pattern recognition has always been one of my quiet strengths. people, situations, choices. patterns literally never lie. it’s the fastest way to understand pretty much any and everything.

vinyl wall update: soulquarians, rip d’angelo.

Big ups to the artists, the managers, the folks at the labels and publishers who I know have to make magic with r&b budgets and likely no internal support, curators and not just DSPs but DJs and content curators who really push for r&b, JOURNALISTS!!

I launched a GoFundMe for myself and my fellow VIBE coworkers who were laid off recently. Please donate, if you can, and share! Anything helps. gofund.me/1463ebb76

support & uplift Black ppl who are doing the work. NO ONE is moving & shifting Black music/culture like us ESPECIALLY Black women. We often get overlooked when men/non-Black folks do similar work. Several Black women journalists lost their jobs. Black women are losing jobs period

Love Me Not was robbed, I will say.

RAVYN LENAE

3 Rap albums and 1 R&B album, we love to see it

Indie R&B artists really be making sh*t happen! Grammy nods (and wins). Number 1s. Sold-out tours. RIAA plaques. It’s all possible. Salute to them. 💜

the moon. the moons been nuts over the last few days.

Questlove and his vinyl collection

What I need at the momento*

Our favorite combo: midcentury lines x Japanese Modernism — designed by Maison Cerrone (Le Perche, France)

🤝🏾

Some aesthetic lighting designs>

Summer Walker unveils the features for her upcoming album, ‘Finally Over It,’ including Latto, Sexyy Red, GloRilla, Chris Brown, 21 Savage, Bryson Tiller, and more. Out this Friday.

Please find your seat, the official features list for Summer Walker’s Finally Over It is here. Pre-Save on Spotify now, album out 11/14.

Summer Walker behind the scenes for her feature and collaborator reveal trailer.

Man recreates 30 yrs photo with his dad, but now holding his own son. 😊

get that promo sis 😍