Queue Points

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...

DJ Sir Daniel, Jay Ray, and Amani Roberts examine how corporate radio consolidation, advertising priorities, and shifting ownership reshaped R&B and sidelined the genre’s...

This episode offers a candid, historically grounded conversation about the N-word, tracing its journey from household taboos to a fixture in hip-hop’s mainstream lexicon ...

This episode peels back the cold bite of truth in hip-hop, examining high-profile cases that altered careers and lives—from Snoop Dogg’s acquittal to Cool C and Steady B’...

This episode of Queue Points examines how music, charisma, and community-building can be manipulated to cause real harm, connecting The Cult of the NatureBoy documentary ...

In this episode, Seth Neblett discusses his book Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic, highlighting Mallia Franklin and the women who kept P-Funk’s mu...

In this episode, Nick Bambach joins to unpack the enduring legacy of Sade, tracing the band’s post-punk London roots, its artistic ownership ethos, and how a four-piece l...

This episode traces how Donald Trump’s name evolved into a symbol of wealth, access, and status within Black music in the late ’80s and ’90s, linking lyrics to the era’s ...

Neneh Cherry sits at the crossroads of punk, rap, pop, and Black music history, and this episode shows how she carved a lane that still feels outside the box. Tracing her...

Queue Points’ Anita Baker’s Rapture: 40 Years of Auntie Music revisits Baker’s journey from Detroit’s Chapter 8 through her battle with Beverly Glen Records and arrival o...