Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay ...

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.' ...

From long-awaited projects to breakthrough releases, here are the albums that made 2025 another solid year in music.

Cabin in the Sky’ is the venerable rap group’s first record since bandmate David ‘Trugoy the Dove’ Jolicoeur died in 2023 ...

New York's Andre Lawrence sat with Newsweek to talk about his new album, growing up in NYC, and being true to hip-hop.

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

From Wale to Olivia Dean, 2025 was a good year for music, both from acts we know and folks who showed up and showed out.

There is no debate that Queens’ own Nicki Minaj completely modernized rap with her versatility and bold lyricism. Born in ...

In a year when hip-hop was frequently absent from the pop charts, NPR's music critic found that looking in darker corners ...

Was it a good year for hip-hop? If you look at the Billboard charts—where very few rap songs released this year cracked the top 40—the answer would seem to be no. But if you focus on albums, the story ...