album reviews

Album Review: Bell Biv DeVoe, Three Stripes

• January 27, 2017

Bell Biv DeVoe Three Stripes (released January 27, 2017) It’s ...

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Love Letters

Love Letters: My Boyfriend Won’t Make Our Relationship ‘Facebook Official.’ Is He Wrong?

• January 19, 2017

The Love Letter mailbag is reaching Nell Carter-levels of girth ...

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Ranking the Best Jagged Edge albums

• January 17, 2017

Give Jagged Edge their props – they may be the ...

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commentary

That Soulja Boy and Chris Brown Boxing Match? Don’t Watch It.

• January 11, 2017

  You know, I promised myself I wouldn’t talk about ...

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Can You Dig It? 20 Greatest Songs From Blaxploitation Soundtracks

• January 7, 2017

Times have changed. A year from now, Chadwick Boseman and ...

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Ranking Best SWV Albums

• January 4, 2017

On Wednesday night, TV One's heralded UnSung series finally showed ...

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The Playa Please Awards: The Worst Celebrity News and Nonsense of 2016

• December 28, 2016

So about 2016 – the year kinda sucked, huh? Now ...

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Christmas albums 2016

Our Favorite Christmas Albums: Kirk Franklin and the Family, Christmas

• December 24, 2016

What’s Christmas without the music? All month we’re celebrating out ...

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Christmas albums 2016

Our Favorite Christmas Albums: Patti LaBelle, This Christmas

• December 23, 2016

What’s Christmas without the music? All month we’re celebrating out ...

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Love Letters

Love Letters: My Life Is An Episode of ‘Insecure.’ Should I Tell My Boyfriend I Cheated?

• December 22, 2016

MURRY CHRIMUH! We're a few days away from the fat ...

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