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Milestones: Breezin’ by George Benson
George Benson left the jazz purists behind in 1976. Three days at Capitol Studios produced the genre’s first platinum album.
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Rosa Delgado
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Milestones: Kollage by Bahamadia
A masterclass in cool from a rapper whose loyalty to the culture doubled as her artistic compass. The production pedigree alone would sell the record…
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Tabia N. Mullings
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Tenderness, Control, and a Strong Sense of Self
These five R&B albums from 2011 that stayed close to the body and the voice, then kept deepening over time. Some came in quietly, but none of them…
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Album Review: Good Intentions by Ego Ella May
A South London songwriter turns prayer, diaspora grief, and unglamorous love into her sharpest record yet.
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Ameenah Laquita
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Wednesday Roundups #141: 25 New Projects You Should Listen to Now
Listen to new releases from Olive Jones, Cities Aviv, Miranda Rae, Self Proclaimed Narcissist, sky, Charlotte Colace, Blessing Jolie, Jamal Gasol, Leven…
Mar 18
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Album Review: Comfortably Suffering by Duncecap & Samurai Banana
On their first album together in a decade, the Queens rapper and his longtime producer reunite with sharper teeth and heavier bags under their eyes.
Mar 17
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Mina Abdel
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The Handguide to Lucky Daye
David Brown left a cult at eight, got cut from American Idol at nineteen, and starved in LA at thirty. Lucky Daye is what happened after all of it…
Mar 17
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Janelle K. Moore
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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…
Mar 16
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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…
Mar 16
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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…
Mar 16
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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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