The B-side to Cypress Hill’s debut single “The Phuncky Feel One,” this West Coast anthem was much of the world’s introduction to the bong-toking cholos that would help define the gangsta rap sounds coming out of Southern California in the early ’90s. With boom-bap drums ...
The tracks that defined the year, starring Billie Eilish, Thom Yorke, Normani, Bad Bunny, and more
That leaves space for “Wrist” to go down as a memorable meeting of two highly skilled emcees, and while the beat isn’t as unique as “Drug Dealers Anonymous”, Logic and King Push are hard as they move around this frantic production. The breaks and builds make for a dynamic beat, ...
Like the majority of the Blue Notes’ classic catalog, “The Love I Lost” was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff — who, through their work with artists like the O’Jays, Billy Paul and Lou Rawls at their Philadelphia International label, helped define the sound of Philade...
Though they tried, Nirvana was never able to escape their quintessential anthem of Gen-X ennui, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Blame Kurt. He set out to write “the ultimate pop song,” and while he didn’t quite succeed at that lofty goal, he and his bandmates did invent the quintessent...
Others celebrated the year’s surge of rookie 4th-gen girl groups that have dominated charts and playlists this year. Still others highlighted the indie innovators and b-sides that added depth and dynamite to Korean pop music in a way that will last for years to come. What a time to be ...
Megan Thee Stallion's new single "BOA" continues to play up the themes of empowerment and self-realization that define her current musical phase and comes just days ahead of her Hot Girl Summer Tour starting on May 14. The song's cover art features Megan with a striking...
Ultimately, the only hard line we drew was that songs for this list had to be released as singles between the years of 1997 — when the final strains of Gen-X grunge had dissolved into something inherently top 40-friendlier — and 2004, after which alt-rock had a radio comeback andGrey...
“I’m dadbod, Saved by the Bell-y, Kelly Kapowski” is one of this Gen Xer’s favorite lines of the year. I think it’s more than fair to say that from whatever distant realm the metal fingered one is dwelling these days, “For DOOM” has put a smile on the mug behind the ...
However, the song was changing conspicuously and progressively with time so that songs separated by a number of years were very different in content. All the songs showed basic structural similarities so that it is possible to define a song form which characterizes songs from many years. We ...