How should we approach it? It would be tough to explain how great D’Angelo’s singing is. Even if we focus on his high-pitched, falsetto-heavy style of singing and describe how sensual and lyrical it ...
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On the subject of lineages, ALA.NI’s great-uncle Leslie Hutchinson emigrated to London from Grenada and became a cabaret star there in between the world wars. She herself was born in West London to ...
After two years removed from the Grammy-winning Alligator Bites Never Heal (outside of “Anxiety” and “Girl, Get Up”), she announced her return to hip-hop on Instagram, describing herself as the Swamp ...
Welcome to the Soulpolitan weekly feature, where we highlight the R&B singles worth your time. We’re going with a little R&B all the way through the picks this week: JID gets into an elaborate bit ...
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It’s Thursday night, and the rappers are gathering in a health-food cafe in South Central, getting ready for the open mic. Afterward, some of them will go home and try to transcribe it all: Myka 9’s ...
In 1976, Melvin Lindsey, a Howard Student, took over WHUR’s late shift as a fill-in and just kept playing slow love songs to DC’s nocturnal listeners. Cathy Hughes, who ran the station, named the show ...
Near thirty, with everyone counting down her clock and her father long gone, Grace Carter takes on the job of raising herself ...
Chrissi keeps a running count on a man whose calls she can’t stop answering, and she writes every exit over live horns and ...
With Patois and Zulu folded in beside his Yoruba and Pidgin, Fireboy DML carries one warrior from the church to the club and ...
On her first country record, the Memphis singer takes the honky-tonk sinner’s part that country handed its men and sings ...
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