Black Music

An ode to Lathun’s ‘Freak It,’ a ’90s classic so good that City Girls and Usher brought it back as ‘Good Love’ and took me back to 1997

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Why the documentary is key to stopping Black music erasure

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So-called ‘romantic’ songs with very questionable lyrics

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This or that! Which is better, the soundtrack or the movie: ‘Above the Rim’

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Queen Latifah

I’m not sure Queen Latifah gets enough flowers. This is a Queen Latifah appreciation post

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Musicians George Clinton, Beyonce and Donny Hathaway

It’s Juneteenth! Here are some songs to add to your Black liberation, freedom (every) summer playlist 

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‘Dear Culture’: 15 of the Blackest Songs (in celebration of Juneteenth) with The 80z Babies’ Yinka Diz and Outlaw

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Prince performing on stage during the Purple Rain Tour

Top 5: Prince’s purple reign begins with these 5 albums

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I miss Lauryn Hill

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Should you get a VIP pass for The Roots Picnic next year? A discussion

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Nina Simone is the greatest singer in the history of Black popular music. Period.

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Mary Mary, Tevin Campbell, among honorees for Black Music Honors

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Footage of pre-teen Prince discovered in Minneapolis

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Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars of Silk Sonic theGrio.com

Grammys celebrated Black music but can’t make up for its past of overlooking Black artists

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John Legend honored at Grammys’ Black Music Collective event

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Rapper J. Cole

J. Cole is already one of the greatest rappers to ever do it, but I’m still waiting on a truly great album from him

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GQ Men Of The Year Celebration - Arrivals

The ‘Black Radio Effect:’ How Robert Glasper helped manifest genre fluidity in Black music

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‘Jeen-yuhs,’ Part 3: How the loss of his mother changed Kanye as a person—and an artist

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Quincy Jones theGrio.com

10 best Black music producers ever

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Betty Davis paved the way for sexual ownership and feminine agency in music

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