Who’s rising now: Artists such as Destin Conrad, Isaiah Falls, Ama, and Gabriel Jacoby are gaining attention for blending classic R&B emotion with fresh sonic experimentation. How the sound shifts: ...
Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...
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New R&B roundup spans soul classics to alt-R&B
This week’s R&B lineup features new music from Durand Bernarr, Joyce Wrice, Casper Sage, and Alina Baraz, offering a spectrum from soulful ballads to inventive alt-R&B. Current trends show the genre ...
A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...
Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...
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 ...
Long live the king. This week, Jacquees anointed himself the undisputed ruler of R&B— and all hell broke loose. “I just wanna let everybody know that I’m the king of R&B right now, for this generation ...
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