On “girl, get up,” featuring SZA, Doechii is unloading on her haters, then prepping them for the scope of her ambition.

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

The most compelling releases of the year reimagined hip-hop tracks, deep-rooted collaborations and longstanding inspirations. By Hank Shteamer In a year that saw the deaths of two leading drummers, ...

Tis the season for being jolly and holly and all that good shit, and while you may not yet be in the holiday spirit, I’ll tell you some people who definitely are—Stryper. You may not have guessed how ...

From its first use by the likes of the Byrds and the Beatles in the 1960s, the synthesizer has captured the public’s imagination. Electronic instruments first became possible in the early 20th century ...

In an ’80s pop landscape full of enormous talents and outrageous fashions, Cyndi Lauper still managed to stand out with one of the loudest voices and biggest personalities on MTV. The Queens native ...

Here are the biggest albums of all time that were released each day in November. Oh, you thought no big albums are ever released this late in the year? Think again. For some bands, November has become ...

An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid the technological and cultural explosion of the 1950s. In my 30 years as a music journalist, I have ...

Since he first caught listeners’ attention with his 2005 live album, “Live at Stubb’s,” Matisyahu has concentrated on writing songs to stand the test of time, singing and rapping about the Jewish ...

The last of our Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far list is here. Thank you for taking the ride with us and engaging with our rankings online. It’s been a blast watching these chapters make the ...

Great artists who are the opposite of prolific are always a thorny subject. Many of our most romantic ideas about creativity tend to view “genius” as a kind of vessel state, from which beauty and ...

Two decades ago, the song “King Without a Crown” placed Matisyahu upon a unique, expressive throne. Overtly spiritual, noted for beatboxing and rapid-fire free verse stylings, he performed in yarmulke ...