Summer Walker

Summer Walker ENTER TEASER The crowd dances to the music at the Dreamville Music Festival in Raleigh, N.C. Alant Serene Millow/NPR hide caption GIVON Courtesy of the artist hide caption Roswave is light and breezy, but not necessarily unsophisticated the sound of an experience kissed by sweet summer heat. Vanessa Leroy/NPR hide caption

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Summer Walker ENTER TEASER

The crowd dances to the music at the Dreamville Music Festival in Raleigh, N.C. Alanté Serene Millow/NPR hide caption

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Roséwave is light and breezy, but not necessarily unsophisticated — the sound of an experience kissed by sweet summer heat. Vanessa Leroy/NPR hide caption

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Doja Cat. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for iHeartRadio hide caption

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Projects released by Summer Walker, Shelley FKA DRAM and Jazmine Sullivan are included in NPR Music's best R&B albums of 2021. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images hide caption

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Dreya Mac spits bars at a level far beyond a novice on her debut track "Skippin." Clara Setian/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Summer Walker's Over It is one of the best albums of October. Aiden Cullen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Summer Walker's debut album, Over It, is a sensation. ro.lexx/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Summer Walker's 'Over It' Is Worthy Of The Buzz

Summer Walker plays a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 13, 2019 (Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR). Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption

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R&B singer Summer Walker. Her latest album, Over It, is on our shortlist for the best releases out on Oct. 4. Aiden Cullen hide caption

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On Oct. 4

KIRBY's "Kool Aid" injects just the right doses of doo-wop and soul. Courtney Loo & David Karp/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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