5 Essential Hip-Hop Albums You Slept On In 2016
Chance the Rapper and A Tribe Called Quest received deserved accolades, but there were many more rap records worthy of celebration this year.
Music Lists
Weekend LISTening: The Evolution Of Music In 1980
Recent World Cafe guests The Pretenders' debut album came out that year, along with more than a few other classic, influential records.
5 Essential R&B Albums You Slept On In 2016
While you were watching Frank Ocean build a staircase, NPR Music contributors Bobby Carter and Kiana Fitzgerald were listening to these records.
Recommended Dose: Our 25 Favorite Dance Tracks Of 2016
Stream a mix of the best electronic underground tunes of the year.
Poll Results: All Songs Considered Listeners' Favorite 100 Albums Of 2016
Some years these polls aren't even close, but this time it was a tight race for our listeners' top five most popular albums of 2016.
In Case You Can't Wait: A Preview Of Alt.Latino's Best Latin Music Of 2016
Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras gives us a taste of his favorite Latin music of the year.
Remembering Four Electronic Musicians Lost In The Oakland Warehouse Fire
One week ago, a fire ripped through an Oakland warehouse that was being used as a music venue and artist community. Hear the music of four up-and-coming electronic artists who died in that fire.
Recommended Dose's Favorite Electronic Albums Of 2016
We're not anointing the best. We're telling you what amazed us in a difficult year — music by visionary women and men.
Ann Powers' Favorite 2016 Albums (Beyond The Obvious)
This year, pop critic Ann Powers offers something a little different — 10 deserving albums that might have topped lists in any other year.
Stephen Thompson's Top 10 Albums Of 2016
If one defining thread ran through 2016's best albums, it was an air of mystery: a sense of myth, otherworldliness, storytelling ambition or multimedia wizardry.