90s Dancehall Essentials

90s Dancehall Essentials

90s Dancehall Essentials PLAYLIST ∙ 2021 Apple Music ’90s Dancehall took reggae’s formula—bass, recorded drums, four-beat rhythms—and pushed it to its sonic extreme, creating a drum-machine-driven sound that was still pop-friendly enough to cross over. Through artists like the socially conscious singer Buju Banton and provocateur Shabba Ranks—whose brash “toasting” rap style incensed traditionalists—dancehall exploded globally in the ‘90s. Shaggy

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DMX Essentials | Apple Music (listen)

DMX Essentials

@realkwasiafrica RIP ##DMX 🎶🔥🙏😪 ##HIPHOP ##RAPMUSIC ##damusichits ♬ Slippin’ – DMX DMX Essentials PLAYLIST ∙ 2021 Apple Music Hip-Hop With DMX, a man blessed with a vicious bark of a voice, there was no such thing as half-stepping. Born Earl Simmons in 1970, the Yonkers-raised MC arrived as the physical embodiment of unbridled energy—a one-man distillation of fellow rugged New

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A true auteur, SZA says her lithe and woozy soul is inspired by everything from Björk songs to Spike Lee films to the athletes she looked

SZA Essentials

Listen to SZA Essentials A true auteur, SZA says her lithe and woozy soul is inspired by everything from Björk songs to Spike Lee films to the athletes she looked up to as a star high school gymnast. It’s no wonder her music feels like a world unto itself. Whether the St. Louis-born singer is cooing on Maroon 5 hits,

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Listen to Kendrick Lamar Deep Cuts

Kendrick Lamar Deep Cuts

Kendrick Lamar: Deep Cuts PLAYLIST ∙ 2017 Apple Music Hip-Hop The leader of a new school of Compton street storytellers, K.Dot’s catalog overflows with experiments in perspective and form. Lamar juxtaposes ruin and redemption (“Kush & Corinthians”) and grapples with the weight of success as his homies struggle (“untitled 02”), while on “DUCKWORTH.”, a true account of his father’s brush

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