Nothing sets the mood for love like '90s R&B. Whether you are celebrating a new romance, a long-time love, or just vibing solo with self-love, the smooth vocals and heartfelt lyrics of this golden era ...

To people of a certain age, the 90s represent a peak in contemporary R&B. There were 80s-holdover superstars like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson doing great stuff, the emergence of male vocal ...

February is Black History Month, and each week, all month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison will be taking you on a journey of R&B through the decades. In this session, we dig into the '90s, ...

Every so often, music industry executives, artists and fans will say, "R&B is dead" and then questions start to emerge, comparing today's R&B to its counterpart in the past. Where are the love ballads ...

In today's music world, new R&B groups seem to be making a small resurgence, such as artists like Chloe x Halle, The Shindellas, and FLO. However, over three decades ago, fans had many groups they ...

'90s music and culture is currently experiencing a resurgence. Bruno Mars has been tapping into the New Jack Swing sound. Urban fashion lines such as Cross Colors and the African American College ...

Editor's note: This post was originally published in October 2019 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. To celebrate Aaliyah's return to streaming, we take a look at some of Baby Girl's most ...

We might've been a little too young to fully understand the lyrics at the time, but that didn't stop us from obsessing over the top R&B breakup songs of the '90s. Is it just me, or does it seem as ...