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Tribute to Angie Stone: The Unsung Hip-Hop Trailblazer Who Became an R&B Force
(March 2, 2025). As February turned to March, bridging Black History and Women’s History Months, hip-hop and R&B lost an important artist who shaped both. Angie Stone, who first rose…
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The Haunting Connections Between Roberta Flack’s Death and Kendrick’s “Luther” Hitting No. 1
(February 28, 2025). The news of Roberta Flack’s death on Monday (2/24) came just as Billboard announced that Kendrick Lamar & SZA had climbed to No. 1 on the Hot…
Roberta Flack Took a Risk — It Gave Us Donny Hathaway’s Final Songs (And Made Us Dance!)
Roberta Flack: A Timeless Voice and an Overlooked Masterpiece (February 28, 2025). Earlier this week, the world lost one of its most elegant and evocative voices with the passing of…
‘Ain’t Understanding Mellow’ When You Experience the Zen of Jerry Butler’s Best Song?
(February 23, 2025). Jerry Butler, the soul music icon and former member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocal group The Impressions, left behind a remarkable legacy when…
Every Rap or Hip-Hop Album That’s Topped the Billboard 200; Plus the Rap Leaderboard
This blog post, updated in January 2024, presents an authoritative listing of all 257 rap and hip-hop albums that have topped the Billboard 200 chart since the first in 1987.…