It's safe to say that the R&B and hip-hop of the '90s was experimental. Today's superstars were still newbies, having not yet shifted tax brackets, while the divas of the day had been locked in place ...

The early 1990s, in musical terms, are most often remembered for the emergence of grunge and alternative in rock and for the breakthrough of G-Funk and gangsta rap in hip-hop— two seismic shifts in ...

Bruno Mars sounds like he’s having the time of his life on his much-awaited third album, “24K Magic.” The 31-year-old pop music sensation fills these nine tracks with whoops, grunts and shrieks ...

Nostalgia is a powerful force. That’s why pop’s harnessing of nostalgia is a habit some of its stars love to indulge in. A surefire sign you’ve crossed the threshold into full-on adulthood is when the ...

As inspired by the classic soul singer-songwriters of the 1960s and ’70s as she was by 1990s alt-rap acts like A Tribe Called Quest and the Roots, Badu added nods to Afro-beat, jazz and embellished it ...

“When it’s game time, I don’t play nice,” Kehlani Parrish sings on her debut album. The Californian has not had an easy path towards a recording career, with parents suffering drug addiction and ...

Jodeci were booed off stage at London's Wembley Arena last night (March 23). The group were performing at the venue as part of a 1990s R&B gig entitled 'The Show', alongside fellow icons of the era ...

SLIDESHOW - In honor of Black Music Month theGrio is emphasizing groups that came together to make music fans will never forget... We love the 90s! Looking back there are so many things about music ...

The singer's hit passes albums from Pop Smoke, Stevie Wonder and Rick James for fifth place all-time. By Trevor Anderson Sure, SZA’s album is the one called SOS, but it’s everyone else’s projects that ...

The combination of the singer’s sultry vocals and Timbaland’s percussive backdrops and Missy Elliott’s songwriting proved to be a winner, as Aaliyah reinvented herself as a smooth, sexy vocalist with ...