"I SAID TO MYSELF, IF I COULD PUT MY BLOOD STREAM ON VINYL, THEN THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE." PRINCE, EBONY, 1986:Dirty Mindis the sound of Princes musical vision being fully realized. After toiling... more

SUMMER OF SOUL (... Or, When The Revoltion Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack accompanies Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's directorial debut documentary SUMMER OF SOUL, which won... more

Ten new performances and five classic hits by this always-soulful singing star. Billy's hits "Caribbean Queen," "Suddenly," "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car," "When the Going Gets Tough, the... more

A 2-CD, 30-track love story by R&B's master storyteller! From funky dance tracks to sultry ballads, from his 1981 debut Never Too Much to his duets with Janet Jackson (The Best Things in Life Are... more

What can we say? Here's the best-selling album of all time. MJ's tour de force featuring the Top 10s "Beat It." "Billie Jean," "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin',"... more

These 1965–67 recordings Jimi made in Knight's band immediately preceded his meteoric rise as rock's new guitar god. But previous releases of this music have suffered from low fidelity, bad remixes... more

This set zeroes in on the absolute peak of Earth, Wind & Fire's powers and popularity, bringing you their Top 5 Columbia LPs That's the Way of the World, Gratitude, Spirit, All 'n All and I Am. They... more

These 1981–86 LPs turned Luther from in-demand backup singer/vocal arranger to one of the top R&B stars in the world: Never Too Much, Busy Body, The Night I Fell in Love, Give Me the Reason and... more

Once a 2001 UK/Ireland exclusive, this release marks the third installment of greatest hits from the songstress "called Mimi". Now repackaged for the states—"The Essential Mariah Carey" transports... more

Philly's soul queen has taken fans on quite a ride, from her '60s Blue Belles sides to the pioneering '70s funk of LaBelle and on to her solo stardom. These 31 tracks take you through it all: the... more

In 1970, Teddy moved from the drum stool to the mic in Harold Melvin's Blue Notes—and a new soul star was born. Here's a 2-CD, 150-minute anthology of his smashes with Melvin (If You Don't Know Me by... more