Rapsody

The Montreal festival also includes James Blake, Anderson .Paak, Lykke Li, The National, Blondie, Tyler the Creator, Brockhampton, Julien Baker, Jenny Lewis, Blood Orange, and still tons more.

U.S. Girls, Pussy Riot, Princess Nokia, Special Explosion, Say Anything, Integrity, Haley Heynderickx, Soccer Mommy, SOB x RBE, Maxo Kream, and more artists we’re excited to see at SXSW.

The lineup also includes Atmosphere (as always), Tyler the Creator, Hieroglyphics, Ice-T, Rapsody, Young M.A, Kamaiyah, Evidence, and much more.

The Goldenvoice-presented rap festival also includes Isaiah Rashad, Flatbush Zombies, Earl Sweatshirt, Juicy J, The Underachievers, Curren$y, and more.

The truly stacked lineup also includes 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert, dvsn, Black Thought & J Period with Fabolous & Jadakiss, Goldlink, BadBadNotGood, Jojo Abot, Sun Ra Arkestra, and more.

SXSW Film Festival will also premiere The Last OG, the new series starring Tracy Morgan and created by Oscar nominee Jordan Peele; Netflix’s new hip hop documentary series Rapture; and more.

Run the Jewels, Gary Clark Jr, Portugal. The Man, Chuck D, Big K.R.I.T., Chronixx, Miley Cyrus, Kimbra, Jill Scott, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, Common, Remy Ma, 6LACK, DRAM, Action Bronson, Freeway, Rapsody, Roxanne Shante, and Jimmy Jam were among the guests at The Roots’ pre-Grammys Jam Sessions at Gramercy Theatre.

From Perfume Genius to Kendrick Lamar to Power Trip to Julien Baker, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2017.

As always, NPR’s list mixes the pop/rock/rap/electronic/etc choices that most lists have with jazz, contemporary classical, and other stuff you may not have heard of.

As always, Complex’s list is heaviest on rap and R&B, so it makes room for great rap albums that you might not see on the big multi-genre lists.