BMM Playlists

News

In honor of Black Music Month, we asked “Shea Butter Baby” singer Ari Lennox what would be in her “Shea Butter” Playlist and it was filled with smooth grooves, hot lyrics, and ratchet activity! Lennox’s list includes: Missy Elliot Featuring Da Brat “Sock It To Me” Patrice Rushen “Remind Me” Mary J. Blige “Everything” Three […]

News

June is Black Music Month and we had the chance to ask Gospel Legend Pastor John P. Kee who would be on his playlist this month. His selections?   The Stylistics ” I’m Stone In Love With You Stevie Wonder “Isn’t She Lovely” Lou Rawls “Memory Lane” (Hand Me Down My Walking Cane) Rance Allen […]

All month long we will honor our favorite artists during BLACK MUSIC MONTH, and to kick things off we put together a playlist of some of our favorite Philadelphia records from the 80’s & 90’s! From The Roots, to Jill Scott, Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff. Let us know on air and on social […]

  It’s Black Music Month and we’ve collected the Top 10 Beyonce for women’s empowerment!  I mean she is the Queen B and she told us to get in Formation…. so let’s count them down (in no particular order) and remember fem is the future! Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:     […]

Dancehall music may have evolved in Jamaica in the late 1970s, but it didn’t hit stateside until the 1980s. By the 1990s, dancehall became increasingly popular, with artists constantly linking up with American artists to create some of the classic records we spill spin today. But, it’s important to understand the genre’s roots. Class is […]

The world is marching to the rhythm of West Africa. Afrobeats have gone global and artists are clamoring to capitalize off of the infectious sound. Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat, created by Fela Kuti, gets its upbeat and energetic melodies from a hybrid of West African music and American jazz and funk. Wizkid, Davido […]