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Take a Wild Guess: House and Bounce Music Inspired Some of Your Favorite Hip-Hop and R&B Hits

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20 Black Summer Anthems That Won't Get You Uninvited From the Cookout

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25 Black Artists Who Helped Shape Modern Music

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Miles Davis reclines on a red sofa in a room with red walls and a floor lamp.

10 Times Hip-Hop and R&B Artists Paid Tribute to Miles Davis Through Music

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Rediscovered: Maxwell’s 'Urban Hang Suite’

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Okayplayer Exclusive: Dionne Warwick is Entering Her Final Chapter in Music and She’s Letting What’s Next Come to Her

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Brandy performs onstage during the 2026 Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective during the 68th GRAMMY Awards on January 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Brandy to Get a Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, Issa Rae and Babyface to Speak at Induction

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Tyrese and Tank perform onstage during An Evening Under The Stars for Lovers & Friends at VyStar Amphitheater at The Bridge on September 13, 2025 in Stockbridge, Georgia.

Tank and Tyrese Set To Face Off In ‘Verzuz’ Battle

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Screenshot from 'Brandy Performs the National Anthem NBA All-Star 2026,' YouTube.

Brandy’s Unconventional National Anthem Draws Mixed Reactions

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Brent Faiyaz performs onstage on Day 2 of 2023 ONE MusicFest at Piedmont Park on October 29, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Listening: New Music From Jill Scott, Brent Faiyaz, Victoria Monet, Mary J. Blige, Ras Kass and More

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Which Came First: The Shift in R&B or the Shift in Intimacy?

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On 'Vacancy,' Ari Lennox Sinks Smoothly Into Hard-Earned Freedom

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Carl Carlton, “She’s A Bad Mama Jama” Singer, Dies at 73

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The 10 Best Aaliyah Songs That Weren't Radio Hits

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R and B singer Walter Scott of the R and B band 'The Whispers' poses for a portrait in circa 1976.

Walter Scott of The Whispers Dead At 81

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The 19 Most Influential R&B Albums of '90s & the Waves They Left

Photo courtesy of Encore Recordings. Photo illustration by Crystal Simone for Okayplayer.

First Look Friday: Girlfriend’s Quest for Creative Greatness

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Singer Frankie Beverley of the R and B group Maze performs onstage at Wembly on February 27, 1987, in London, England.

Hip-Hop Loves Frankie Beverley

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Photo by Lee Morale. Photo illustration by Crystal Simone.

First Look Friday: Denise Julia Wants to Take Her Music Global

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The Best R&B/Soul Albums of 2024 So Far

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First Look Friday: Maeta is Turning Realities into Fantasies on Star-Studded 'When I Hear Your Name' EP

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How BLK ODYSSY Brought Together Bootsy Collins, The Alchemist & More For ‘Diamonds and Freaks’

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aja monet's 'When the Poems Do What They Do' is the Weighted Blanket We All Need

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Anita Baker Reportedly Asked Babyface Not to Open At Concert in New Jersey

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Janelle Monáe Announces New Album With Single ‘Lipstick Lover.’

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Victoria Monét & Buju Banton Get Spicy In “Party Girls” Video

Victoria Monét & Buju Banton Get Spicy In “Party Girls” Video

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Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang to Release Their First Album in a Decade This Summer

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Beau is afraid

Here’s How Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” Appeared in ‘Beau Is Afraid’

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Musical group TLC, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas and Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes pose for a studio portrait in 1999 in Hollywood, California.

Watch the Trailer for Upcoming Documentary ‘TLC Forever’

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Chlöe Finally Releases Her Solo Debut ‘In Pieces’

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Pink Siifu & Ahwlee on Owning the Neo Soul Lane w/ New B. Cool-Aid Album

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Diddy Announces Release Date for Debut Love Records R&B EP

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SZA’s 'SOS' is the Biggest R&B Album of 2023; ThankGod4Cody is a Big Reason Why

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Robert Glasper's Chris Brown-Inspired "Who the f*** is Robert Glasper?" T-Shirt Sells Out

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Ari Lennox Concert

Ari Lennox, Please Don't Let This Be Your Last Tour

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Chlöe Announces Release Date For Long-Awaited Solo Album

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Anita Pointer, Founding Member of The Pointer Sisters, Has Died

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Okayplayer's 22 Best Songs of 2022

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Okayplayer's 22 Best Albums of 2022

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Watch the Trailer For ‘Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter’

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6 New Hip-Hop Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of November 25)

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Miguel

The Making of Miguel’s 'Kaleidoscope Dream' Album

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Kenyon Dixon

'Day in the Life:' Kenyon Dixon Feels the Love for 'Closer' in Charlotte

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R&B Vocalist Jesse Powell Has Died At 51

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Jordan Waré producer on Brent Faiyaz’s 'Wasteland

Producer Jordan Waré is the Secret Weapon Behind Brent Faiyaz’s 'Wasteland'

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10 Underrated Albums In 2022 You May Have Missed So Far

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SZA CTRL

Without SZA’s 'CTRL,' R&B Wouldn't Be Where It Is Now

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How R&B Allows Black Women To Express Their Sexuality

How R&B Allows Black Women To Express Their Sexuality

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UMI

First Look Friday: UMI on Making Music That Heals

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Mary J. Blige is No Longer Worried About the State of R&B

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PJ Morton

PJ Morton's 'Watch the Sun' is a Full Circle Moment

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Watch H.E.R., Lenny Kravitz, & Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Perform at the 2022 Grammys

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Kehlani Shares Release Date For New Album, 'Blue Water Road'

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5 Albums That Made Neo-Soul Possible

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Erykah Badu

Why Erykah Badu's 'Baduizm' Is The Best '90s Neo-Soul Album

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Muni Long Was a Pop Songwriter – Then She Bet on Herself as a Solo R&B Act

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Earl Sweatshirt in the video for his new single '2010.'

22 Albums Okayplayer Can't Wait to Hear in 2022

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Ronnie Spector The Ronettes

Ronnie Spector, Legendary Singer from the Ronettes, has Died

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Wiley From Atlanta

First Look Friday: Wiley From Atlanta Wants To Make Authentic, Soulful Southern Music

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The Weeknd & DJ Jim Carrey Host a Purgatory Dance Party on New Album 'Dawn FM'

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Jessie D, From Beloved '80s R&B Group Force M.D.s, Has Died

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Ari Lennox & Summer Walker: The Yin & Yang of R&B

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Black Women Are Leading Pop Music's Next Evolution

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Aaliyah

Listen to Aaliyah's First Single In Over 15 Years

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Okayplayer's 21 Best Songs of 2021

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First Look Friday: Madison Calley is the Black Harpist Reimagining Your Favorite R&B Songs

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Erykah Badu

The Smokin Grooves Festival Celebrates the Past, Present & Future of Neo-Soul

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An Evening with Silk Sonic

Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak Have (Finally) Dropped 'An Evening with Silk Sonic'

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14 New Hip-Hop & R&B Albums You Should Be Listening To (Week of October 8th)

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