Don't let the whole Deep Cuts concept fool you. As you can see from the A-list artists in the following club-certified list -Timbaland and T-Pain, Mary J. Blige and Mike Jones - 2008 had enough hit sin …

Aside from the rising-star status of a certain smooth operator (Ne-Yo), a leader of Bad Boy's next generation (Yung Joc), and the former first couple of cutting-edge R&B - Chris Brown and Rihanna, best …

Did you find yourself whistling while you work throughout 2006 without the faintest idea why? We've got the answer: the insistent bird calls of Juelz Santana's "There It Go (The Whistle Song),"  …

If you're like us and sang, "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" at least 1,000 times in 2003, then this Essentials playlist - a rundown of timeless hip-hop/R&B tracks from that very year, "Hey Ya …

His name might not immediately ring a bell, but Channel 7 is the man behind such massive singles as Ja Rule's "Always on Time" and Ashanti's "Foolish." And, yep, that's him dropping an easygoing groove …

From out of the church and onto the concert stage, gospel harmony groups took much of America by storm in the early 20th century. Quartets and quintets brought a sense of showmanship to the passion of  …

Think of the guitar, and monster-rock shredders might come more easily to mind than true jazz greats. Thing is, it takes a master to make that six-string sing a tricky jazz tune, to leave off th …

Explore the far reaches of jazz guitar in Deep Cuts, where one cut can slide you to the beaches of Brazil (Baden Powell's bossa nova "Consolacao"), while another tracks a jazz seeker as he mines fresh  …

In 1956, Elvis assumed his throne to the tune of five chart-topping smashes, four of which we've included right here: "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Love Me Tender." Meanwhile, …