Best Albums of 2006

By PopMatters Staff

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow for the best re-issues, as well as ongoing genre top 10s the rest of this week, culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. [23 December 2006]

Best R&B of 2006

By Mike Joseph

Mike Joseph's picks for the year's best in R&B include manly soul men, retro futurists, sex-you-up lyricists, and one funky Jehovah's Witness. [14 December 2006]

John Legend: Evolver

By Mike Joseph

Evolver is one of the better R&B albums of 2008, and Legend goes a long way towards proving himself as a jack of all trades. [5 November 2008]

John Legend: Get Lifted

By Mark Anthony Neal

Legend has fashioned a rather nuanced and sophisticated debut -- a Nora Jones for the R&B faithful. [4 February 2005]

R&B star John Legend evolves [30 January 2009]

John Legend talks about the new direction of his music and a lot of other things [9 December 2008]