Released in March 2017, Genre: Pop Ed Sheeran scores a second entry on this list of the best 2017 wedding songs with a simple love ballad that most young lovers will instantly recognize. There is a poetic nature to Sheeran’s lyrics that gives them a very sentimental appeal, and that is ...
The album is set to debut in a year poised to feature some of the most significant releases from major musicians, each exploring and redefining genre boundaries, trends, and soundscapes. "HIT ME HARD AND SOFTis a diverse yet cohesive collection of songs, ideally listened to in its entir...
Future, Migos, Lecrae, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Boosie Badazz, and Waka Flocka Flame. He would become 1017 Brick Squad’s in-house producer, but has seen quite a lot of success working within the hip hop genre as a whole. Zaytoven is one of the biggest and most important producers...
Paul Thompson: I think we’re very near the point where women in rap are going to cease being talked about as a separate class—not that hip-hop, or any musical genre, is equipped to fix or even sidestep the culture of corruption that silences women, but we’re finally approaching some...
“SoundCloud Rapper,” which is essentially an artist that found success on the music streaming platform, particularly in the “mumble rap” microgenre. This style of music is incredibly popular today, with artists like Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Pump, and Lil Yachty paving the way for other up-and...
Perhaps there’s never been a more appropriate introduction to a mumble rapper than Young Thug’s “Stoner.” Who is this guy and where did he come from? “Stoner” pretty much explained it all and set the stage for perhaps the hottest career in the genre in the moment. ...
Ten years ago to the day, an overconfident producer from Chicago changed hip-hop (and music in general, to be honest) with a debut album that diverted from the genre's norms of the time. WithThe College Dropout,Kanye Westdelivered a personal statement that unfolded in near cinematic fashion...
rather than one-dimensional characters contrasted by the dynamic background of the smash hit. And this has been one of the ongoing struggles in hip-hop history: to gain recognition as a genre that is about so much more than churning out pop hits for middle America. That for every Skee Lo...
are killing it qualitatively. and the thing that i believe they are doing correctly is really spitting. they are rapping. most of them are creating what would be considered traditional rap music as opposed to make amorphous, genre-bending music that is difficult to categorize—they’re all ...