Jessie Reyez is gorgeous, talented, funny as hell, and clearly doesn't take herself too seriously. She's just as comfortable looking glamorous as she is making ridiculous faces, cracking jokes or telling the world exactly how she feels. And that's part of what makes her so much fun to watch.

Wale has never been afraid to put a lot on his mind—and on everything is a lot., that becomes the point. His eighth studio album, released via Def Jam Recordings, finds the GRAMMY®-nominated rapper sorting through fame, family, love, isolation and the pressure that comes with trying to hold everything together.

GRAMMY®-nominated artist Tobe Nwigwe has always found ways to connect music, family, and culture, and his latest album, The Bridge, released October 9, brings those worlds even closer.

Kenny Mason has always sounded most comfortable somewhere between worlds, and on BULLDAWG, that refusal to fit neatly into one box becomes part of the point. The Atlanta artist’s third studio album uses the idea of a junkyard as a metaphor for a world that can make people feel disposable, then spends 15 tracks pushing back against it.

If your post-teen years are supposed to be messy, Bella Kay has found a pretty great soundtrack for them on My Reckless Abandon. At just 20, the Texas-born singer-songwriter turns heartbreak, self-doubt and the chaos of growing up into alternative pop that feels intimate without being fragile.

Ari Lennox has never been afraid to unpack her feelings, and with Vacancy and Vacancy: Late Checkout, she’s brought enough emotional baggage for an extended stay. Vacancy (Interscope) finds Ari Lennox settling into a space that has always suited her: grown-up R&B that can be sensual, funny, vulnerable and completely unguarded, sometimes all at once.