("Magnet" and "Pretty & Petty"), new music videos (the Kehlani-assisted "Safe") and a packed promo run that brought the BX ...

Usher Raymond IV, known to many as simply Usher, has been reshaping R&B and pop music for the last few decades. In fact, Usher is one of the best-selling artists of all time — and that includes all ...

We're feeling nostalgic today, so let's talk about the greatest early 2000s R&B songs. There's no denying the cultural power the early 2000s had on the music scene, especially when it comes to rhythm ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, writer Jaelani Turner-Williams addresses claims that today’s R&B is too sexual. R&B’s ...