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Neneh Cherry, Punk, Rap and the Making of a Black Icon
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...
Anita Baker's Rapture: 40 Years of Auntie Music
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...
TLC: Legacy, Money and Music Industry Lessons
Sir Daniel and Jay Ray revisit TLC’s rise, marking the 34th anniversary of “Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip” and tracing Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg's 1992 breakout, Pebbles’ influe...
From “I Wanna Be Down” to “Ladies Night”: Classic Women in Rap Posse Cuts
DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray pull up a chair for a women’s history cypher, tracing how Black women MCs turned 90s remixes and rap features into full-on posse cuts that still...
Dancing Through Black History With Dr. Marcus Borders: Line Dancing, Skating, and Community
DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray sit down with Dr. Marcus Borders to explore how roller skating rinks, line dance floors, and Southern Soul nights in Atlanta become spaces of Bl...
Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” at 35: New Jack Swing, Videos and Memories
To mark Dangerous turning 35, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray revisit the album that bridged Michael Jackson’s classic era with Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing, while keeping fami...
From Hank Ballard to The Fat Boys: How The Twist Connected Black Musical Generations
DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray trace how the Twist and its kin—Watusi, Swim, Jerk, and Bus Stop—moved from Hank Ballard’s original to Chubby Checker’s American Bandstand cross...
The Wop at 40: The Greatest Hip Hop Dance Ever and the Groove of Mid-80s Black Parties
The Wop turned 40, and this episode sits right in that mid‑80s pocket where hood parties, basement jams, and early music videos shaped how we moved and how we saw ourselv...
The Sacred Science of Black Line Dances: Electric Slide, Cha-Cha Slide & The Wobble
In this episode of Queue Points, Jay Ray and DJ Sir Daniel unpack the sacred science behind three modern Black line dance staples: the Electric Slide, the Cha-Cha Slide, ...
Rihanna Is Our Last Global Pop Phenomenon
Rihanna has given us hits, images, and moments that defined an era, but what does it mean to call her our last global pop phenomenon? In this episode of Queue Points, DJ ...