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December 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Anniversaries: Song of Sage: Post Panic! by Navy Blue
The Quiet Double Standard Around Artistic Integrity
Five 2010 R&B Albums Where Desire Runs the Script
Five 2010 Rap Albums, Veteran Moves Only
Milestones: The Breakthrough by Mary J. Blige
The Lineage of Voodoo (The Forgotten Gems)
Anniversaries: Unpredictable by Jamie Foxx
New Music Drops: December 19, 2025
Who Is Your Rap’s MVP of 2025?
Anniversaries: Brass by Moor Mother & billy woods
Wednesday Roundups #132: 16 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: King Push — Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude by Pusha T
Doechii’s School of Hip Hop Becomes Theater Without Losing Its Bite
Anniversaries: Code Red by Monica
Nicki Minaj, MAGA, and Grifting Without Selling Anything
Milestones: Mothership Connection by Parliament
Our Tribute to Carl Carlton (1953-2025)
Ranking the Best Mass Appeal Albums from the “Legend Has It…” Series
Five 2010 R&B Albums Built on Loyalty, Not Reinvention
The 80 Best Rap Albums of 2025
Album Review: What Happened to the Streets? by 21 Savage
Album Review: Light-Years by Nas & DJ Premier
New Music Drops: December 12, 2025
Album Review: You Can’t Kill God with Bullets by Conway the Machine
Five 2000 R&B Albums That Made “Second Tier” Feel Essential
Wednesday Roundups #131: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Five 2000 Rap Albums You Hear Differently When the Smoke Clears
Album Review: Dynamic Duos, Vol. 1 by Erick Sermon
The Additional 30 Best R&B Albums of 2025 (Honorable Mentions)
How Nas and DJ Premier Got the Last Say
Wale and the Myth of the Friendly Rap Class
Album Review: Gangsta Grillz: Every Movie Needs a Trailer by The Game & DJ Drama
Milestones: Tha Carter II by Lil Wayne
Anniversaries: 3LW (Self-Titled) by 3LW
New Music Drops: December 5, 2025
Our Tribute to Phil Upchurch (1941-2025)
Album Review: The Leaks by Lil Baby
The 50 Best R&B Albums of 2025
Album Review: Sankofa by redveil
Five 2000 R&B Albums That Lived in the Shadows
Wednesday Roundups #130: 21 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Five 2000 Rap Albums That Tell on Their Era
The Best Hip-Hop, Pop, and R&B EPs of 2025
H. Rap Brown’s Long Road Toward a Different Kind of Freedom
Album Review: Onyx’! by Pink Siifu
Our Tribute to Antone “Chubby” Tavares (1944-2025)
The 50 Best Jazz Albums of 2025
The Ugliest Hip-Hop Album Covers of 2025
Five 2010 R&B Albums for Fans of Neo‑Soul, Quiet Storm and Grown Folks’ R&B
Anniversaries: Love Me Back by Jazmine Sullivan
Anniversaries: But You Caint Use My Phone by Erykah Badu
Album Review: Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time by Jessie J
New Music Drops: November 28, 2025
Five 2000 R&B Albums from the Awkward Center of the Mainstream
Wednesday Roundups #129: 19 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Five 2000 Rap Albums That Tell On the Year That Made Them
Album Review: The Pilot by MAVI
November 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Our Tribute to Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
“Not Just Hip-Hop”—The Hidden Hierarchy Within
Joe Budden, Megan Thee Stallion, and Gaming as Gendered Arena
Anniversaries: The Sound of Revenge by Chamillionaire
Five 2010 Rap Albums About Prison, Legacy and Moving Forward
Milestones: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
New Music Drops: November 21, 2025
Album Review: Cabin in the Sky by De La Soul
Anniversaries: Pink Friday by Nicki Minaj
Album Review: The Uncomfortable Truth by Ransom & Conductor Williams
Five 2000 R&B Albums That Caught Us Off Guard in the Best Way
Wednesday Roundups #128: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Chicago ‘85… The Movie by Dave Hollister
Giving De La Soul Their Well-Deserved Flowers
Album Review: Rosemary’s Baby by Tawobi
Anniversaries: The W by Wu-Tang Clan
The Path for “Respect” (Dedicated to the Memory of Amadou Diallo)
Milestones: Mama’s Gun by Erykah Badu
Album Review: SAVE! by Ben Reilly
Anniversaries: Good News by Megan Thee Stallion
Five 2010 R&B Albums That Marked a Turning Point for Their Artists
Anniversaries: Shadow of a Doubt by Freddie Gibbs
Anniversaries: H.N.I.C. by Prodigy
Album Review: Finally Over It by Summer Walker
