Album: Mascarade Artist: GAYANCE Label: Rhythm Section Release Date: March 3, 2023 I feel like I’m late to the party with this album, Read More
Album: Dramatically Yours Artist: The Dramatics Label: Volt Records | Stax Records Release Date: 1973 People like to toss around the term microgenre as Read More
How a segregated music industry profited off Black creativity and left the originators behind. Elvis Presley is often crowned the “King of Read More
Acid jazz formed in the cracks between crate digging and club culture. It came from DJs flipping rare groove records, jazz-funk LPs, Read More
Bedroom R&B wasn’t born in neon-lit clubs or behind platinum consoles. It grew from bedrooms with cracked mics, thrift Read More
Album: Adventures in Paradise Artist: Minnie Riperton Label: Epic Records Release Date: 1975 You can hear the distance between this album and Perfect Read More
The Beat That Changed R&B New Jack Swing hit hard and never let up. The beats were loud, the basslines Read More
The Smooth Revolution in Soul and R&B Quiet Storm moves at its own pace. The music flows, never rushing, never Read More
Artist: The O’Jays Label: Philadelphia International Records Release Date: August 1972 Length: 38:57 You can’t listen to Back Stabbers without hearing the Read More
Album Title: Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 Artist: Janet Jackson Release Date: September 19, 1989 Label: A&M Records Length: 74:01 When Rhythm Nation 1814 Read More
