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The R&B playlist for slow-burners, oddly satisfying cross-genre concoctions and the discoveries you almost want to keep for yourself.

Bas came to the Tiny Desk to get it, and — in a breathless four-song set — he did exactly that.

American rapper A$AP Rocky has been released from jail in Sweden after being held in custody for a month on assault charges. Unusually, President Trump sent a hostage negotiator to intervene.

The Calle 13 veteran, fresh off her appearance at demonstrations in Puerto Rico, performs three songs that rage with revolutionary intensity.

The first single from the North Carolina emcee's Eve also features a vocal cameo from D'Angelo.

The R&B singer — who currently faces 18 federal charges related to the sexual abuse of girls and women — once again asserted his innocence, as he has for almost two decades.

The members of Local Natives aren't strangers to KCRW's airwaves. The band knocked its first HQ performance out of the park.

Missouri native Joe Newberry plays banjo and shows off his vocal prowess on this episode of Mountain Stage.

The rapper and two associates were charged with assault over an altercation that occurred after his performance in Stockholm.