Irv Gotti was one of the masterminds behind the R&B and hip-hop sound that defined the early 2000s. Here are 25 of the best ...

Kendrick Lamar will perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show. Here's what songs he could perform in New Orleans: ...

Mariah Carey making an epic comeback, and Usher releasing his magnum opus. Let's take a look back at some of the best R&B songs that were released from 2000 - 2009.

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week.

Later, to amuse himself on the Ford assembly line, Gordy would make up songs. Eventually ... and blues”—solely to Black audiences. Those R&B tunes often only reached a white audience if ...

Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century chart reflects performance on weekly Billboard Hot 100 charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are ...

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