As the date for the release of Lil Wayne‘s next album approaches, Weezy has shared bits of information for fans to revel in ahead of its drop. In a recent cover story interview with Rolling Stone, Lil ...

While 2024 saw one particular electric green-hued album dominate the cultural zeitgeist since its mid-summer release, 2025 was more of a collective effort. This year’s most influential albums ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

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Lil Zay Osama unveils YN TAPE, a 15-track project featuring Chicago's rising drill artists Pretty Liyah, Fastmoney Ant, and Star Bandz.

Samara Cyn’s run continues with her latest, “What Will They Say.” Death Row’s singer, songwriter, and producer returns with a ...

Lil Tjay is ending the year with a flurry. Today, the Bronx star speaks on his latest album, They Just Ain’t You, which is ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

As classic rock finds new ways to expand in the 21st century, the artists whose careers stretch back half a century or more continue to grow, too. As the list below of the Top 20 Rock Albums of 2025 ...

I joined Paste in 2023 and, in my tenure as editor, this year’s AOTY list is my favorite by far. The publication has been doling out these rankings since 2002, affixing an “Album of the Year” ribbon ...

Celebrating great releases from FKA Twigs, Wednesday, Sabrina Carpenter, Tyler, the Creator, and more Because, all things considered, this year has been very kind to music fans. When it comes to ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...