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The Highs and Messy Lows of R&B Group En Vogue
From their chart-topping hits to one of the founding members camping out in her car, this is the story behind the soulful R&B divas who dominated the 1990s.
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Iconic Moments at the Apollo Theater Over the Years
From James Brown's Funeral to everything in between, let's take a look back at some of this legendary venue's most notable moments.
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A Memorial Day 2024 Cookout Playlist Your Whole Black Family Will Love
It's the first cookout of the season, so you know your music has to be on point.
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Hip-Hop 50: Let’s Break Down the Art of Sampling
As we continue to celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, here's how A Tribe Called Quest helped me appreciate one of the most important aspects of the genre.
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The Winners of the 2023 NAACP Image Awards [Update]
Angela Bassett, Tabitha Brown, Levar Burton, and more scooped up trophies this year.
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'Can [We] Kick It' With Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest at the 'Player's Ball'? Yep, Their Verzuz Is in the Works
Season 2 of Verzuz is about to be hella lit, y’all. In a recent interview with Kid Capri, co-founder Swizz Beatz dropped one of the upcoming acts for Verzuz and it’s pretty damn “SpottieOttieDopaliscious.” “We got A Tribe Called Quest and OutKast. [It’s] pending,” Swizz revealed. “I wasn’t even supposed to say, I might have…
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Even 20 Years Later, Lucy Pearl's Sole Album Is Still as Perfect as Ever
As is typically the case whenever I’ve undertaken a project of some sort that requires me to carve out a sizable block of time to complete, I try to queue up a few albums that I know I love with high replay value so I don’t have to spend a lot of time skipping tracks.…
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Damn … Luke Cage Knocked Off by Netflix
Looks like we’ll only have Black Panther and Black Lightning to keep our black superhero fix going. We also have Shuri, for those who still read. Netflix and Marvel announced on Friday that Luke Cage, set in Harlem and helmed by Cheo Hodari Coker (along with musical direction by Raphael Saadiq, Adrian Younge, and Ali…