Black History Month on WXPN: A Different Essential Album Every Day

Happy Black History Month! Every day in February, WXPN is highlighting one essential album from the vast landscape of Black music. Soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, R&B, rock, and everything in between. 28 days, 28 records that shaped the sound of American music. Keep listening all month long for more explorations!

Feb 1 Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life

Feb 2 Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer

Feb 3 The O’Jays Back Stabbers

Feb 4 Janet Jackson Control

Feb 5 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Feb 6 Bob Marley Live!

Feb 7 Donny Hathaway Live

Feb 8 Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club

Feb 9 Diana Ross Diana

Feb 10 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly

Feb 11 D’Angelo Black Messiah

Feb 12 Sly & The Family Stone Stand!

Feb 13 The Fugees The Score

Feb 14 The Staple Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself

Feb 15 Alabama Shakes Sound & Color

Feb 16 Miles Davis Miles Smiles

Feb 17 The Temptations Cloud Nine

Feb 18 Sade Diamond Life

Feb 19 Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland

Feb 20 A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory

Feb 21 Nina Simone High Priestess of Soul

Feb 22 John Coltrane Giant Steps

Feb 23 The Roots Things Fall Apart

Feb 24 Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man…

Feb 25 Curtis Mayfield Superfly

Feb 26 Erykah Badu Mama's Gun

Feb 27 Prince Sign O' The Times

Feb 28 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On