New Music Drops: November 14, 2025
Album Review: Woman of Faces by Celeste
Album Review: Everything Is a Lot by Wale
Album Review: Eusexua Afterglow by FKA twigs
Anniversaries: Labcabincalifornia by The Pharcyde
Five 2000 R&B Albums That Changed the Temperature
Wednesday Roundups #127: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Milestones: Waiting to Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) by Various Artists
Album Review: Scram! by Domo Genesis & Graymatter
Anniversaries: Aijuswanaseing by Musiq Soulchild
Album Review: The Sword & The Soaring by Navy Blue
Album Review: All the Flowers Have Bloomed by Kofi Stone
Great Things Start in Little Rooms
Anniversaries: Lovers Rock by Sade
Album Review: InsydeOut by Flwr Chyld
Album Review: Never Meet Your Heroes by Shane Eagle
Anniversaries: The Lady Killer by CeeLo Green
Five 2010 R&B Albums That Marked the End of an Era
Milestones: Friday Night Lights by J. Cole
Album Review: Mood Control by BLK ODYSSY
Milestones: Liquid Swords by GZA
Milestones: Soul Food by Goodie Mob
New Music Drops: November 7, 2025
Album Review: Mercy by Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
Album Review: Stardust by Danny Brown
Anniversaries: Forever by Spice Girls
Wednesday Roundups #126: 18 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: SALT by Tomorrow Kings
Album Review: Sad and Beautiful World by Mavis Staples
Album Review: Already Everywhere by Days of Lavender
Anniversaries: Promise by Sade
VIBE × Rolling Stone and the Rise of Captured Identity (When Culture Gets Consolidated)
DJ Premier & Ransom’s Reinvention and Jung’s Red Book
Album Review: Hooke’s Law by keiyaA
Milestones: Come to My Garden by Minnie Riperton
Album Review: Haunted by Fame by Offset
October 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Milestones: Stankonia by OutKast
Album Review: Harlem’s Finest: Return of the King by Big L
New Music Drops: October 31, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #125: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes
Anniversaries: On Top of the World by 8Ball & MJG
Do You Miss ‘90s R&B, or Do You Miss Being Told What to Love?
Anniversaries: Stone Jam by Slave
EP Review: 30. (EP) by Queen Naija
Album Review: Goldfish by Hit-Boy & The Alchemist
Anniversaries: Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound
Anniversaries: The Dynasty: Roc La Familia by JAY-Z
EP Review: PHOLKS (EP) by Leon Thomas
Album Review: The Boy Who Played the Harp by Dave
New Music Drops: October 24, 2025
Album Review: Love?… or Something Like It by Halle
Album Review: Son of Spergy by Daniel Caesar
The Ten Best Mannie Fresh‑Produced Albums, Ranked
Wednesday Roundups #124: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Groove Theory by Groove Theory
Album Review: Teal Dreams by Yazmin Lacey
Anniversaries: All Balls Don’t Bounce by Aceyalone
The Quiet Revolution, From There’s a Riot Goin’ On to Black Messiah
Album Review: The BPM by Sudan Archives
Anniversaries: Soulife by Anthony Hamilton
Album Review: Tycoon by Ty Dolla $ign
Anniversaries: Emotional by Carl Thomas
EP Review: Lucky You (EP) by Isaiah Falls
Album Review: Who Did the Body by Monaleo
Anniversaries: Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030
Album Review: Amerika’s Next Top Party! by PARTYOF2
New Music Drops: October 17, 2025
Anniversaries: Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Abel by Black Thought
Album Review: Deadbeat by Tame Impala
Wednesday Roundups #123: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
How JMSN Turns Heartache Into Theater on …it’s only about u if you think it is.
Our Tribute to D’Angelo (1974-2025)
Anniversaries: Back for the First Time by Ludacris
The Voice of the Streets Is Fading? Benny the Butcher Weighs In
Album Review: Exile by Chronixx
Anniversaries: Authenticity by The Foreign Exchange
Album Review: Hydraulic by Josh Levi
Anniversaries: Train of Thought by Reflection Eternal
Anniversaries: Doe or Die by AZ
Album Review: Me My Songs & I by JayDon
New Music Drops: October 10, 2025
Album Review: Infinite by Mobb Deep
Album Review: Pretty Idea by Amber Mark
Anniversaries: The Mouse and the Mask by DANGERDOOM
Wednesday Roundups #122: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Milestones: Dirty Mind by Prince
Anniversaries: Warriorz by M.O.P.
