The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith.

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

These influential rock bands from the 90s deserve more love for their contributions to the golden age of alt-rock.

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay ...

Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip ...

My Spotify liked-songs playlist is not exactly listenable on shuffle; there are simply too many genres and moods in there.

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but ...

Saturday Night Live has hosted quite a few amazing acts through the years, but there was nothing quite like the 1990s era. These three acts are some of the most impressive (and controversial) bands ...

The set leaps 24-9 on the list dated Jan. 18 with 18,000 equivalent ... soaring 33-20 in its third week on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Increased streaming activity is the primary driver ...

Seriously? No “Vogue?” My guess is that 1990 is considered still part of the 1980s like how “Butterfly” sneaks in from 2000, but there are 13 songs on the list from 1990, like “Free ...

Who could forget the most iconic 1990s songs? It was a decade packed with musical genius, cultural shifts, and groundbreaking innovations. Hip-hop was just rising as a dominant force in mainstream ...