When Hip Hop meets pop, the result is often pure magic. Some of the most memorable moments in music come from when a rap verse jumps into a pop track, adding a fresh layer of attitude, energy, and ...

The world of popular music looks different on the outside than it does behind the scenes. On the face of it, things often seem smooth. An artist performs a song, it rockets up the charts, and everyone ...

As hip-hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, headlines swirled around its potentially diminishing force as a commercial juggernaut: The first half of the year didn’t see a rap song or album ...

Welcome to Heat Check, a biweekly music column where AJC culture reporter DeAsia Paige explores the temperature of Georgia’s buzzing, expansive music scene. The column includes music news, trends and ...

Closing the list is Jackboys 2 by Travis Scott and his Jackboys collective. Over 232,000 copies were sold in the first week, making the album rank among the top five. This was one of the most popular ...

A schmaltzy ballad. A bubble-gum pop song. A raunchy rap anthem. All three Hot 100 hits feature Mars, a blockbuster singer and songwriter who is largely a cipher. By Shaad D’Souza It’s a free-for-all ...

Music critics—myself included—have spent much of the past several years bemoaning the decline of capital-“E” Events in music: no new superstars to crown, no more tentpole albums to unify us, no more ...

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