Rated R&B is bringing you the most essential releases this week. From the traditional R&B that purists love to the boundary-pushing sounds of the alt-R&B scene, this new music roundup keeps its pulse ...

Eric Clapton wrote 'Tears in Heaven' after his 4-year-old son's fatal fall. Don McLean wrote 'American Pie' after losing both ...

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’ ...