R&B

2016 release from the R&B vocalist. After breaking into the music business as part of Teddy Riley's hit-making group BlackStreet, Dave Hollister brought his gritty tenor, down home and soul-drenched 'keeping it real' approach to a string of hits. The...

2016 release from the R&B vocal trio. In 2012 SWV officially reunited on record, with their fourth studio album I Missed Us. A smart update of the group's earlier work, the album was well received by fans and critics, debuting at #6 on the R&B charts and...

2016 release from the R&B superstar. Hard II Love if Usher's long-awaited follow-up to 2012's Looking 4 Myself. The album features the "No Limit" (with Young Thug), "Crash," "Missin U" and "Champions." The latter comes from the motion picture Hands of...

2016 release from the R&B singer/songwriter. James' sound is reminiscent of the greats (think Prince meets D'Angelo) but the Germany-born, New York-bred crooner pens narratives about love and making it that unfold like a party for the ears. He credits...

2016 release from the prolific St. Louis producer best known for working behind-the-scenes with artists like D?m-Funk, Shuggie Otis, Run The Jewels and Shafiq Husayn. Five years since his debut All In My Mind, this time I, Ced has taken greater creative...

2016 release from the platinum R&B trio After 7, their first newly recorded release in over 20 years. When it comes to the legacy of After 7, there is certainly a great deal to live up to. "Babyface knew what he had 25 years ago when he put us together,"...

2016 release from the Grammy Award-winning artist. Anthony Hamilton is back with What I'm Feelin', the singer's fifth studio album. What I'm Feelin' reunites Hamilton with Mark Batson, who produced 10 of the album's 12 tracks. Batson co-wrote and...

2016 release from the Australian soul vocalist and the Madrid, Spain-based soul outfit. The album includes 10 slices of soul, the perfect marriage between the spectacular voice of Shirley Davis and instrumental forcefulness of The Silverbacks. From the...

2016 compilation that features 23 tracks new to CD, including seven previously unreleased. The music is top-quality soul, mainly from New York. The Serock label is featured along with tracks made for Arock and Sylvia. You get a great alternate take of...

2016 collection. This release kicks off a brand new BGP series which looks at the obscure and wonderful from different areas of American black music. The first collection digs into the West Coast studio scenes that produced so much great street funk and...

2016 collection. The highly anticipated second volume of songs by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison is no less potent than 2011's Come Together. The compositions of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison were no less appreciated by their black...

2016 collection. R&B legend Hank Ballard's doo wop, R&B and funk recordings have been widely anthologized by Ace and others but the great recordings he made at the height of the µ60s soul boom have been largely ignored in the CD era. This CD rectifies...