If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again has built a career on unfiltered emotion and "pain music." Here are his 25 best songs, ranked.

Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated; but it got us thinking about the network’s legacy and most memorable moments. So, on this episode, we remember the best of MTV with ...

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