Vocal prodigy Jazmine Sullivan fights through her pain and transforms it into triumph with Heaux Tales.

Hoo-boy! It's been a long time since I've physically turned off an album before it reached the end.

The best way to describe H.E.R.'s Back Of My Mind is "human." Unapologetically and openly human.

With Sankofa, Stokely moves the genre forward by reaching back to retrieve music that's in danger of being left behind.

With Art Dealer Chic 4, Miguel does more unpacking his need for something real via a deceptively abrasive EP.

When I eventually sat down to really evaluate Silk Sonic's debut album, I wasn't surprised, but I definitely wasn't as cynical.

Samuel Seo is a fearless artist. With his newfound independence, he's taking his music to new heights.

Jimmy Brown and Jword offer their Chérie EP, going behind the lovemaking to the roller coaster of love.

Welcome 2 America is a Prince album that Prince himself didn't see fit to release. And there are reasons for that.

With Neptune, Gallant brings his most soulful, poetic and comprehensive piece of work to date.

Jimmy Brown gives us more grown folks music for those really trying to act grown with bedroom playlist.

Healy's Tungsten is a decent album for what it is, but riding the back of what came before it renders it mediocre.

MRSHLL gifts us an album of pieces created between 2017-2021. An evocative, beautiful piece of music.

Bludwork's Hypervigilance is a sensual, warm piece of music that soothes and caresses the senses.

Though Justin Nozuka's then, now & again is somewhat one-note, the man has a gorgeous voice and earnest lyrics.

Dawn Richard puts the love and fire of her culture on display with Second Line.

Colde's latest EP, idealism, seems to reveal a side of the artist he wants to (ideally) lean into more.

Joyce Wrice is quietly one of the more reliable vocalists in the industry. Her debut album, Overgrown, perfectly showcases that.

Samuel Seo's first release after parting ways with Magic Strawberry Sound, "TDC," cements him as the father of Korean neo soul.

It's album's like "Messages" that make me wonder: Why is oceanfromtheblue so far under the radar?