This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on their favorite albums of 2023 thus far:

0:00 Introduction

4:48 100 gecs, “10,000 gecs”

19:07 Skrillex, “Quest for Fire”/“Don’t Get Too Close”

22:14 Young Nudy, “Gumbo”

24:50 Peso Pluma, “Génesis”

30:55 Veeze, “Ganger”

35:25 Asake, “Work of Art”

42:05 J Hus, “Beautiful and Brutal Yard”

44:56 Ice Spice, “Like..?”

49:22 Bb trickz, “Trickstar”

53:45 Bailey Zimmerman, “Religiously. The Album.”

58:38 Bar Italia, “Tracey Demin”

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