The hot weather has melted our otherwise highly analytical, somewhat elitist brains, leaving us lounging…
RnB
Sade’s Smoothest Songs
Fortunately my generation has never had trouble accepting Sade as the origins of a well-wrought…
200 Songs That Explain Frank Ocean
We may have reached a sort of peak America on August 20, 2016. After a…
Broken Social Scene’s Justin Peroff Presents: The New Sounds of Toronto Playlist
Justin Peroff is the drummer for Toronto indie-rockestra Broken Social Scene. He’s also the manager…
How Michael McDonald Got Cool
September 2017 will see the release of Michael McDonald’s Wide Open, his first solo album…
Where My Girls At: The Best ‘90s R&B Girl Groups
So how come the greatest R&B girl groups of the 1990s are—to crib the line…
The Guide to All Psych
Psychedelic music emerged in the mid-’60s as a mutant offspring of the British Invasion and…
Why SZA’s CTRL Is the R&B Album of the Summer
As the lone R&B singer on the Top Dawg Entertainment roster, SZA has been the label’s…
Snap Rap’s Greatest Hits
While critically maligned during its heyday at the end of the ’00s, Atlanta snap rap…
The Mary J. Blige Breakup Mix
Mary J. Blige’s new album, Strength of a Woman, is unapologetically devoted to heartbreak. Chronicling…