Rated R&B is bringing you the most essential releases this week. From the traditional R&B that purists love to the boundary-pushing sounds of the alt-R&B scene, this new music roundup keeps its pulse on the essence of R&B. Dive into ...
One year after shaking up the R&B scene with her debut EP, With All Due Respect, Kwn is back with the B-side, And All Pride Aside, via RCA Records. Preceded by “Hopeless Romantic” and “Touch Myself,” the 11-track project further ...
Rising vocalist Sekou is expanding the story told on his mixtape, In A World We Don’t Belong, with a second installment. Like the preceding Pt. 1, In A World We Don’t Belong Pt. 2 contains five tracks, including the lead, ...
After a brief hiatus, Muni Long is back with new music. The Grammy-winning singer has returned with “Richest,” her first single of the year. Produced by Charlie Coffeen, the heartfelt ballad captures the vulnerability of opening up to love again ...
Lucky Daye has officially entered a new chapter. The Grammy-winning R&B singer has signed a new deal with Warner Records. He joins a growing roster that includes Syd, Alex Isley, Justine Skye, Teddy Swims and more. Daye was previously signed ...
Production duo The Colleagues has unleashed their new collaborative album, Sincerely Yours: Songs in the Key of Love. Inspired by Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, Sincerely Yours takes listeners on a journey through the peaks and valleys in love. The 11-track ...
Two of R&B’s independent forces have united. Dawn Richard has teamed with Durand Bernarr for her new single “Baby, Can We?” Produced by Katalyst Collective, “Baby, Can We?” flips Aretha Franklin‘s 1972 classic “Day Dreaming” into a gumbo of R&B, ...
After being dropped by her label, the vocalist became a courier to make ends meet. Now she’s back – with millions of fans of her pheromone-rich songwriting Kwn has never been one to turn her nose up at a job. ...
Tiana Major9 is going on tour this fall. The British-Jamaican singer has revealed the dates for her headlining November Scorpio Tour. The 10-city outing will launch in Europe, where Major9 will play in Amsterdam, Paris and London, from Oct. 6 ...
Lifetime has announced that He Couldn’t Let Go, starring Christina Milian, will make its television debut this summer. The thriller, also starring Steven Strait (The Expanse, Sky High), is set to premiere July 11 at 8 p.m. ET on the ...