Diving deep into the hit-heavy solo and production catalog of the late Motown legend, Lamont Dozier, whose innumerable classics provided… Read More
Remembering and celebrating the late James Mtume through his extensive imprint on hip-hop and r&b over the last 30 years.… Read More
Featuring hip-hop classics and obscurities from Madvillain, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, and more. Last night, Blue… Read More
Featuring deep cuts and classics from Mobb Deep, Black Star, MF DOOM, J Dilla, Freddie Gibbs, Snoop Dogg, and so… Read More
Celebrating the symphonic afterglow of Marvin Gaye. Though he passed nearly 40 years ago, Marvin Gaye is one of the few… Read More
Our final exposition of the year heads to the many places and spaces invented and extended by the late Donald Byrd.… Read More
Exploring the purple afterglow of the guitar god. Today marks what would have been the 76th rotation for Jimi Hendrix,… Read More
An ode to Bootzilla. Like many young musicians too weird and too loose (lucid?) for James Brown's militantly-conducted backing band, Bootsy… Read More
Vibes galore from A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Madlib, Large Professor, MF DOOM, and so many more. Of its… Read More
A post shared by Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) on Aug 20, 2018 at 10:04am PDT The King of Pop, House, New… Read More
Celebrating the legend's 80th birthday Yes, it's the 4th of July. But let's be honest; there's absolutely no glory in acknowledging… Read More
Charting the purple and paisley effect from LL Cool J to Lil B. Though he is in many ways its… Read More
The beloved singer would have been 70-years-old today Gone too soon, but impossible to forget, Minnie Riperton's music may be… Read More
"Joni Mitchell never lies." Roberta Joan Mitchell, or simply Joni, is a living fucking treasure. She earned the trust of… Read More
Tracing the funk from nineteen-seventy-something through the millennial age Sadly, the holy trifecta of Heatwave is no longer with us.… Read More
Celebrating the 100th birthday of a jazz giant The off-kilter genius of Thelonious Monk ranks amongst music most cherished. And not… Read More