Sitemap - 2025 - Shatter the Standards
Wednesday Roundups #106: 22 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
R&B Groups That Never Came to Fruition
The Understated Influence of Three 6 Mafia
Album Review: Tether by Annahstasia
Milestones: Fantastic, Vol. 2 by Slum Village
Album Review: Victory by Slick Rick
New Music Drops: June 13, 2025
Chlöe x Halle Share Their Ungodly Hour, Heavenly Growth: From Halo to After-Hours
Anniversaries: Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
Our Tribute to Ananda Lewis (1973-2025)
Wednesday Roundups #105: 21 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Let’s Have an Unfiltered Dialogue About Black Music Award Shows
Our Tribute to Sly Stone (1943-2025)
Can R&B Artists Stop Hopping On the Afrobeats Wave?
Album Review: The Co-Star by Eric Benét
Milestones: The Heat Is On by The Isley Brothers
Album Review: Tha Carter VI by Lil Wayne
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 (So Far…)
Album Review: Lotus by Little Simz
Wednesday Roundups #104: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Best Rap Music of 2025 (So Far…)
Quiet Cuts, Loud Consequences for Black Music
The Best R&B Music of 2025 (So Far…)
The Handguide to ‘70s Funk Albums (Beginners Edition)
May 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Created Alfredo With Pasta Sauce and Powder Residue
Wednesday Roundups #103: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Kendrick Lamar & SZA Close SoFi Stadium Trilogy in 50-Plus Song Blaze (Concert Review)
How Sacha Jenkins Rewrote the Culture
Milestones: The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
Milestones: Lucy Pearl by Lucy Pearl
Milestones: Adventures In Paradise by Minnie Riperton
Milestones: Diana by Diana Ross
Wednesday Roundups #102: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Most Disrespected, Unprotected, and Neglected Person In America Is the Black Woman
Anniversaries: The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Anniversaries: Distant Relatives by Nas & Damian Marley
Album Review: Sincerely, by Kali Uchis
The Handguide to Backwoodz Studioz
Joey Bada$$ Fires Back at Ray Vaughn On “The Finals”
Ray Vaughn Wasted No Time Getting at Joey Bada$$ With “Hoe Era”
Wednesday Roundups #101: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Deciphering Big Sean, Joey Bada$$, and Ab-Soul’s Red Bull Spiral Freestyle
Album Review: Glockaveli by Key Glock
Kehlani Faces a Chorus of Censorship Over Gaza Stance
Deciphering King Los’ Justin Credible’s Freestyle Series (#193)
Album Review: Golliwog by billy woods
Wednesday Roundups #100: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Mo’ Love, Mo’ Problem, Mo’ Bashin’
Wednesday Roundups #99: 23 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
April 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Revisiting the Year 1978 in R&B
Album Review: The Crown by Ledisi
Album Review: The Good, The Bad & The Dollar Menu by Ray Vaughn
Milestones: The Infamous by Mobb Deep
New Music Drops: April 25, 2025
Album Review: Why Not More? by Coco Jones
Wednesday Roundups #98: 13 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Miles Davis and Roy Ayers
R&B Albums That Basically Counts As Going to Therapy
Album Review: We Need to Talk: Love by Keri Hilson
New Music Drops: April 18, 2025
EP Review: When (EP) by Alex Isley
Wednesday Roundups #97: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, and Minnie Riperton
Album Review: Audience With the Queen by Galactic & Irma Thomas
Milestones: The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey
New Music Drops: April 11, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #96: 17 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday
New Music Drops: April 4, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #95: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: SILK&SORROW by Ray Lozano
The Handguide to the Ladies of Hip-Hop
I Came to Save a Thing Called Female Rap
March 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Milestones: Like Water for Chocolate by Common
New Music Drops: March 28, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #94: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: Can’t Lose My (Soul) by Annie & The Caldwells
New Music Drops: March 21, 2025
Album Review: Waiting On You by Jon B
Objectified Women With Stunts & Sovereigns
Wednesday Roundups #93: 9 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID by Saba & No ID
Milestones: Me Against the World by 2Pac
New Music Drops: March 14, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #92: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Our Tribute to D’Wayne Wiggins (1961-2025)
The Handguide to Albums by Related Artists (‘80s Whitney)
New Music Drops: March 7, 2025
Album Review: Mayhem by Lady Gaga
Our Tribute to Roy Ayers (1940-2025)
Wednesday Roundups #91: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Don’t You Know What That Means?
1967 — Early ‘70s Female Singer-Songwriters
Our Tribute to Angie Stone (1961-2025)
February 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
New Music Drops: February 28, 2025
Our Tribute to Chris Jasper (1951-2025)
Wednesday Roundups #90: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Al Green and Bobby Womack
Our Tribute to Roberta Flack (1937-2025)
Milestones: Funkadelic by Funkadelic
150 Best R&B Albums of the 2020s So Far
Our Tribute to Gwen McCrae (1943-2025)
Our Tribute to Jerry Butler (1939-2025)
Anniversaries: Safe + Sound by DJ Quik
New Music Drops: February 21, 2025
The African Heritage: Going to My Roots
Wednesday Roundups #89: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: Bloom by Durand Bernarr
Milestones: Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
New Music Drops: February 14, 2025
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: From Spirituals to Secular Song
Wednesday Roundups #88: 17 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Kendrick’s Personal Reckoning on The Blacker the Berry
Milestones: Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
Milestones: Let’s Get Free by dead prez
The Handguide to Kendrick Lamar
Stepped Out the Swamp to the Grammy Stage
New Music Drops: February 7, 2025
Go Down, Moses: The Era of Colonialism and the African Diaspora
Wednesday Roundups #87: 21 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Sly & The Family Stone, Funkadelic, Ohio Players, and Earth, Wind & Fire
Run-D.M.C. Were No Less Rock Than Your Favorite Band
Album Review: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) by Teddy Swims
Album Review: Can’t Rush Greatness by Central Cee
January 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Album Review: Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd
New Music Drops: January 31, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #86: 17 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Lineage of Curtis Mayfield
The Handguide to Talkbox: An Oral History of Funk In 44 Songs
Album Review: Eusexua by FKA twigs
Milestones: Voodoo by D’Angelo
New Music Drops: January 24, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #85: 14 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Milestones: The Documentary by The Game
Album Review: WHAM by Lil Baby
Milestones: Do You Want More?!!!??! by The Roots
New Music Drops: January 17, 2025
Album Review: Balloonerism by Mac Miller
Wednesday Roundups #84: 8 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand
Our Tribute to Sam Moore (1935-2025)
Album Review: Debí Tirar Más Fotos by Bad Bunny
Anniversaries: Reality Show by Jazmine Sullivan
New Music Drops: January 10, 2025
The Best Hip-Hop Album, Every Year Since 1980