At a time when the music industry was dominated by manufactured pop stars, violent gangsta rap and angst-ridden nu-metal, The ...

Lord Woodbine taught the Fab Four the blues– but was written out of pop history. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and James McGrath pay ...

In this deep-dive music theory analysis, we explore how John Lennon fit 10 distinct chords into just 8 bars in his song "(Just Like) Starting Over." Discover how Lennon’s harmonic choices ...

From drill to conscious rap, 2020 was packed with powerful releases. In this countdown, we rank the top 10 hip hop albums of ...

The good thing is none of the following songs here rely on gimmicks for their merit. Here are the best rap songs of May 2025 ... frothing vocal chops and ambient chords into a deceptive ...

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remains an all-timer in West Coast rap. Come for one of the best diss songs in all-time with album closer “No Vaseline,” stay for the 3D lenticular cover that brings the corpse next to Cube ...

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Billboard has rounded up 10 of the best songs from SEVENTEEN’s first decade. Though their sizeable roster originally made them underdogs, SVT has always found strength in numbers. So how better ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR RAP SONGS RANKED BY MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP-HOP AND RHYTHMIC RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS, AS MEASURED BY MEDIABASE AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

The Japanese flute loop is distinct, adding a flavor and foundation that’s unlike any of their other songs. All the while, the lyrics wrap around frustration, anger, and communication problems ...

Listening purely to the music, however, it’s easy to see why ‘Royals’ was Lorde’s breakout hit. The sparse beat, the ...