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Milestones: Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston’s full range of abilities became apparent in her self-titled debut: a potent blend of sound-based craftsmanship, strategic marketing…
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Tai Lawson
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New Music Drops: February 14, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on February 14th, featuring Alessia Cara, The War and Treaty, Muni Long, Raveena, and many…
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: From Spirituals to Secular Song
Blackness between emotion and prejudice.
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Imani Raven
Wednesday Roundups #88: 17 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
With ZelooperZ/Real Bad Man, chlothegod, Krept & Konan, Chase Shakur, Nia Wyn, Jordyn Simone, Elliot Galvin, TRUICE, Kenny Sharp, and others listed, hit…
The Lineage of Donny Hathaway
Each guide is based on legendary musicians believed to be part of D’Angelo’s roots. It then branches out into post-‘Brown Sugar’ and ‘Voodoo,’ drawn…
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
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Jamila W.
Kendrick’s Personal Reckoning on The Blacker the Berry
The song channels Dot’s guilt over surviving Compton’s streets while friends perished. By admitting his violent impulses, he implicates himself in…
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Brandon O'Sullivan
Milestones: Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
Ghostface Killah set the tone for the new millennium in hip-hop with the release of his second album. “He was the best rapper, our favorite rapper…
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Nehemiah
Milestones: Let’s Get Free by dead prez
dead prez followed Public Enemy’s blueprint with political hip-hop and released a spectacular debut album that reminds us to be the change we want to…
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Reginald Marcel
The Handguide to Kendrick Lamar
From Compton storyteller to Pulitzer prize-winner to headlining one of the biggest events as a solo rapper, the first to do it. We give flowers to…
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Phil
Stepped Out the Swamp to the Grammy Stage
All praise is due after beating the odds; Doechii’s rise to one of the best new MCs has been unprecedented, with a critically acclaimed mixtape and the…
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Tabia N. Mullings
New Music Drops: February 7, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on February 7th, featuring Squid, Larry June/2 Chainz/The Alchemist, LISA, Doechii, and many…
Go Down, Moses: The Era of Colonialism and the African Diaspora
Here’s an era of Colonialism and the African Diaspora with the establishment of slavery by the European powers.
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Imani Raven
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