| The Best Afro Jams of 2021 | January 11, 2022 |
2021 was an amazing year for African music - it marked the beginning stages of a period of global expansion for the Nigerian Afrobeats and South African Amapiano scenes.
| The Rap-Up: Week of January 10, 2022 | January 10, 2022 |
The Rap-Up returns with new tracks from DJ Crazy, WTM Milt, Black Fortune and more.
| Slam on the CDJ’s 50 Best Sets of 2021 | January 7, 2022 |
Michael McKinney explores the greatest DJ sets of a year where no one sensible went dancing. Again.
| “Magic” Might Just Be The Best Nas Album Of The Millennium | January 6, 2022 |
MobbDeen enters the ring to argue that Nas’ Magic is his best work since the early '90s.
| Afro Jams of the Week: January 5, 2022 | January 5, 2022 |
Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa's latest Afro Jams of the Week features new songs from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and more.
| The Rap-Up: Week of January 3, 2022 | January 4, 2022 |
The first Rap-Up of the New Year is here with tracks from Jay Critch, Pollito Trapper, Navy Blue and more.
| The POW Best Albums of 2021 | December 30, 2021 |
The albums that helped us survive a terrible 2021.
| The POW Best Rap Songs of 2021 | December 29, 2021 |
The best rap from an otherwise awful year.
| El Chente de Todos: Into the Complicated Legacy of Vicente Fernández | December 28, 2021 |
Behind Vicente Fernández's stellar musical presence, there was an incredibly problematic and flawed man.
| Ghost in the 404: The Best Dance and Electronic Music of 2021 | December 27, 2021 |
Sam Ribakoff highlights the best dance and electronic music from 2021, where artists were as inventive as ever in an unpredictable and challenging year.
