Aesthetic Perfection will give longtime fans a new take of their debut album this year. Announced today, Closer To Human is a ...

Its core aesthetic was like nothing in hip-hop ... and together they forged the idea of what came to be known as "hip-hop soul" —music with the emotional heft of the former, the sample-heavy ...

Charles Bradley was part of the rebirth of authentic-sounding soul for Brooklyn’s Daptone label in the early 2000s Considered one of the founders of soul music, Ray Charles began recording in ...

As "Soul Brother No. 1," Brown acted as a cultural leader, writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven ...