From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the genre ...

Mary J. Blige love songs have always spoken to real relationships and emotional truth. These eight selections highlight how her music continues to connect through love healing and self respect.

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage talked about her new foray into R&B, 'This One Is Personal,' Afrobeats and the impact of ...

Contextualizing R&B's mainstream comeback this year, from it's indie and queer sectors to the Hot 100 domination of Leon Thomas and Kehlani.

Carl Carlton, the voice behind 'Everlasting Love' and 'She's a Bad Mama Jama,' dies at 72. A soul and funk legend remembered.

Elle Varner hooked listeners with Refill’s fiddle-driven R&B, blending vulnerability and groove into a timeless slow jam that ...

Mariah Carey charts a new top 10 hit as “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” rises at the same time that “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the Hot 100 again.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few R&B groups from the late 1980s and early 1990s managed to blend vocal precision, stage charisma, and emotional depth quite like Troop. Hailing from Pasadena, California, the five ...

Listen to new must-hear songs from emerging R&B/hip-hop artists like Elmiene, Arin Ray, SAHXL, SAILORR, Lily Massie, Lexa ...

These iconic hip-hop tracks feature melodic pop hooks, in what Wyclef Jean once called a "Beauty and the Beast" approach to ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...