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Album Review: I Took It Personal by Nick Grant
Nick Grant opens up about his time in the major-label system, reflecting on the industry's pitfalls, but makes it clear that he hasn’t forgotten where…
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Harry Brown
Billboard Played In People’s Faces During Black Music Month
No list will ever satisfy everyone, of course. R&B is a sprawling genre spanning many eras and styles, narrowing it down to a ranked 75 is an exercise…
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Blackpolitan
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Imani Raven
Album Review: Come As You Are by Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Come As You Are succeeds in painting the sonic portrait it set out to create. It’s an album that invites you to experience the full breadth of what…
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Phil
Album Review: Hopefully ! by Loyle Carner
On his fourth album, Loyle Carner introduces a warm, introspective space defined by personal growth and cautious optimism. It glows with raw humanity…
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Murffey Zavier
Album Review: Do It Afraid by Yaya Bey
Yaya Bey has delivered one of her most compelling projects yet, proving that sometimes the bravest thing an artist can do is embrace all facets of life…
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Tai Lawson
New Music Drops: June 20, 2025
Here’s your upcoming rundown of albums/singles releasing on June 20th, featuring Benson Boone, Haim, Muse, JADE, and many others.
Sometimes You Gotta Pop Out and Show Niggas On Juneteenth
As we reflect on that legendary night, the inspiration continues to flow. The Pop Out was a movement, one that’s still pushing West Coast hip-hop…
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Phil
Wednesday Roundups #106: 22 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
With Theo Croker, Juicy J/Logic, Leikeli47, Annahstasia, Apathy, Joe Armon-Jones, Brandee Younger, Cherrie, Natanya, Toulouse, Psiryn, and others, hit…
R&B Groups That Never Came to Fruition
The list outlined an alternative timeline of R&B, one where everything remained central even as the business world around them kept changing the rules.
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Jill Wannasa
The Understated Influence of Three 6 Mafia
Three 6 built a local language so vivid that the outside world eventually learned to speak it. Every triplet stanza snapped off by a chart-topping…
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Blackpolitan
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Brandon O'Sullivan
Album Review: Tether by Annahstasia
As an artist of Nigerian descent working in a scene often split by genre tags, Annahstasia avoids easy boxes. She folds folk progressions, soul…
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LeMarcus
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Milestones: Fantastic, Vol. 2 by Slum Village
Fantastic, Vol. 2 has lived a double life, passing from hand to hand as a beloved underground tape, while simultaneously serving as a touchstone whose…
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Harry Brown
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