From J. Cole's gifted Dreamers to Saadiq's brooding blackhole r&b -- a scan of Release Day's most worthy selections. Happy first Friday of the month, good people. Hope you made it out of the fourth ...

While recreating his 1984 audition for Sheila E’s band, Raphael Saadiq slipped in a quick spontaneous story about something that happened to him earlier in the day. It was a slice of dark humor about ...