Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The theme of ...
No shortcuts, no gimmicks. Just a rising star from PG County, Md. is ready to make his story known globally. 2 minutes ago In 2001, Just Blaze, the producer of “Song Cry,” made a soul sample. In 2020, ...
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Hip-hop’s presence in the 2000s and the 2010s was decidedly larger than that of the previous two decades. The golden age of the 1990s, with its diversity of sound and establishment of legendary ...
Despite mogul and marketing wizard Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bold assertion, he and his Bad Boy Records in-house production team, the Hitmen, didn’t invent the remix. They did, however, during the label’s ...
Nearly a quarter-century after it reached top-ten status on Billboard's Hot 100 charts, Queens, NY-born rapper Ja Rule still performs his 2000-released single "Put It On Me" as if he's suplexing it -- ...
Dec. 14 has had plenty of offerings from the hip-hop and R&B world. Lauryn Hill released “Ex-Factor,” the second single from ...
Pusha T and No Malice have made it official that there will be a new Clipse album — the first in 15 years. The famous hip-hop duo revealed in an Instagram post Thursday that their fourth studio album ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The theme of SeaWorld San Diego’s summer concert series this year is R&B, hip hop and rap hits from the ’90s and early 2000s. Waka Flocka, Fat Joe, Ying Yang Twins, Ginuwine, ...