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The long awaited sixth studio album from Rahsaan Patterson is nearly here, and he’s just revealed the cover art and tracklist for the project. “Heroes & Gods” is set to release on May 17th via Shanachie Entertainment, and this is his first album in nearly eight years since “Bleuphoria” ... read more

When we recently posed a question on social media about which artist our readers were most wondering what they’ve up been up to, Corey Latif’s name showed up a few times. After releasing his debut album “Love in the First” in 2003, the singer has released a bunch ... read more

In a time when the R&B genre desperately needs additional platforms to help elevate many of our favorite artists of years past, Live Nation is really stepping up to the plate. Live Nation Urban announced today, the launch of Femme it Forward, a multi-format series of all female curated ... read more

R&B legend Monica has just released the visual for her latest single “Commitment”. The video was directed by Teyana Taylor and finds Monica locked up due to complications from her relationship. The video premiered last night following her appearance on T.I. and Tiny’s Friends and Family Hustle. ... read more

Check out the brand new single from Elle Varner called “Kinda Love”. Over the vibey track, Elle sings about longing for more than a short term commitment; she wants it all. The new single is the latest release from her upcoming album called “Ellevation”. This will be ... read more

This week we bring in legendary singer Musiq Soulchild to the podcast. Musiq is a longtime favorite of ours so we had to make this one happen. We talk about his recent music releases which includes features on basically every rapper and singers projects. We also get into his ... read more

PJ Morton has just announced a new partnership with Tyscott Music & Entertainment to release two new projects via his Morton Records Inspiration Division. First up is the debut solo album from Atlanta based singer/songwriter Josiah “Jojo” Martin, who has toured as a background vocalist for Fred Hammond ... read more

Legendary production duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis link up with Sounds of Blackness for the brand new single “Til I Found You”. The track features lead vocals from Ann Nesby, the late Big Jim Wright, and Lauren Evans. The new single is the first offering from ... read more

Lady Wray aka Nicole Wray returns with the brand new single “Piece of Me”. The song is a straight up throwback from the vocals to the production. “Piece of Me” is a real head nodder that finds Nicole singing about the difficulties of dealing with family and friends ... read more

Another week, and another piece of history uncovered on the SoulBack R&B Podcast. Each week we’ve had on a special guest, and we’ve really been uncovering some secrets lately. The latest of those comes from the vault of legendary producer DJ Kay Gee of Naughty by Nature. If you ... read more

Veteran singer Leela James shows off her rock and blues side after teaming up with The Truth on the new EP “Are You Ready?” The project represents the next stage in her musical journey and comes via a five song EP on Entertainment One. The first single was ... read more

We were immediately enamored with emerging r&b sensation Nicole Bus when we heard her breakout single “You” a couple of months back. Her soulful vocals over a throwback, sample heavy production immediately had us impressed. The singer now returns with a remix version of the song featuring ... read more

It seems like the wait has been forever since the two legends Jon B. and Donell Jones first announced their collaborative single “Understand”. We now finally get our first listen to the song and get to see the video as well. The song is everything we had ... read more

The always mysterious Maxwell has been on a roll putting out unnanounced EPs each week for the past few Fridays. Things began with a remix EP to his current single “Shame”. As it turns out, the rest of the EP’s he’s been giving us over the past few ... read more

Chris Brown returns with the brand new single called “Back to Love”. The Cam Wallace produced song also comes with a music video which was directed by Brown and Arrad. The cinematic visual was filmed in Paris and features people dancing around the world, as well as follows ... read more