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News Articles: Genre: R&B/Soul

<em>Jean</em> is the second album by Yebba, named for the singer's grandmother.

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  • Music

There's more than one path to a confessional song

On new albums by viral sensation Yebba and studio whiz Pimmie, it's clear modern R&B has been clearing space for vastly different stripes of singer-songwriter.

March 12, 2026
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
"I knew I was definitely blessed with a gift. And always like to say the gift wasn't just my gift," Saadiq says. "It was given to me. So I had to do something with that gift."

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  • Music

How the blues brought musical journeyman Raphael Saadiq to the Oscars

The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners.

March 10, 2026
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By:
  • Rodney Carmichael
Jill Scott's <em>To Whom This May Concern</em> is is the neo-soul veteran's first studio album in a decade.

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  • Music Features

R&B stars consider two ways to serve an audience

Two albums released the same day — Jill Scott's return from a long absence, and Brent Faiyaz's play for a mid-career pivot — offer opposing visions of artistic advancement in the genre.

February 19, 2026
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
Dijon Duenas, who performs mononymously as Dijon, was one of 2025's breakout voices, both as a collaborator for R&B-leaning pop stars and an artist in his own right.

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  • Music Features

R&B's next vibe shift is here. These 2025 albums are proof

Let the sunshine in: After a decade of chilly trap beats and freaky club tales, the tide is turning on the genre's dominant sound.

December 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
Odeal performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Music

Odeal: Tiny Desk Concert

Right from the first note, Odeal instantly transports us to the warm, soulful pocket that we never leave.

December 15, 2025
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By:
  • Alanté Serene
Jimmy Cliff onstage at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in July 2011.

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  • Obituaries

Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies at 81

The musician and actor helped propel reggae into the international spotlight, thanks in part to his songs and starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.

November 24, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
sombr and Rosalía hit milestones this week on the pop charts.

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  • Music

Rosalía and sombr crack the top 10 on the charts for the first time

Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.

November 20, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
The Grammys have never absorbed a greater embarrassment than they experienced when news broke that the public-facing members of Milli Vanilli didn't sing their own songs.

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  • Music

Milli Vanilli used to be Grammys poison… but not anymore

Thirty-five years after the Grammys revoked Milli Vanilli's best new artist award, former member Fab Morvan has been nominated in a surprising twist.

November 18, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Yaya Bey

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  • Music

Yaya Bey on her latest album, 'do it afraid'

Yaya Bey performs live from her new album, do it afraid, and talks about finding joy and having fun, even when it might seem difficult.

November 12, 2025
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By:
  • Raina Douris and
  • Miguel Perez
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/14/nx-s1-5574071/dangelo-dead-at-51-obituary"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read D'Angelo's obituary</strong></a>

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  • Obituaries

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

October 14, 2025
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
On the <em>The Passionate Ones</em>, his second album as Nourished by Time, Baltimore native Marcus Brown plumbs the ways that class and labor become inseparable from creativity.

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  • Music Features

Nourished By Time's blue-collar blues

Marcus Brown toiled for 10 years before stumbling into indie stardom. On his thrilling new album, he hears music in every hour worked — day jobs included.

September 01, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
For listeners who buy physical media, some of the biggest major-label releases of the past year have packed an unwelcome surprise.

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  • Music Features

Buying vinyl from a pop star? You might only get a fraction of the music

Fans who pre-ordered new albums by Lil Wayne and The Weeknd on vinyl got a rude awakening: More than half the songs that appeared on the streaming version were missing on the LP.

August 12, 2025
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By:
  • Marc Hogan
Sean "Diddy" Combs performs in 2023 at Howard University's Yardfest in Washington, D.C.

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  • Music News

What happens to Sean Combs now?

The hip-hop mogul's legal saga has reached an uneasy outcome. Despite a tainted legacy and severed business ties, does his acquittal on the most serious charges leave room for a return?

July 03, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1209525990/sly-stone-obituary"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Sly Stone's obituary</strong></a>

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  • Obituaries

Sly Stone, visionary funk frontman of the Family Stone, has died at age 82

The musical visionary led a multi-racial funk band that produced five Top 10 hits in the late 1960s and early '70s.

June 10, 2025
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By:
  • Brandon Gates
Cassie Ventura chats with VJ Stephen Colletti during a July 2006 appearance on MTV's <em>Total Request Live</em>.

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  • Music News

Who is Cassie? The stalled music career of the Sean Combs trial's star witness

The mogul's former protégé and girlfriend emerged as a promising pop artist in 2006. On the stand this week, she said her relationship with Combs and his label quickly became more about control.

May 15, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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