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Five 2010 R&B Albums That Marked a Turning Point for Their Artists
You can hear artists fighting through circumstances—scandal, reinvention, label grind, or lineup changes—but the records stay grounded in the songs…
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Phil
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Imani Raven
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Tai Lawson
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Seraphina Joy Clarke
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Keziah Amara Reid
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Shatter the Standards
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Anniversaries: Shadow of a Doubt by Freddie Gibbs
Shadow of a Doubt has aged into an intriguing chapter of the Freddie Gibbs saga. Not his magnum opus, but a vital turning point that cemented his…
20 hrs ago
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Javon Bailey
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Anniversaries: H.N.I.C. by Prodigy
Prodigy’s ice-cold flow still commands respect as if declaring, one more time, that he’s the head in charge. H.N.I.C. remains a gripping listen, a…
Nov 14
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Nehemiah
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Album Review: Finally Over It by Summer Walker
Summer Walker is wedded to a saga even as she looks ready to shed it. She isn’t chasing a happy ending so much as deciding which parts of herself she…
Nov 14
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Jamila W.
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New Music Drops: November 14, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on November 14th, featuring Celeste, FKA twigs, Ellie Goulding, Nia Smith, and many others.
Nov 14
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Album Review: Woman of Faces by Celeste
Sometimes a performer doesn’t make a second record so much as rebuild themselves. In Celeste’s case, that reconstruction happens in public and in song.
Nov 13
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Charlotte Rochel
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Album Review: Everything Is a Lot by Wale
After four years of relative quiet and a label change, Wale stands up as an emcee with history. Everything Is a Lot is not a reboot, but the weight he’s…
Nov 13
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LeMarcus
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Album Review: Eusexua Afterglow by FKA twigs
After Eusexua’s dance‑floor high, FKA twigs turns the glow of recovery into something hungrier and self‑possessed.
Nov 13
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F. Qureshi
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Anniversaries: Labcabincalifornia by The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde may have been running away from something on this album. The trappings of fame, the simplicity of their youth, but they were running toward…
Nov 13
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Harry Brown
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Five 2000 R&B Albums That Changed the Temperature
In the shadow of Y2K and Napster, R&B got sleek, grown, and quietly strange. These albums caught that energy before anyone called it nostalgia.
Nov 12
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Kendra Vale
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DeShawn Ellis
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Asa McKenzie
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Murffey Zavier
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Shatter the Standards
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Wednesday Roundups #127: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
With Kofi Stone, Tomorrow Kings, Domo Genesis & Graymatter, BLK ODYSSY, Flwr Chyld, MoRuf, Demae, BODHI, Shane Eagle, Shungu, 2BYG, and others, hit play…
Nov 12
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Milestones: Waiting to Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) by Various Artists
Babyface’s all-women celebration of R&B and soul remains a milestone. We’re still inhaling and exhaling its artistry, knowing that this treasure of an…
Nov 12
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Tai Lawson
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