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So Plush on Rodney Jerkins, Darkchild Records, and the Making of Their Debut Album (2001 Interview)
Rodney Jerkins has been tearing through the R&B charts across the turn of the century. The first act on Darkchild, the label he established under Epic…
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Milestones: I Want You by Marvin Gaye
Leon Ware built the body; Gaye dressed it in sweat and falsetto. I Want You is a slow-burning desire, a borrowed collection of songs that became the…
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Imani Raven
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There Is Only One Chaka Khan
Since the mid-seventies, Chaka Khan has been a colorful chameleon on and off the stage. She is widely known for her spontaneity and has constantly found…
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Raya Sinclair
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Album Review: Love Games by Larrenwong
A Bay Area multi-instrumentalist’s second LP charms and seduces with real skill. It rarely risks enough to let anybody see him sweat.
Mar 15
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Jen Mauvais
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Album Review: Beautifully All Over the Place by Eric Roberson
A grown-folks record comfortable in its own living room. Roberson’s pen is sharpest when it stays indoors; the pep talks could use a window.
Mar 15
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Jamila W.
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Glenn Lewis, Thundercat, Alex Isley, and More R&B Songs This Week
Glenn Lewis is back. Plus Thundercat, Alex Isley, Leven Kali, and Casper Sage. What do we get? Returns, debuts, and a duet that sounds like almost…
Mar 15
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Album Review: What’s Bracken by Jeremy Ryan
The Jacksonville rapper’s concept album asks you not to trust him, then spends almost an hour trying to earn your trust anyway.
Mar 14
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Tai Lawson
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Album Review: SPOOKY: ACT I by TrigNO
A Columbus rapper with a decade of invisibility writes his darkest, most plotted-out album and dares you to sit through every story.
Mar 14
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Deja L.
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Album Review: Push & Paint by Bruiser Wolf & Sheefy McFly
Detroit’s funniest drug rapper and a painter who moonlights as a producer spend less than thirty minutes proving that wordplay can substitute for depth…
Mar 14
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Nia Lattimore
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Album Review: You’re Free to Go by Anjimile
On his third album, Anjimile splits open between devotion and disownment. He trades The King’s fury for something harder to fake: the courage to mean it…
Mar 13
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Zaria Farah
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Album Review: For Mary by Olive Jones
The Dorset soul singer spent a decade writing for people she couldn’t save. Her first album is the sound of showing up anyway.
Mar 13
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Seraphina Joy Clarke
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Album Review: Monica by Jack Harlow
An album named after a ‘90s R&B icon, made by a rapper who can barely sing, Jack Harlow scrapped four singles, abandoned rap entirely, and focused on…
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Alexandria Elise
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