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The new sexual anthem, which broke streaming records in its debut week, has caused conservative figures and politicians alike to openly speak out about an absence of respectability and conformity. But ...

You saw Earth, Wind & Fire face off against the Isley Brothers on Verzuz. Now read about how the legendary collective recorded their seminal album I Am. While working as a session drummer for ...

The record business has (allegedly) scammed countless musicians out of their masters, publishing rights, royalties, and just about everything else under the sun. Artists who lacked the proper ...

Born the son of a Pentecostal minister, Michael D’Angelo Archer was destined to pursue a career in music. At the age of three, he began playing the piano by ear inside the Archer household. By five, ...

In celebration of the anniversary of Jodeci's debut album, Forever My Lady, we spoke with group member Dalvin “Mr. Dalvin” DeGrate and engineer Paul Logus, who both provided insightful account of how ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Rick James' Street Songs, we spoke with engineer Rick Sanchez, who provided an incisive account of how this classic record came to fruition. Coming from ...

I’m tripping – in every sense of the word imaginable. It’s 10:04 p.m. in Southwest Atlanta as cold sweats surround me and artificial turf pierces into my back. I’ve been sprawled out on the basement ...

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...

He completed the imagery with a loosely worn white gown at his weekend-capping headline set for Glastonbury Festival last month. The unblemished white of the gown became steadily stained with a ...

These iconic lines from the end of Warren G’s 1994 classic “Regulate” serve as a kind of credo for the g funk era. The popular subgenre of gangsta rap was all the rage in the mid-‘90s, and brought a ...

Going from “dope” to “decked out,” the Y2K era introduced fads that would define female rappers of the generation. Bucket hats. Baby tees. Micro mini skirts. Exposed thongs. Even the options for urban ...