*“I was his music director,” said Mark Adams about working with the late Roy Ayers when I asked during our interview for his new single “Open Letter” from his newest album “This is Neo-Soul” (DownJazz ...

Trademarked by Kedar Massenburg — the former president of Motown Records who discovered and signed Badu to his label, Kedar Records — in the late ‘90s, neo-soul was created as a promotional tool amid ...

On ‘The Almanac of Rap,’ the veteran rapper talks about adapting his album for Broadway, reshaping his lyrics and what it means to bring hip-hop to the theater. 7 hours ago “[Neo-soul] made it cool to ...

As fans and music lovers are still coming to terms with singer D’Angelo’s recent death, it seems like more and more are starting to revisit the sound he unknowingly helped pioneer: Neo-Soul. The genre ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. D’Angelo, the soul and R&B singer who kicked off music’s neo-soul movement with virtuosic, sensual and spiritually ...