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Five 2010 R&B Albums for Fans of Neo‑Soul, Quiet Storm and Grown Folks’ R&B
While the charts chased EDM, these five albums doubled down on grown‑folks storytelling. They’re the kind of records that reward late‑night listening…
14 hrs ago
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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
, and
Shatter the Standards
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Anniversaries: Love Me Back by Jazmine Sullivan
Jazmine Sullivan channels the spirits of her musical foremothers while forging her own identity. Love Me Back gives so much love that it compels you to…
22 hrs ago
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Imani Raven
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Shatter the Standards
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Anniversaries: But You Caint Use My Phone by Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is still on the line, still experimenting with that perfect frequency. In a world more digitally tangled than ever, sometimes the soul…
Nov 28
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Jill Wannasa
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Shatter the Standards
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Album Review: Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time by Jessie J
A decade after her first break, Jessie J isn’t chasing the charts. The singer who once rode the line between pop hits and stage‑school bravado is…
Nov 28
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Alexandria Elise
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Shatter the Standards
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New Music Drops: November 28, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on November 28th, featuring Jessie J, Pink Siifu, Stove God Cooks, Sweet Love, and many others.
Nov 28
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Five 2000 R&B Albums from the Awkward Center of the Mainstream
Follow Tamar, Ol’ Skool, Elisha La’Verne, Gerald Levert, and Fishbone, and you get a different map of the year 2000. Follow the producers’ names in the…
Nov 26
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Kendra Vale
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Murffey Zavier
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Jill Wannasa
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Asa McKenzie
, and
Shatter the Standards
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Wednesday Roundups #129: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
With Elujay, Myles Lloyd, Ben Reilly, Awich, SABRI, iAMLYRIC, André Mego, Tawobi, OLA, Flee Lord/Jansport J, Remey Williams, Hus KingPin, and others…
Nov 26
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Five 2000 Rap Albums That Tell On the Year That Made Them
Each of these records was asked to do too much: fix a label, restart a career, honor the dead, prove a crew was still worth betting on. But you can also…
Nov 26
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Phil
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Brandon O'Sullivan
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Javon Bailey
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Asa McKenzie
,
Randy
, and
Shatter the Standards
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Album Review: The Pilot by MAVI
MAVI works out from the chaos of his last record with a sober eye and a heavy heart. This mixtape traces how he confronts the cost of success and the…
Nov 25
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Harry Brown
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Shatter the Standards
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November 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
With releases from ROSALÍA to Armand Hammer, here are notable releases in November that stood out to us as the best albums of the month.
Nov 25
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Our Tribute to Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
His voice moved through decades without ever losing the conviction he carried as a young singer from Somerton. This tribute gathers everything that…
Nov 24
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Shatter the Standards
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“Not Just Hip-Hop”—The Hidden Hierarchy Within
Does this language elevate or erase hip-hop’s value? What does it say about respect, legacy, genre hierarchy—and who gets to define “artist”?
Nov 24
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Blackpolitan
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Greg J.
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