Assata Shakur and the Unfinished Struggle for Black Liberation
The 30 Essential Black Radio Albums
Anniversaries: Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame
Album Review: Sodalite by Jaleesa
Album Review: SOULSTAR by BOY SODA
Album Review: Solace & The Vices by Bryson Tiller
Album Review: A Murder of Crows by Mick Jenkins & EMIL
New Music Drops: October 3, 2025
Anniversaries: Calling All Lovers by Tamar Braxton
Anniversaries: Unbreakable by Janet Jackson
Anniversaries: T R A P S O U L by Bryson Tiller
Wednesday Roundups #121: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Savage Mode II by 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
Mixtape Review: Still Snowin’ by Jeezy & DJ Drama
September 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Anniversaries: High Priority by Cherrelle
Album Review: When All Is Said and Done by Amie Blu
Album Review: ReBirth.Theory by Sol ChYld
Xania Monet’s Rise Sparks the AI Music Question We Can’t Avoid
Milestones: Kurtis Blow (Self-Titled) by Kurtis Blow
Album Review: Devotion & the Black Divine by anaiis
Album Review: Through the Wall by Rochelle Jordan
Milestones: Hotter Than July by Stevie Wonder
Anniversaries: The Hard Truth by Lil’ Kim
Anniversaries: A Time to Love by Stevie Wonder
Album Review: Uy Scuti by Young Thug
Milestones: Daydream by Mariah Carey
Album Review: Here for It All by Mariah Carey
New Music Drops: September 26, 2025
Anniversaries: 4, 5, 6 by Kool G Rap
Album Review: The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean
Wednesday Roundups #120: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Bridging the Gap by Black Eyed Peas
Milestones: Abraxas by Santana
It’s Not Kendrick Lamar’s Fault That the Labels Deprioritized Hip‑Hop
Album Review: Cover Girl by Lady Wray
The Best Music Videos Directed by Diane Martel
Album Review: Blameless by Jackie Hill Perry
Album Review: Chrysalis by Iman Europe & Kaelin Ellis
Album Review: The Last Great American Summer by Reggie Becton
Album Review: Don’t Look Down by Kojey Radical
Album Review: Am I the Drama? by Cardi B
New Music Drops: September 19, 2025
Album Review: Juniper by Joy Crookes
Wednesday Roundups #119: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: S.D.E. by Cam’ron
Album Review: I’m Only F**king Myself by Lola Young
Anniversaries: Untitled (Rise) by SAULT
The Counter-Archives of John Edgar Wideman’s Philadelphia Fire and Armand Hammer’s Shrines
Anniversaries: GO:OD AM by Mac Miller
Milestones: Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J
Anniversaries: Overly Dedicated by Kendrick Lamar
Anniversaries: Airtight’s Revenge by Bilal
New Music Drops: September 12, 2025
Anniversaries: The People’s Champ by Paul Wall
Wednesday Roundups #118: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Milestones: The Minstrel Show by Little Brother
Anniversaries: Welcome to Jamrock by Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
The Weeknd’s Trilogy as Dantean Allegory of Ego, Humility, and Transcendence
Anniversaries: G.O.A.T. (Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time) by LL Cool J
Anniversaries: Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya by Boyz II Men
Anniversaries: 90059 by Jay Rock
Album Review: Swag II by Justin Bieber
Album Review: Heat the Streets by Elmiene
New Music Drops: September 5, 2025
Anniversaries: Rodeo by Travis Scott
Wednesday Roundups #117: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The 10 Best DJ Quik-Produced Albums, Ranked
How a Promised Celebration of Black Women Became a Cautionary Tale
Milestones: Curtis by Curtis Mayfield
Milestones: Sex Machine by James Brown
August 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Album Review: Wake Up Supa by D Smoke
Album Review: No Validation by Ché Noir & The Other Guys
Album Review: wHIMSY by Destin Conrad
Album Review: Heels Have Eyes 2 by Westside Gunn
Milestones: Late Registration by Kanye West
Album Review: Miss Black America by KIRBY
New Music Drops: August 29, 2025
Album Review: Lonely at the Top by Joey Bada$$
Album Review: Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter
EP Review: Sellout II by Jae Stephens
Anniversaries: Music of the Sun by Rihanna
Wednesday Roundups #116: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Milestones: Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer
Album Review: Not Everyone Can Go by Braxton Cook
Album Review: Treasure Self Love by Lila Iké
Anniversaries: Conspiracy by Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Album Review: To Dry a Tear by Khamari
Anniversaries: Faith by Faith Evans
Album Review: Reconstruction by Lecrae
Milestones: Spirit in the Dark by Aretha Franklin
Album Review: I Hope You’re Happy by BigXthaPlug
Milestones: Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd
Album Review: Live Laugh Love by Earl Sweatshirt
New Music Drops: August 22, 2025
Album Review: Escape Room by Teyana Taylor
Album Review: Hearts Sold Separately by Mariah the Scientist
