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In this episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray celebrate the 30th anniversary of Faith Evans’ debut album Faith by weighing whether it outshines Mary J. Blige’s What's the 41...

In this episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray explore Chaka Khan’s 1986 era when she crossed into rock alongside David Bowie, Robert Palmer, and Steve Winwood, highlighting ...

DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray examine Dame Dash’s rise from Harlem hustler to the flashy, villain-coded cofounder of Roc-A-Fella, using Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium 30th anniversar...

This episode honors Sparky D, tracing her rise from a Brownsville dancer to a pioneering female battle rapper during the Roxanne Wars, and examining her work with The Pla...

This episode dives into Cold Chillin' Records and how Fly Ty and Len Fichtelberg built a Queensbridge-backed powerhouse with Warner Brothers distribution, clarifying that...

This episode explores how the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack became a Black film history milestone, forged by Babyface's focused solo production and a deliberate all-women ...

Got That Oil: Gospel Roots of Black Music traces the sacred threads running through soul, R&B, hip-hop, and gospel, exploring how artists who grew up in the church—like A...

In this 40th-anniversary commemorative episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray explore why 2 Live Crew defined Miami bass and became a pivotal force in hip hop, not just for t...

In this Black Music Month episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray dive into three of 1996’s most explicit hip-hop tracks—Akinyele’s Put It In Your Mouth, LL Cool J’s Doin’ It,...

Donwill, the DJ, rapper, and Webby-winning podcaster behind Okayplayer's The Almanac of Rap, sits with DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray to unpack the craft of interviewing and w...