(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, ...

Fans and peers alike flocked to D'Angelo's catalog after the singer's untimely passing, with a 796% increase compared to the ...

Whitesnake began playing Ain’t No Love right away, and the song instantly became a crowd favourite. Also in place from the ...

R&B is not what it used to be. Nowadays, the genre encompasses the sounds and themes of pop more than it does true R&B. That isn’t a bad thing in the slightest, as all music genres go through ...

Explore Miguel’s top songs in this definitive ranking of his greatest hits, from slow jams to dance-floor anthems. Stream the ...

However culture-shifting history proves Beyoncé’s new album, Cowboy Carter, to be, it’s not unprecedented. For generations, artists have blurred the supposed lines between country music, R&B, soul, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time I listen to Aaliyah, it feels like I’m reconnecting with a part of myself—like flipping through an old diary or finding an old photo that still makes you smile. Her voice ...

Apple Music launched almost exactly ten years ago now, and in the decade since, it has become a culture-defining streaming platform. Users have logged billions of plays over the years, and now Apple ...

D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer whose retro R&B sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 51. The singer, born ...

Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the singer's death Friday in a video posted on Facebook. A cause of death was not given. Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was ...