Album Review: Supreme Clientele 2 by Ghostface Killah
Anniversaries: King’s Disease by Nas
Anniversaries: Tales from the Land of Milk and Honey by The Foreign Exchange
Wednesday Roundups #115: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: People Stories by UMI
The Misguided JAY-Z vs. Black Thought Debate
Album Review: Guitar by Mac DeMarco
The 12 Best Hip-Hop Mixtape Sequels
Milestones: Honey by Ohio Players
Album Review: Unlearning, Vol. 2 by Evidence
New Music Drops: August 15, 2025
Album Review: Star Line by Chance the Rapper
Anniversaries: Born to Do It by Craig David
Milestones: Wanted: Dead or Alive by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Wednesday Roundups #114: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: Sortilège by Gabe ‘Nandez & Preservation
Anniversaries: Chapter Two by Roberta Flack
BET Hits Pause on Soul Train and Hip Hop Awards, But the Culture Can’t
R&B Songs That Aren’t Gospel But Easily Could Be
Anniversaries: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump by De La Soul
Album Review: The Coldest Profession by DJ Premier & Roc Marciano
New Music Drops: August 8, 2025
Album Review: Black Star by Amaarae
Album Review: God Does Like Ugly by JID
Anniversaries: Signed, Sealed & Delivered by Stevie Wonder
Wednesday Roundups #113: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
A Futuristic Summa Is Not the Album We Expected from Metro Boomin
Anniversaries: Jaguar (EP) by Victoria Monét
Joey Bada$$ and Columbia Stall Lonely at the Top
R&B Albums from the ‘90s That Deserve More Appreciation (Part One)
The 25 Best Live R&B and Soul Albums (with EPs)
Anniversaries: The Big Picture by Big L
Milestones: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… by Raekwon
New Music Drops: August 1, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #112: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Couldn’t Wait to Tell You... by Liv.e
How Labels/Artists Weaponize Incomplete Vinyl and CD Pressings
July 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
Milestones: Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 by Young Jeezy
Milestones: TP by Teddy Pendergrass
New Music Drops: July 25, 2025
Album Review: Alfredo 2 by Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
Milestones: E. 1999 Eternal by Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
Wednesday Roundups #111: 23 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: Woman by Jill Scott
The True R&B Songs of the Summer in 2025
Decoding 2025 Rap and R&B Album Rollouts
Album Review: Don’t Tap the Glass by Tyler, The Creator
Milestones: Teflon Don by Rick Ross
Anniversaries: Take a Look Around by Masta Ace
Anniversaries: Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 by Jill Scott
New Music Drops: July 18, 2025
Album Review: The Emperor’s New Clothes by Raekwon
Wednesday Roundups #110: 22 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Anniversaries: The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel by Jodeci
Album Review: Beside Myself by DJ Haram
Anniversaries: Jazzmatazz, Vol. II: The New Reality by Guru
Anniversaries: Miss Thang by Monica
Clipse and Dismantling the Fallacy of Agism in Hip-Hop
Milestones: ‘Til Shiloh by Buju Banton
Album Review: JACKBOYS 2 by JACKBOYS
Anniversaries: Lianne La Havas by Lianne La Havas
Anniversaries: Miles: From an Interlude Called Life by Blu & Exile
Album Review: Swag by Justin Bieber
Anniversaries: Off the Hook by Xscape
New Music Drops: July 11, 2025
Album Review: Beloved by Giveon
Wednesday Roundups #109: 17 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse
Anniversaries: Black Rose by Tyrese
What the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Verdict Reveals About Our Justice System
Anniversaries: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty by Big Boi
Anniversaries: Irons in the Fire by Teena Marie
Album Review: Live and In Color by Juicy J & Logic
Album Review: My Face Hurts from Smiling by Lizzo
Milestones: Brown Sugar by D’Angelo
Wednesday Roundups #108: 20 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
The Parallels Between Everything Is Everything and To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Reviewing 2025’s Black Music Month Tiny Desk Album Anniversaries Tribute at NPR Music
The Ten Songs That Joe Thomas Wrote for Other Artists
June 2025 Roundups: The Best Albums of the Month
The Best R&B Mixtapes You Might’ve Missed In the 2010s
New Music Drops: June 27, 2025
Wednesday Roundups #107: 25 Albums/EPs You Should Listen to In Your Spare Time
Album Review: I Took It Personal by Nick Grant
Billboard Played In People’s Faces During Black Music Month
Album Review: Come As You Are by Terrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon
Album Review: Hopefully ! by Loyle Carner
Album Review: Do It Afraid by Yaya Bey
New Music Drops: June 20, 2025
Sometimes You Gotta Pop Out and Show Niggas On Juneteenth
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