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The Best Albums of 2025 … So Far

• June 15, 2025

Unbelievably, 2025 is nearly halfway over. But is it just ...

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Ranking the No. 1 R&B Singles of 1995: A Tier List | The Soul In Stereo Sessions

• June 11, 2025

After our look at 2005, we turned the clock back ...

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Album Review: Lil Wayne, Tha Carter 6

• June 6, 2025

Lil Wayne Tha Carter 6 (released June 6, 2025) Remember ...

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Busta Rhymes’ Albums RANKED | The Soul In Stereo Sessions

• June 5, 2025

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Time.com Says The ‘Song of the Summer’ Should Die. But That’s When We Felt the Most Alive

• May 26, 2025

To paraphrase the (not so young) Shawn Carter, I just ...

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Ranking the 50 Best Hip-Hop & R&B Soundtracks of the 1990s

• May 23, 2025

There's a lot to love about 90s hip-hop and R&B, ...

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2000 Rewind: Remembering Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP

• May 23, 2025

Y’all ready to relive Y2K? All year long the Rewind ...

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Ranking the Best Lyfe Jennings Albums

• May 9, 2025

Ayo, you... Have we been a little tough on Lyfe ...

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Ranking the Best Teena Marie Albums

• April 30, 2025

Get the think pieces ready, because I'm about to set ...

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2000 Rewind: Remembering Toni Braxton’s The Heat

• April 25, 2025

Y’all ready to relive Y2K? All year long the Rewind ...

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