anderson .paak

/ 4 December 2019

The year in R&B and soul brought brilliant returns from music legends alongside artists pushing the boundaries of R&B past any limits. It's a genre where retro and futurism nestle cozily side by side. Here are the 15 best.

Music/Reviews

Talib Kweli Just Wants Us to Listen on ‘Radio Silence’

Mike Schiller

/ 2 February 2018

Talib Kweli exhorts his audience both to speak up and to listen, either to him or each other on Radio Silence, which is truly an album of our times.

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Anderson Paak – “Come Down” (Singles Going Steady)

PopMatters Staff

/ 16 November 2016

This choice cut from Anderson Paak is a song fit to transform any dancefloor into a heaving mass of gyrating limbs.

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NxWorries: Yes Lawd!

Marshall Gu

/ 27 October 2016

Yes Lawd! wants to be a neo-soul version of Madvillainy or The Unseen or Donuts, but comes up short.

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Kaytranada: 99.9%

Chris Conaton

/ 12 July 2016

Montreal-based producer Kaytranada attempts a lot of things on his debut. When he hits the mark, it's great. If only he hit the mark just a bit more often.