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Rylic Zander talks the legacy of Black protest music, new EP Hold On

• July 17, 2020

Rylic Zander is one of the most entertaining voices in ...

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Album Review: Avant, Can We Fall in Love

• July 10, 2020

Avant Can We Fall In Love (released July 10, 2020) ...

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Alex Goodwin

What’s the Best Song in Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Series?: Head to Head with Edd

• July 10, 2020

Welcome back to Head to Head with Edd, where yours ...

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Love Letters: Can Open Marriages Work?

• July 3, 2020

Sometimes there's a breaking news story and I say to ...

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11 Cartoon Characters You Didn’t Know Were Black But Probably Are

• June 25, 2020

It's 2020, and change is downright inevitable. It was recently ...

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Ranking the Best John Legend Albums

• June 24, 2020

John Legend reminds me a lot of Ice-T. Stop laughing ...

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What Would Janet Jackson’s Career Look Like Without the Super Bowl Scandal?: Head to Head with Edd

• June 23, 2020

Welcome back to Head to Head with Edd, where yours ...

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Album Review: Chloe X Halle, Ungodly Hour

• June 12, 2020

Chloe X Halle Ungodly Hour (released June 12, 2020) Mere ...

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Anna Moore

The 25 Best Albums of 2020 … So Far

• June 11, 2020

So yeah. 2020. This year has been something, huh? "Unpredictable" ...

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The Grammys Swap ‘Urban Contemporary’ for ‘Progressive R&B’ – But Is This A Good Thing?

• June 10, 2020

If there's been one consistent theme in 2020, it's been ...

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