Music

Soul, man it’s what drives music as a whole. As with all things, music adapts to what’s current, already going on.…

Y’all.

Another year, another Black History Month coming to a close. For the past 28 days, The Root has been celebrating…

I mean, bruh. If this ain’t one of the Blackest album covers of all time then I don’t know what is. Wilson Pickett…

I don’t need a ton of words to describe the way I feel about the cover for Public Enemy’s sophomore album, 1988's It…

It’s Friday and I’m at work (from home), but I’d “rather be with you.” Actually, I kind of am! Hey, readers of The…

Ain’t no way in the world this monthlong series would pass without a nod to one of the greatest albums ever that…

The cover for jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock’s debut album, 1969's Black Woman, could have easily doubled as a movie…

The cover for Leon Thomas’ 1973 album, Full Circle, does not look like what it sounds like, to me at least. The…

There is no discussion about Black album covers, iconic or otherwise, that doesn’t include the string of album…

Dr. Dre is back in the studio—and it looks like he is intentionally using art to imitate life.

Whether it’s personal growth, stories of the past, love or jealousy, music has a way of pulling us in. From pop-rock…

Max Roach was a famed jazz drummer and composer who has countless albums with various configurations of artists. His…

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (all parts of it) has been think-pieced to death, so that’s not what’s going to…

I love the album cover for multi-hyphenate Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album, 1974's Afro Blue. Dee Dee is a…

He’s not always there when you call, but Michael Eugene Archer—better known by his stage name D’Angelo—is sure as…

Mary J. Blige’s My Life is a personal choice for me. For my money, her 1994 album is one of the best albums ever…

It’s possible that you’ve never heard of the London-group Shut Up and Dance. They were (are) a British…

Friends, Romans, Countryfolks...this is one BlackAF album cover. The group, Mystique, signed to Curtis Mayfield’s…

It looks like D’Angelo is about to serve as a true “Black Messiah” of the Verzuz series and will be spicing things…