Hip-hop's generation gap was blown wide open in 2016, with young artists pushing the genre to strange extremes in a post-808s, post-BasedGod...

Kanye West and Drake are releasing a collaborative mixtape? We'll believe it when we see it. For now, here are the albums we're most looking...

For some, a new year means a fresh start; for others it's just a continuation of the long thing we call life. But both sides, we imagine, wi...

For years, Mike Kinsella's one-and-done trio, American Football, were an afterthought to his other legendary group Cap'n Jazz. After 17 year...

The end of the year is a time for reflection, and while it's fun to rank all of the good things in order of their goodness, there's also an...

While not everyone in music made wise political decisions in the face of Donald J. Trump's rise, the state of the world inspired plenty of p...

This year, