Beyoncé's 'Break My Soul' samples Big Freedia and house classic 'Show Me Love'

It's likely no coincidence that the song is being released during Pride Month and what is considered Pride Week in Houston.
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9 Jackie Wilson Songs That Define the Evolution of Soul Music.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few soul greats truly moved people the way Jackie Wilson did—not just with his voice, but with every fiber of his presence. His songs weren’t just records; they were full-blown ...
Stereogum

A Composer Breaks Down The Music Theory Behind Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”

Beyoncé’s hypnotic new single, “Break My Soul,” has topped the Billboard Hot 100, and if pandemic restrictions continue relaxing, you’ll soon experience this ebullient ’90s-inspired house jam on a ...
Variety

De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Coming to Streaming Services in March

The catalog is preceded by the release of their single “The Magic Number” on Jan. 13 — the song, the opening track of “Three Feet High and Rising,” was used in the end credits of the 2021 blockbuster ...
Rolling Out

5 reasons Muni Long won’t write soul music for non-Black artists

Muni Long at the Winter’s Diary Festival at the United Center in Chicago (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre) When Muni Long posted her Boosie Badazz-inspired video on December 26, 2024, she didn’t ...
Houston Press

Soul Coughing Brings Back the ’90s at WOMH

The ’90s, arguably, constituted the last era of rock music. When boy bands and pop stars put an end to rock’s five-decade reign over popular music, the decade of grunge and jangly college music was ...
Chicago Sun-Times

‘Soul Music of Illinois’ sheds light on little-known achievements of Black labels, artists

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