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 ...

Graff added that “thousands” of albums were released in the ‘90s and that boiling that ocean down to a salty 501 records was a mammoth undertaking – but one that came together quickly thanks to the ...

Oct. 13 has ushered in glorious transformations in hip-hop and R&B. Ashanti was born on this day in 1980, and her eponymous ...

R&B icon D'Angelo, whose retro sound epitomized the neo-soul movement of the mid-'90s, has died following a battle with ...