Explore the best rap albums of 2025, from Clipse to Cardi B. These projects defined the year’s sound and spirit. Dive into ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

Every artist who charted on the Hot 100 ranking for the first time last year, including Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, sombr and Leon Thomas.

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...

Sometimes, honesty really is the most sophisticated production choice. By year’s end, the impact was undeniable. “Joy Is ...

Juicy Couture tracksuits, voting for American Idol contestants on your flip-phone, Hurricane Katrina promos with Kanye, and ...

That’s the case with albums from Lamar and Clipse, as well as J.I.D’s God Does Like Ugly. (J.I.D has long been a respected lyricist too.) Markman is also impressed with the growth that Tyler, the ...

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

Readers Edition. This is the (nearly) annual tradition of you, RPS readers, telling us where we went wrong in our annual ...

I’d love to counter all that by saying 2025 was an unambiguously great year for music—but that wouldn’t be entirely true ...

L to R: Lael Neale, Miki Berenyi, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Geese, Tunde Adebimpe, Lily Allen, Alex G, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf ...