Here are Pitchfork’s 40 best rap songs of 2025. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2025 wrap-up coverage here. When Wham ( Lil Baby ...
Starting in the late ’70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a breakthrough. Hip-hop and rap tracks began infiltrating the ...
It feels like the Billboard charts could use a good rap beef right about now. That’s because, according to the publication, for the first time since 1990, there is no hip hop in the Top 40 of the ...
As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...
From Kendrick's GNX domination to GloRilla's string of radio hits, which rappers have the strongest chances at next year's ceremony? By Kyle Denis From record-breaking tours to seismic comebacks, it’s ...
Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Characterizing Raq Baby's’s music as tender might be a step too far. But as with peers like ...
Who says men don't talk about their feelings? These 21 all-time-great country songs by men are some of the most devastatingly sad songs that the genre has to offer. These ballads are perfect ...
What does good rapping sound like in 2025? It depends on who you ask. It’s no secret that hip-hop is more splintered than ever, with different pockets and intersections thriving in their own ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...