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Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
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With an assist from Cardi B, Lizzo clears haters with a smile.
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The great songs of 2020 were as abundant as the rest of the year was a drag. Think of these 100 jams as a silver linings playlist for the worst year of our collective lives.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with cultural critic Taylor Crumpton about Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's new song, "WAP," which celebrates women's sexual pleasure.
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The pop star took to Instagram to fret about COVID-19. Little did she know someone would turn it into a viral hit.
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Summer pop bangers have been dropping by the bushel, giving you an insistent soundtrack to this weekend — and, if folks like Cardi B and Katy Perry have their say, every day 'til autumn.
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Cardi B's latest single is a hilariously ruthless diatribe about blogs and rumor mills.
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No single artist dominated, but over the course of a night in which a handful of artists won major awards, a thread became clear: The Academy was attempting to make amends for past mistakes.
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Our list of the year's best hip-hop is an encapsulation of a year awash in trolls and tabloid fodder, grief and grit and escapist fantasy, and also an attempt to extract meaning from the chaos.
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Even in an era when listeners have been primed to expect the unexpected, the best albums of 2018 are full of surprises: a cascade of discoveries, revelations and artistic rebirths.