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Remake/Remodel: Redrawing the map to Anderson .Paak’s ‘Oxnard’
Making some tweaks to a good album that fell short of its potential.
Stream the new Anderson .Paak album, Oxnard
Hear the California R&B artist's guest-filled third album now.
Charles Bradley : Black Velvet
A coda rather than a closing chapter to the late soul singer's career.
Remake/Remodel: Raiding the vault to build Prince’s ‘Purple Rain Part Two’
Adding a follow-up with eight more songs to a perfect pop moment.
Georgia Anne Muldrow : Overload
Muldrow's most mainstream release to date also harbors some of her most stunning acts of creativity.
Jamila Woods’ “Giovanni” is a funky, defiant tribute
The Chicago singer/poet honors the women that shaped her over a fierce groove.
Album of the Week: Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
A beautiful, uncomfortable meditation on activism and self-awareness.
Ben Pirani : How Do I Talk To My Brother?
A standout retro-soul album from an artist with an overflowing love and respect for the sound.
Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar’s “Tints” stretches summer into fall
A top-down summer anthem that's fresh even when the Mercury drops.
Prince : Piano & A Microphone 1983
A curious relic that's been passed down a few times in bootleg format.
Georgia Anne Muldrow pairs memories with sonic weight on funk poem “Aerosol”
Hear the R&B singer's funky, socio-political new jam.
Bells Atlas’ “Downpour” is intoxicatingly odd future-soul
A weird, wonderful and creative new gem of electronic R&B.
Swamp Dogg : Love, Loss and Auto-Tune
The R&B/soul legend adds a modern, digital filter to his sound for some weird, yet contemporary results.
Essential Track: Brandon Coleman drops a retro-futuristic funk jam on “All Around the World”
Kamasi Washington collaborator brings out a big slab of electro funk.
Lauryn Hill writes lengthy Medium post in response to criticisms from Robert Glasper
"No matter how incredible the musicians who play with me are, MY name is on the marquee."
Album of the Week: Blood Orange – Negro Swan
Dev Hynes returns to the timeless concept of hope on his fourth album.