Big Thief touch into death and love on ‘Change’, although simply and directly; Robert Glasper does his jazz/hip-hop/r’n’b thing on ‘Shine’; Dean Wareham sends a strong and simple message about loss on ‘As Much As It Was Worth’ - “it hurts, just as much as it was worth”; Sonically, Stick in the Wheel are delicate and gentle combining electronics and folk, emotionally, on ‘The Cuckoo’ they’re quite heavy.

Triptych' is a single from the debut album by New York singer-songwriter Samia; Black Thought, Pusha T, Killer Mike shared an uplifting soul hip-hop single 'Good Morning'; 'The Death of Us' is a classic Lamb of God ripper from 'Bill & Ted' soundtrack; jazz but-I-really-like-hip-hop pianist Robert Glasper is back with a smooth song 'Better Then I Imagined' featuring H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello; post-punk band Joanie covered Solange's 'Cranes in the Sky' "because it was such an important song for Black women"; Clipping go dark and industrial with 'Say the Name'.

“We wanted to make it more about the music. Not about what anybody knows less or knows more. Just make something that feels good to the heart” - saxophonist and producer Terrace Martin told the Fader about Dinner Party, a new supergroup he shares with pianist Robert Glasper, producer 9th Wonder, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and The Chicago-based singer Phoelix as an added member. They've known each other for years - Martin and Washington attended high school together; Martin and Glasper attended jazz camp together at age 16; Washington and Glasper used to sit in with each other at The Piano Bar in L.A. Dinner Party’s self-titled debut spotlights jazz and hip-hop’s shared history of protest, and it is due out July 10th.