It’s very rare for a new artist to catch our attention these days, but LAYA has definitely done that. Her combination of nostalgia and futuristic sounds is a welcomed addition to a genre that is filled with a lot of ...

You can count on one hand how many albums Maxwell has released in his faithful music tenure, which is now in its fourth decade. Think back to April 2, 1996. The irony of a 23-year-old Maxwell releasing Maxwell’s Urban Hang ...

Ravyn Lenae’s moment is now. The emerging singer-songwriter has released her debut album, Hypnos, her first project since 2018’s Crush EP. Hypnos is left-field R&B at its best, consisting of 16 songs, four of which have cameos from other artists of ...

Nick Cannon has many jobs, from hosting VH1’s Wild ‘n Out to hosting Fox’s The Masked Singer, among others. The common thread between the gigs is music. So it is not surprising that the multi-hyphenate would release an album mixing ...

Mary J. Blige continues to collect her well-deserved flowers in 2022. The reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Soul is featured on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2022 list. She joins a range of prominent public figures, including Issa Rae, Jazmine ...

Most music fans want to know the artists they support are empathetic to what goes on in their everyday lives. Mychelle speaks an identifiable language on her latest project, Someone Who Knows.  There’s a sense that the six songs that ...