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Gary The Creator Sep 9, 2026

Chlöe Turns ‘World On Fire’ Into a Full-Body Dance Showcase

Chlöe returns to the center of the dance floor in the choreography video for “World On Fire,” the latest visual from her collaborative mixtape with Timbaland, Resurrection.

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Gary The Creator Sep 9, 2026

Clearing a Stax Sample Means Calling Two Companies. On September 1, One of Them Became a Major.

A single sentence buried in a 1965 distribution contract cut the Stax catalog in half, and the halves have never been reunited. This month one of them landed inside the newly merged BMG and Concord.

Cover art: 6LACK – Everywhere At Once (Tour Talk)

New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 8, 2026

6LACK – Everywhere At Once (Tour Talk)

A Childish Major-produced freestyle that reads as a decade-in-review, arriving the same day 6LACK called off the 10 Years of 6LACK Tour and turning the explanation into his most confessional writing in a while.

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Cover art: Tank feat. Charlie Wilson & MK – HIGHLIGHT

New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 8, 2026

Tank feat. Charlie Wilson & MK – HIGHLIGHT

Tank brings Charlie Wilson and house producer MK onto a four-on-the-floor record about saving a sinking relationship, arriving ahead of EXPERIENCE, his September 25 album for R&B Money/BMG.

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Cover art: Kardinal Offishall feat. Glenn Lewis – Kiss Me When I

New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 8, 2026

Kardinal Offishall feat. Glenn Lewis – Kiss Me When I

Kardinal Offishall pulls Glenn Lewis back into the booth for a slow jam, twenty-three years after their Dre & Vidal-produced Back for More, as the lead-in to Firestarter Vol. 2: Everyday, Sometimes, due September 25.

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Cover art: Daley feat. Marsha Ambrosius – Headlights

New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 8, 2026

Daley feat. Marsha Ambrosius – Headlights

Daley reunites with Marsha Ambrosius, his partner on 2012's Alone Together, for a vocal-forward ballad from Strange Nature, the Manchester singer's first album since 2017's The Spectrum, out September 18.

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The Daily Pulse

Gary The Creator Sep 8, 2026

RAYE Takes 'Joy.' to the Streets With Amma and Absolutely

RAYE turns “Joy.” into a family affair, taking sisters Amma and Absolutely through London in the song’s warm, street-level official video.

The Daily Pulse

Gary The Creator Sep 8, 2026

Stevie Wonder Announces 18-Date 'Songs in the Key of Life' 50th-Anniversary Tour

Stevie Wonder will perform Songs in the Key of Life in full across an 18-date anniversary tour spanning Europe, the U.K. and the United States this fall.

The Daily Pulse

Gary The Creator Sep 8, 2026

The U.S. Music Business Grew 6.9 Percent: Rap and R&B Ride the Slowest Line in the Report

The RIAA's mid-year report puts U.S. recorded music revenue at $6 billion, but the acceleration came from CDs, vinyl and sync licensing. Subscriptions, where hip-hop and R&B live, grew slowest.

Cover art: MAJOR. – May This Moment Never End

New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 7, 2026

MAJOR. – May This Moment Never End

MAJOR.'s new single premiered on Aug 1 at T.I. and Tiny Harris's sixteenth-anniversary vow renewal in Ocho Rios, dance included, and lands in the month "Why I Love You" turns ten.

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New Music

New Album

All New Music Releases Sep 7, 2026

Cleo Sol – Gentlewoman

Cleo Sol's fifth solo album turned up a day early on Aug 20 with no interviews attached, fifteen songs and just over an hour of Inflo production through Forever Living Originals.

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New Music

New Single

All New Music Releases Sep 7, 2026

J. Brown – LATE

A Motown-boned Detroit soul record about being somebody's backup plan and deciding not to be, out through Mocha Music and UnitedMasters.

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Johnny Gill's 'A Dance, A Kiss' Tops Billboard Adult R&B Airplay + Drops Video

After 'Hold On Me' and 'Won't Let Go,' Mariah Dawne Sings About Letting Go on 'Make Room'

Jessie Reyez Sets A Little Vengeance Deluxe for Nov. 6, Mid-Tour

Chlöe Turns ‘World On Fire’ Into a Full-Body Dance Showcase

Clearing a Stax Sample Means Calling Two Companies. On September 1, One of Them Became a Major.

6LACK – Everywhere At Once (Tour Talk)

Tank feat. Charlie Wilson & MK – HIGHLIGHT

Kardinal Offishall feat. Glenn Lewis – Kiss Me When I

Daley feat. Marsha Ambrosius – Headlights

RAYE Takes 'Joy.' to the Streets With Amma and Absolutely

Stevie Wonder Announces 18-Date 'Songs in the Key of Life' 50th-Anniversary Tour

The U.S. Music Business Grew 6.9 Percent: Rap and R&B Ride the Slowest Line in the Report

MAJOR. – May This Moment Never End

Cleo Sol – Gentlewoman

J. Brown – LATE