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On Maps, an album-length collaboration with the producer Kenny Segal, rapper billy woods (in the photo above obscuring his face, as is his custom) offers the collected wisdom of two decades worth of journeys. B.A. Stubbs/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Q Marsden's debut album, Soul,PRESENT tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on May 5. Willem Verbeeck/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 5

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Across Haram, an Islamic term meaning "forbidden," the rappers billy woods and ELUCID dissect all things taboo, and how, ultimately, those commodities are still ubiquitous across cultures. Alexander Richter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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