Classic rock will never truly die. There’s just too much great music from the 20th century to sift through and enjoy. That being said, a select few classic rock songs make it to my regular rotation, ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade’s end, ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday ...

The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. He moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a rising musical movement that would help give voice to ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The last time the Hot 100 had zero rap songs in the top 40 was Feb. 2, 1990, when Biz Markie's "Just a ...

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Referencing earlier songs in their catalog, and released less than four months after their star-making appearance at Woodstock in August 1969, Sly & the Family Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice ...

The Beatles' breakup cast a pall on the release of the album 'Let It Be'. Here are five tidbits of info behind the album's ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

Post Malone paid tribute to late player Marshawn Kneeland in his halftime performance at the Cowboys and Chiefs game ...

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...