Year In Review
Exclaim!'s Top 10 Music/Video Posts of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2012
As 2012 winds to a close, it's time to look back on some of the most popular music that we've shared over the last 12 months here at Exclai...
Exclaim!'s Top 10 Newsmakers of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 27, 2012
Here at Exclaim!, we've seen a little of everything in 2012. From landmark albums to tragic deaths to brave expressions of self to controve...
Top 10 Christmas Songs of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2012
In the lead-up to Christmas, music fans get assaulted with countless cash-in cuts about the baby Jesus, sleigh rides, and cuddling up by th...
Top 10 Cover Songs of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2012
Cover songs are a tricky thing. On the one hand, many artists pride themselves on their ingenuity and originality, and opt to reconfigure a...
Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012:
Top 50 Albums of the Year
PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2012
Throughout the month of December, Exclaim! has been rolling out our coverage of the best albums of the year, divided into seven different g...
Exclaim's Most Unappreciated Albums of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2012
A lot of great music comes out in a year, and not all of it gets the attention it deserves. Some get a fair bit of credit, but not enough;...
Top Non-Rap Freeleases of 2012
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2012
Between major-player stop-gap freebies from dudes like Rick Ross and Big Sean, career-building collections from Joey Bada$$ and Chief Keef,...
Hip-Hop 2012: Inside Lamar's Black Hippy Crew
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2012
Flipping the Wu-Tang Clan's model for success, the four-headed beast that is South Central L.A.'s Black Hippy wants to establish each of it...