&b upstarts, Radiant Children, psychedelic synth pop experiments by way of Portland's Hosannas, and a dash of (far from domestic) bossa-infused house sounds from VHOOR, off the Brazilian producer's stellar new EP.

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All this and more can be heard in this week's installment of The Round-Up. Plug into the latest episode below. Hit the link to subscribe to Okayplayer's Spotify channel and never wonder what's next on the rotation.

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