THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

Rico Love has been slowly building up his Division 1 record label based out of Miami, Florida through artist like Young Chris and Teiarra Marie. Yesterday we posted a song featuring one of his ...

By the mid-’80s, he created Nouveau Swing, a distinctive sound that blended the swing beat of modern jazz with hip-hop, funk, and soul music. In the ’90s, Harrison recorded hits in the smooth jazz ...

We polled 108 critics from 15 countries across six continents to find out the best hip-hop song – here are their ballots in full (Warning: Some of the song titles in this list contain language ...

Nappy Nina challenges genres and expectations of form by pushing boundaries and redefining the essence of her craft. With her ...

East Coast-based hip-hop drew heavily on jazz samples and was generally characterized by rougher-edged, jazz-sample-based beats ... originally created to help smooth tiny vocal errors in recording ...

Rakim Allah, legendary as half of Eric B. & Rakim, was born William Michael Griffin Jr. on Long Island, New York. As a ...

CL Smooth met Pete Rock in high school and together, they began pursuing what would become a legendary run in Hip Hop. Rock ...

Multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated Saweetie returns to spice up the festivities with her brand-new holiday 2-pack ...

Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, trumpeter Bruce Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most important and emerging voices in jazz today. Harris’s love ... York's storied music traditions of ...

Give us a beat! The hottest hip-hop competition show is back for a stellar second season. Netflix’s “Rhythm + Flow” […] ...

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