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YAMS Magazine, Mya Abraham, John Noire, Cordell Jones, Kenyatta Victoria, Dante Nicholas, Courtney Arlesia, DesA leading voice in R&B music discovery and new perspectives on music culture. For the ❤️ of R&B. From the minds behind @yamstheplaylist.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 81 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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My Artsy Friend, Erykah Badu
By Jamari Shelton
Photography by Eric Johnson
By the mid-1990s, R&B was reaching a commercial peak. The genre was polished. Vocalists competed through technical precision, powerhouse performances, and immaculate production. Record labels...
Naomi Sharon is Wide Awake in Paradise
It’s 2025 in sunny Los Angeles. Naomi Sharon isn’t sleeping, and she’s not trying to. She and Jordan Ullman, one half of Majid Jordan (and by now basically her creative twin), have been locked in the studio for five weeks straight, and the...
The AI Gold Rush: Is Music Being Reinvented or Replaced?
By Jamari Shelton
Artificial intelligence has officially entered the studio.
‘AI’ as a music tool has become a mainstream phenomenon in recent years, with the release of ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI in 2022. At the time, it wasn’t...
PJ Morton May Be Closing A Chapter, But He Is Still Writing The Book
Photo by Patrick Melon
PJ Morton’s “last album” has been a few albums in the making. He fully planned on retiring as a musical artist after he released his magnum opus, Watch The Sun, in 2022. He said the same thing in 2017. “Gumbo was gon...
What Makes A Great R&B Bridge?
Written by Jamari Shelton
Where are the bridges? Long gone are the days when everyone understood the power of a mid-song melody or pitch shift that would elevate songs to a new level. The verses and choruses of a superb R&B song are...
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Tastefully curated vibes, for the love of R&B. YAMS Magazine is our home for discovery and fresh perspectives on what’s happening in R&B Music.
“The R&B Girl” while also being a lover, a hoot & a holler.
Restoring the feeling in storytelling
Broward County Born. An open yap space, cultural critique corner, and overall talkative heaven.
I'm a chronically online Gen Z'er whose passions include internet culture, music, TV, film, and expanding on all my overstimulating thoughts.
creator of @yamstheplaylist & YAMS Magazine \ud83d\udfe0 writer + photographer + creative \ud83d\udfe0 living in Atlanta
Writer | Published Author | Empowerment Speaker | Spiritual and Mental Wellness Coach and Consultant | Social Worker| Host & Media Correspondent |
Freelance music writer tryna make it outchea...
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