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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

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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

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ChatGPT’s Best Rap Albums of the 2010s. ChatGPT is wrong.

• April 24, 2025

It's Man vs Machine! I asked ChatGPT to name the ...

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Album Review: Alex Isley, When

• April 17, 2025

Alex Isley When (released April 18, 2025) Alex Isley was ...

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The 50 Best DJ Premier Beats

• April 9, 2025

Way back in 2016 I decided to look back at ...

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2000 Rewind: Remembering Pink’s Can’t Take Me Home

• April 4, 2025

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