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In the music business, many great R&B songs have been passed over for being selected as singles for many reasons.

Everybody loves how it feels when the bass drops…but err’body ain’t able to make it happen. Here are ten of the greatest arbiters of low-end theory for your perusal.Stanley ClarkeAll hail the king from the streets of Philadelphia! Clarke is most responsible for bringing electric bass out of the background as a lead instrument, kicking out melodies and jaw-dropping solos - from the frenetic to the eloquent.His composition “School Days” is an all-time band jam classic. [...]

Black Top 10s Spotify Playlists Indie Musician SuggestionsThe Internet has made it more feasible for rising musicians and producers to put their work out there for the world to see. As a result, indie musicians, and specifically Black talent, have been making waves in the music industry, finding new audiences. [...]

Black Country Singers have been around for decades but have not been at the forfront in country music as much as their white counterparts.Country music has always been about telling amazing stories. It's a genre that has diehard fans from around the globe and has changed over the years. Many don't realize the impact and participation that Black people have in country music.For example, Ray Charles' Georgia On My Mind is one of the greatest country classics of all time and has been re-recorded several times. [...]

KANE BROWN AND H.E.R. RELEASE “BLESSED & FREE” TRACK AND MUSIC VIDEOBROWN’S BLESSED & FREE TOUR KICKS OFF FRIDAY, OCT. 1 ACM, CMT Music Award and five-time American Music Award winner Kane Brown and Academy Award and four-time Grammy Award winner H.E.R. announced today the release of “Blessed & Free,” their new track and music video. “Blessed & Free” was written by Brown, H.E.R., Ilsey Juber, Denzel Michael-Akil Baptiste, David Biral and Russell James Chell, Jr. [...]

The genres of Hip-Hop and Rap are filled with some of the world’s most talented, influential and successful lyricists. Names such as Jay-Z, Nas, Lil’ Wayne, Drake, and many others have gone on to break records and sell countless amounts of hits, making them some of the biggest names in music. Although names such as Jay-z and Lil’ Wayne sustained their success, others faded away just like the way they emerged onto the scene. [...]

Top 10 Black Queer Celebrity Couples That Show LGBTQ Love is FlourishingBy: Princess DominikoLove is love. However, though this sentiment of love being pure and true to itself is prevalent today, in our recent past, queer love was demonized, especially within the black community, where toxic masculinity is predominant and where being a trans, black woman is equal to a death sentence. [...]

Once upon a time, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a party in Atlanta that became a legend. It was called...