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Jun 15
Caught Up
Millie Jackson · 1974 Spin it Again - Millie Jackson told an interviewer later that she wrote the dialogues because the songs alone couldn't carry what she needed to say. She was right.
genre:R&B
Jun 13
The Genius of Ray Charles
Ray Charles · 1959 Spin it Again - The 1959 compilation that proved gospel and the blues could live together in one voice — engineering by Tom Dowd, songs that still define soul.
genre:R&B
Jun 4
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding · Spin it Again - A timeless record from Otis Redding that rewards close listening.
genre:R&B
Jun 1
Nostalgia, Ultra
Frank Ocean · 2011 Spin it Again - He released it on Tumblr without asking anyone's permission, and in doing so, changed what R&B could sound like.
genre:R&B
May 29
The Immortal Otis Redding
Otis Redding · 1968 Spin it Again - Released four months after he died in a plane crash, this album is less about discovery than it is about the particular cruelty of hearing someone you've just lost.
genre:R&B
May 29
Soul Man
Sam & Dave · 1967 Spin it Again - A 1967 record from Sam & Dave that rewards close listening.
genre:R&B
May 29
Otis Blue
Otis Redding · 1965 Spin it Again - A 1965 record from Otis Redding that rewards close listening.
genre:R&B
May 27
I'm Here to Stay
Phyllis Hyman · 1983 Spin it Again - A 1983 record from Phyllis Hyman that rewards close listening.
genre:R&B
May 27
Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker · 1988 Spin it Again - A 1988 record from Anita Baker that rewards close listening.
genre:Soul
May 25
Music Box
Mariah Carey · 1995 Spin it Again - She'd already won five Grammys off one album; this time she decided to actually become the voice everyone claimed she was.
genre:Pop
May 22
Shout It Out
Evelyn 'Champagne' King · 1984 Spin it Again - Kashif produced this in 1984 and somehow made it sound like it was made in 1985 and will still sound right in 2035.
genre:R&B
May 18
Silk Degrees
Boz Scaggs · 1976 Spin it Again - This album proved that soul-pop didn't need to scream, and that the session musicians of Los Angeles understood taste better than anyone else in 1976.
genre:R&B
May 17
Unveiling
En Vogue · 1992 Spin it Again - En Vogue understood that New Jack Swing needed space, and they filled it with four voices that made the genre feel like it had just been invented.
genre:New Jack Swing
May 17
Rhythm of Love
Anita Baker · 1994 Spin it Again - Anita Baker walked away from the machine and made the album she actually wanted to hear.
decade:1990s
May 17
Emotions
Mariah Carey · 1991 Spin it Again - She made the debut at twenty-two and everyone thought that was the story. Emotions is what happens when she stops performing her own voice and starts directing it.
genre:Pop
May 17
Bobby
Bobby Brown · 1992 Spin it Again - Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis spent 1992 proving that R&B rhythm didn't have to choose between precision and soul.
genre:New Jack Swing
May 17
Forever, My Love
Boyz II Men · 1992 Spin it Again - Four voices, three hit producers, and the exact moment a boy band proved they could actually sing.
decade:1990s
May 17
Rhythm Nation 1989
Janet Jackson · 1989 Spin it Again - Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis built Janet Jackson a machine that sounded exactly like 1989 but could have been made for any year.
genre:R&B
May 13
Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown · 1988 Spin it Again - New Jack Swing meets mainstream pop with no apologies, and a twenty-year-old who knew exactly what he wanted to prove.
decade:1980s
May 13
80s HITS – 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s
LeVert · 1988 Spin it Again - Gerald Levert's voice wrapped in silk arrangements and synth-age luxury—stop treating this as background music and hear what the sequencing and production actually meant.
decade:1980s
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