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It’s been over a decade since Beyoncé eclipsed her girl-group origins. The artist who introduced “bootylicious” to English dictionaries and helped single ladies get over ex-boyfriends has risen to become global superstar. But Destiny’s Child, with cousin Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, has always remained close to her heart. “We all started in the ’90s, when r&b was the most important genre,” recalls Beyoncé. “And we all want that back, the feeling that music gave us. Vintage r&b abounds on this collection of sensuous sounds from Destiny’s Child, who are reuniting to perform at next month’s Super Bowl. Featuring 13 of the group’s most romantic tracks plus one new song, it showca...

Rowland may be best known for Destiny’s Child, but those days are over. Her powerful fourth album announces that the r&b singer has fully arrived as a solo artist. The 12 songs are her most revealing and hardest hitting to date. Album opener “Freak,” an edgy number celebrating kinkiness, signals Rowland’s new maturity. The sultry “Kisses Down Low” turns up the heat in the bedroom, while the funky “Street Life” is an irresistible summer jam. But the two songs everyone’s talking about are “You Changed,” featuring Rowland's cousin Beyoncé and Michelle Williams, from Destiny’s Child, and “Dirty Laundry,” a bold confessional in which Rowland admits to having been in an abusive relationship th...