Jacob Collier plays a Tiny Desk (Home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
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Chicano Batman plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Dirty Projectors plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Wilco performs at the 2017 XPoNential Music Festival. Jeremy Zimmerman/WXPN hide caption
cupcakKe switches her flow up so many times that "Discounts" is a raunchy and hilarious three-minute shopper bargain. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
SAULT's UNTITLED. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Miami duo City Girls returns with their second full-length album, City on Lock. Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
Sudan Archives plays a Tiny Desk concert. Kisha Ravi/NPR hide caption
Teyana Taylor's third musical project, simply titled The Album, is a sprawling work of 23 tracks that sends a clear message: She's done compromising her creative vision. Daniel Sannwald/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Anderson .Paak in the video for "Lockdown." YouTube hide caption
SAULT's UNTITLED digs into the everyday aspects of Black existence, and celebrates who we are privately, not when we're donning the cape and saving humanity from itself — again. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Little Dragon plays a Tiny Desk (Home) concert. NPR hide caption
Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture" is a conscious trap anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement. Matthew Geovany /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Alicia Keys plays a Tiny Desk concert (Kisha Ravi/NPR). Kisha Ravi/NPR/NPR hide caption
For sister R&B duo of Chloe and Halle Bailey, creative control is paramount. They co-wrote all of their new album's 13 tracks, and Chloe herself helped produced 10. Robin Harper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Chloe x Halle On Releasing Their New Album During America's 'Ungodly Hour'
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This new recording, from Bettye LaVette's upcoming album Blackbirds, returns "Strange Fruit" to the blues. Joseph A. Rosen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
PJ plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR hide caption
KIRBY plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR hide caption
Baby Rose plays a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. NPR hide caption
Meek Mill's "Other Side of America" is a poignant snapshot of a life he was never expected to get out of. Miller Mobley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Zeshan B sings like a classic soul artist, but also incorporates South Asian influences into his music. On his new album, Melismatic, he tackles social and political issues in both English and Urdu. Courtesy of the artist hide caption