Muddy Waters with family, circa 1980. Photo by ©David Michael Kennedy

Aretha Franklin’s voice could move mountains

Not liking jazz is lowkey a sign of low intellect

i hate this question bc MM is better than Low End in every conceivable way

Difference between online comments and reality

How did J Dilla even think of doing this

you can hear Dilla singing on this beat meant for a D'Angelo/Lauryn duet on Voodoo. I would have loved to hear a Dilla singing album.

November 9, 1993 “Midnight Marauders” and “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” were released on the same day. Truly one of the best release dates ever in music history.

One of those albums that reminds you what great production really means.

One of the greatest rap songs ever. Top 10… argue with your homie ✌🏽

Questlove & Motown historian Harry Weinger dissecting the original multitracks of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On":

this is some of the most devastating news i ever heard in my life

#Pharcyde speaks on their relationship with #Dilla

Michael Was Hittin That Sh*t 🔥🔥

D'Angelo & The Vanguard performing "1000 Deaths" live at Hugenottenhalle in Neu-Isenberg, Germany during The Second Coming Tour [2015]

J Dilla's flip of "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" by James Brown one of Dilla's funkiest cuts. just a ridiculous amount of bounce.

“I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat.” — Wes Montgomery

In a French occupied territory in the Pacific, French forces detained an Indigenous leader and flew him to the other side of the world. He was held in a French prison for a year without trial. He told AJ+ what the French government was trying to force him to do:

Fun fact: “Higher Ground” was recorded in one take. Stevie said in an interview: “I played the drums, the bass on the Moog with my left hand, the clavinet with my right hand, and I sang at the same time. Everything was done live.”