From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With that said, few eras have been mined more heavily than the 1980s. With ...

These controversial songs from the 1980s might elicit a love-hate response from the general public, but I'm firmly in the "love" camp.

This might be the most nostalgic of all nostalgic love songs from the 1980s out there. How could I possibly leave off this sultry, saxophone-led tune from one of the greatest talents of that decade?

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have had a more significant influence on both funk and soul music than Larry Graham. As the pioneering bassist of Sly and the Family Stone and the dynamic frontman of ...

Not sure what Casino del Sol was thinking when it booked 1980s R&B producer Stevie B’s “Spring Love Music Festival” on the final weekend of summer. The title is a little optimistic when you consider ...

One of the leading voices of early 1980s R&B, Cavin Yarbrough, of the singing duo Yarbrough and Peoples, passed away at the age of 71. One of the leading voices of early 1980s R&B, Cavin Yarbrough of ...