6lack, Quin, Jordan Ward

CRITIC’S PICK: With his 2016 debut album FREE 6LACK and his groundbreaking 2018 follow-up East Atlanta Love Letter, 6lack solidified himself as one of the most important Atlanta R&B acts of the late 2010s. After a five-year hiatus, LVRN’s premier male act finally returned with his first full-length project of the 2020s — titled Since I Have A Lover — on March 24, 2023, and this fall, he’ll be touring in support of the dreamy new LP. 6lack will have rising artists Quin and Jordan Ward in tow for his “Since I Have A Lover” Tour, and if you’re a sucker for tour finales, the Eastside artist’s Atlanta tour stop will not only be a long-awaited homecoming show — it will also be the final tour date of his tour’s North American pilgrimage. — Joshua Robinson