It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Featuring Pulp, Suede, Saint Etienne, Stereolab, The Charlatans, Richard Ashcroft, Paul Weller, Gruff Rhys, The Divine Comedy ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

The beautiful despair of Cameron Winter, the perfectly imperfect life of Lily Allen, the maximalist R&B of Dijon and more: here’s what our readers have had on heavy rotation ...

LNGSHOT's debut single Saucin' blends R&B and hip-hop with raw confidence. Jay Park's new boy group makes a statement with ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...

There’s also been a rash of really naff albums with equally mediocre titles, proving that nominative determinism is alive and well. Main offenders included Morgan Wallen’s prophetically-titled album ...

Antidepressants IT was the year when those noisy Mancunian brothers brought the Britpop Nineties back to packed stadiums ...

The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

A loose concept album about loss and life, there’s lots of poignant, reflective lyrics and moments stretched over the sprawling 70-minute, sample-heavy set. But ultimately the elder hip hop statesmen ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 — after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski — check out three R&B/hip-hop top 10s. By Keith Caulfield The full list of Billboard’s 2025 year-end ...