High-tech Nubian poetry for the future of soul.
Hendryx’s latest funk party of Americana political truth.
The Coup reinvents itself with irascible rock/rap to command your attention.
Spalding’s well-bred jazz/R&B mash.
Take 6’s timeworn vocal harmonies elevate parts of the gospel canon with sublime arrangements.
Santigold adds more ruggedness to her errant ’80’s influenced pop.
Gambino’s third mixtape is intelligent fun and progress with his muse.
Heady rhymes from Bay Area battle king.
A return to Nas’s classic street cinema
The UK’s favorite jazz/funk masters deliver another solid excursion.
The next wave of West Coast rap from the region’s number one commercial upstart.
Unpasteurized hip-hop from D.C.’s favorite underground emcee.
A divine tribute to Nina Simone from R&B’s most prominent forerunner.
Black pop surveyed with smoothness and a superb cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Otherworldy electronica, lo-fi jazz and re-tooled New Wave.
Dwele’s self-contained R&B gets posher.
A honest trip from a self-avowed R&B maverick.
A brave debut from one of R&B’s new voices.
Left-field soul from Coultrain and Black Spade.
Standard speed reggae elixir from the punk hardcore kings.
