"If we win, it's because we're great." "If we lose, it's because the computer cheated." This administration is an 11-year-old playing Mario Kart.

I hate that we're in a place where educated, credentialed and experienced journalists are dismissed as frauds but anybody with 15 followers and a Guy Fawkes avi is treated like Ida B. Wells.

Hold public officials accountable. Absolutely. But use that same energy to hold these slop slingers and misinformation merchants accountable too. That's what's missing right now.

With the revival a few months away, I had to remind y'all just how groundbreaking and impactful A Different World was for our generation. Here are the moments that changed how we viewed the world.

I love that Gen Z/Alpha are embracing the music of our legends and want to learn more. I see none of the stupid "I don't know who that is so they're irrelevant" takes that were so annoying a decade ago.

My only thoughts on that White House UFC show: The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.

I'm mad that I can't use the em dash anymore because y'all think it's chatgpt.

Veterans cement their legacy, current stars drop some of their best work to date and R&B proves it's alive and well. The 25 best albums of 2026 ... so far.

Peabo was blessed with one of the best voices in the game and he'll always be one of my favorite interviews. He was so humble and so endearing, almost as if he didn't realize his enormous impact. But we all did. RIP to one of the best.

If the Obamas hosted EssenceFest on the White House lawn I wonder what the reaction would have been…

Betty Boop was based on a Black jazz singer. Just wanted to throw that out there before the usual bedsheet wearers start slandering Quinta Brunson's new role.

I'm convinced these rappers don't have real friends. You mean to tell me nobody in the group chat heard those corny Drake disses and was brave enough to say 'this ain't it, chief'

So yes the Supreme Court just allowed Alabama to silence the voice of Black voters and roll out the red carpet for Jim Crow. And don't think this is just an Alabama issue. As Lupe Fiasco once wisely said, "they gon' come for yours soon as they're done with mine." Evil is coming to your doorstep too.

For everyone who yelled, "I am not my ancestors," bet. If you really have more fight in you than they did, it's time to show and prove.

Don't be fooled by the R&B lean and the vintage (AI, ugh) promo. This is the same ol' Chris Brown project we've heard for more than a decade. And if that's what you like, you'll love #Brown. But if you want something more, good luck. soulinstereo.com/2026/05/albu...

'Folded' wasn't a fluke, y'all. Kehlani's new album finally fulfills years of potential, giving us the R&B project fans have been hungry for for years. soulinstereo.com/2026/04/albu...

I love that you can say "Stevie Wonder wrote the greatest song of all time" and there are like 3 or 4 legit options for that claim.

Nerd culture really taught a generation of kids to do the right thing, to stand up to bullies, to defend the persecuted, that no one is above the law and that prejudice, tyranny and greed are worth fighting against. 80s cartoons did a better job raising us than most of y'all's so-called leaders.

Shout out to TLC, SWV, Xscape and Destiny's Child, but there was a time in the early 90s when En Vogue had the R&B crown on lock. They've had their ups and downs through the years, but let's look back at their glory days. Ranking #EnVogue's catalog. soulinstereo.com/2026/03/rank...

If you ask my inbox, Ye's #Bully is either his best album in years or this worst ever. And as weird as it sounds, I kinda agree with both sides. This album is three steps forward, three steps backward. soulinstereo.com/2026/03/albu...

Our community will be so much stronger when y'all stop handing out cookout passes.

Bring back gospel interludes on R&B albums.

The only thing that will heal us is X-Men 97 season 2

Just when y'all were ready to put Bruno Mars in a box, with the help of D'Mile he decides to evolve again. #TheRomantic is a little sadder, much more mature but as thrilling as always. He keeps winning.

After a decade-long layoff, Jill Scott picked the perfect time to return. The result is one of her best albums to date, and with a discography as strong as hers, that's saying a lot.

So, if this is really the end, what's #JCole's legacy? I think this album gives us the answer. #TheFallOff is far from a perfect project but the journey winds up greater than the destination soulinstereo.com/2026/02/albu...

