Show Notes

Show Notes: This episode shows how MTV Unplugged shifted from reacting to the Milli Vanilli scandal into a credibility test for Black artist...

The episode uses Questlove’s Sly Lives! as a springboard to examine who gets labeled “Black genius” and what that label costs artists like S...

Show Notes for the episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray celebrate the 30th anniversary of Faith Evans' debut Faith and pose the question of wh...

Show notes for an episode using the 45th anniversary of Chaka Khan’s What’cha Gonna Do for Me to trace her deep, ongoing ties to rock—from h...

Show notes for the episode tracing Dame Dash’s rise from a Harlem hustler to Roc-A-Fella’s most visible figure, showing how his flashy perso...

Show notes for our episode honors Sparky D by tracing her rise from Brownsville to The Playgirls and her pivotal role in the Roxanne Wars, w...

Show notes for the episode that dives into Cold Chillin’ Records and the Juice Crew, tracing how Marley Marl’s production and Fly Ty’s leade...

Show notes for our episode exploring the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack (1995) as a defining Black music landmark of the 1990s, tracing how Ba...

Show Notes for Got That Oil: Gospel Roots of Black Music, where DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray explore how faith and the Black church shaped the ...

Show notes for the Queue Points episode about 2 Live Crew. The episode revisits 2 Live Crew’s rise from the Miami bass scene to a watershed ...

Show Notes: Donwill discusses hip hop journalism, the art of the interview, and what it takes to stay in your life bag through 20+ years of ...

In The Quiet Storm Era & the Decline of R&B: Amani Roberts on What We Lost, the hosts explore how the Quiet Storm late-night format shaped B...