Got That Oil: Gospel Roots of Black Music traces the sacred threads running through soul, R&B, hip-hop, and gospel, exploring how artists who grew up in the church—like Aretha Franklin—shaped a sound ...

In this 40th-anniversary commemorative episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray explore why 2 Live Crew defined Miami bass and became a pivotal force in hip hop, not just for the music but for the First Ame...

In this Black Music Month episode, DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray dive into three of 1996’s most explicit hip-hop tracks—Akinyele’s Put It In Your Mouth, LL Cool J’s Doin’ It, and Lil’ Kim’s Not Tonight—ra...

Donwill, the DJ, rapper, and Webby-winning podcaster behind Okayplayer's The Almanac of Rap, sits with DJ Sir Daniel and Jay Ray to unpack the craft of interviewing and why he pursues the thing just o...

DJ Sir Daniel, Jay Ray, and Amani Roberts examine how corporate radio consolidation, advertising priorities, and shifting ownership reshaped R&B and sidelined the genre’s most influential voices. From...

This episode offers a candid, historically grounded conversation about the N-word, tracing its journey from household taboos to a fixture in hip-hop’s mainstream lexicon and examining what that shift ...

This episode peels back the cold bite of truth in hip-hop, examining high-profile cases that altered careers and lives—from Snoop Dogg’s acquittal to Cool C and Steady B’s bank robberies and murder, B...

This episode of Queue Points examines how music, charisma, and community-building can be manipulated to cause real harm, connecting The Cult of the NatureBoy documentary to Dr. Malachi York’s music em...

In this episode, Seth Neblett discusses his book Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic, highlighting Mallia Franklin and the women who kept P-Funk’s music alive while often being ov...

In this episode, Nick Bambach joins to unpack the enduring legacy of Sade, tracing the band’s post-punk London roots, its artistic ownership ethos, and how a four-piece lineup built a mystique that tr...

This episode traces how Donald Trump’s name evolved into a symbol of wealth, access, and status within Black music in the late ’80s and ’90s, linking lyrics to the era’s media landscape, the crack era...

Neneh Cherry sits at the crossroads of punk, rap, pop, and Black music history, and this episode shows how she carved a lane that still feels outside the box. Tracing her roots—from Sweden to Sierra L...