All year, our friends at NPR Music sift through a nonstop deluge of new songs. Now the sifting for 2022 at least has come to an end, and they've made a list of their top 100 songs of the year. To ...

I’ve never been particularly strategic about listening to new music; I tend to pursue it in arbitrary bursts or to let it float into my life in whichever way it can. I’m not even sure I could impose ...

Since Uproxx has already shared the Best Songs of 2022, for the Best Hip-Hop Songs of 2022 list, I once again teamed up with Yoh Phillips to see if we couldn’t excavate some gems from an absolutely ...

After an exciting year filled with glitz and glamor in which new acts rubbed shoulders with megastars, we can narrow down the biggest songs of the year to 10 smash hits. The year in review is from 1st ...

The end of the year traditionally brings with it a flurry of recaps and year-in-reviews from music streaming services. After all, whichever service you use, it's been carefully logging all your ...

The year 2022 was a big one for Jersey artists on the vanguard. Bandmanrill of Newark became the face of the new Jersey Drill hip-hop movement, Nicki Minaj joined Hackensack’s Coi Leray on her ...

Lyrics and sound drive my love of music more than beats and hooks. As much as I love the words and story in a song, it isn't always a narrative that grabs me. What I love best is when the lyrics seem ...

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

Google released a list of the most-searched terms of the year. Google recently released a list of its most "trending" searches of 2022, split up into categories like movies, games, "Who Is?" questions ...

Sleigh bells ring — are you listening? The holidays are upon us once again and as usual, lots of artists have recorded new holiday songs, many covers but also some original creations to. We’ve ...

Back then it was Lolita, now it’s coquette. The revival of Tumblr era culture and fashion — otherwise known as “Tumblrcore” or “2014core” — has been on the rise for the past couple of years, but the ...

Ivorian rapper Didi B’s ‘En Haut’ blends trap, coupé-décalé, and call-and-response. With tempered vocals from JR, Didi B reels off braggadocio lyrics targeting his perceived foes. ‘En Haut’ employs ...