"But I don't understand what Bad Bunny is saying, how can I enjoy this?" Y'all have been listening to SZA mumble for 10 years, you'll be fine.

My grandfather. 102 years old and still the flyest in the room. Happy birthday to my inspiration.

If you walk into your house of worship this morning and they're silent on the suffering in our country today, LEAVE. Jesus was a table-flipping, anti-corruption, peace-seeking radical. If your minister can't relate, Jesus ain't in there.

Despite what you'll see on these apps today, MLK was not an out-of-context quote. He was not a passive observer or watered down caricature.

I know it's easy to dismiss modern R&B as not as compelling as past decades, but we're halfway through the 2020s and the state of R&B is probably stronger than you realize. The 25 best R&B albums of the 2020s so far. #SoulInStereo soulinstereo.com/2026/01/the-...

Can’t wait for the very folks who have been violating civil rights for 365 days to start posting MLK quotes 😒

We've seen an American murdered on camera while the gunman mocked her. The current occupant of the White House is spitting segregationist rhetoric in the face of the Civil Rights Act. I have friends – actual legal citizens of this country – afraid to walk the streets. Y'all aren't angry enough.

If Aubrey had more than two brain cells under those braids he should really be rethinking that ICEman album title right about now.

IT IS THE YEAR … 2026 *Transformers 86 movie voice* #HNY2026

First Richard Smallwood, now Clay Davis!? 2025 is acting a fool on the way out. RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr.

If you never ate Now & Laters with little bits of paper stuck to them you can't argue with me about music.

Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now

Once a week I tell myself that I want a puppy. Also once a week I talk myself out of it.

From couples creeping at Coldplay to Young Money and Dipset down bad to whatever is going on with Jermaine Jackson's head, 2025 nearly drove me to drink. I might as well, because clearly these people are. It's time for the annual Playa Please Awards. Watch me go off on the worst of the worst.

Live a life so undeniable that the bigots scramble – and fail – to discredit you in death.

2025: The year R&B began to find its voice again, legends received the spotlight they deserved and we witnessed comebacks for the ages. I listened to *218* projects this calendar year. Here are the 50 best.

Light-Years is the hip-hop White Whale that I've been chasing for literally half my lifetime. What we got wasn't what I expected, but what we needed – a beautiful ode to hip-hop culture and the perfect way to cap off this year's Legend Has It series. soulinstereo.com/2025/12/albu...

Witnessing the kids I mentored at age 10, 11 and 12 become mentors for the next generation a decade later is an amazing feeling. Want to break generational curses? Revamp the cycle.

With the #Boys4LifeTour coming soon, let's look back at the solo career of B2K's frontman Omarion. It took awhile, but he's grown into one of R&B's more consistent artists. Ranking every Omarion album & B2K project. #SoulInStereo soulinstereo.com/2025/12/rank...

Dave Hollister's #Chicago85TheMovie has become a cult classic. It might not have grabbed the headlines it deserved in 2000, but 25 years later, it's celebrated as one of the brightest hidden gems of its era. Let's look back. #SoulInStereo soulinstereo.com/2025/11/2000...

25 years ago, Erykah took a huge creative leap with her sophomore album, and if you ask us, that risk paid off. Green Eyes, Bag Lady, Didn't Cha Know – they weren't just songs, they were testimonies. Revisiting #MamasGun. soulinstereo.com/2025/11/2000...

My most anticipated album of all time. I've wanted it since 1999 but never thought it would happen. Dec. 12, 2025, dreams come true. Nas. DJ Premier. Define My Name.

If Summer Walker didn't sing like she has a mouth full of Werther's Originals I might like this album.

25 years ago today, Musiq Soulchild dropped an album that was annoying to spell but impossible to deny. Tim Hall joins me to revisit Musiq's beloved Aijuswanaseing, the legacy of "Love" and if that neo-soul tag really is a bad thing. #SoulInStereo soulinstereo.com/2025/11/2000...