Kenyan musician Nameless reflects on his journey from university stages to music stardom, love, and life lessons. Fatherhood fundamentally rewired his priorities and world view.

This year, Kehlani turned 30 after spending more than a decade flying — and at times flailing — in the public eye as one of R ...

In the '00s, burnt CDs were the love letters of the day. Revisit three 2005-released songs that were staples on custom CDs.

Music creates mood. Even when looking at the same scenery, a sad melody in the background can inject a sense of tragedy. If ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...

There’s a right way to love Tems, and it starts with sacrifice. On Love Is a Kingdom, she says “mine” (as in, “You’re mine”) a total of 69 times—70 if you count the one-off “you not mine.” Most of ...

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

The Associated Press has selected the 10 best songs of the year, presented in no particular order. Read on and then listen to ...

Catch up on recent releases from Robyn, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mavis Staples and more.

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

“The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life … After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to ...

Wedding songs are an essential part of a couple's nuptials, and luckily, R&B artists have always understood the assignment. Between their soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics, R&B music has the power ...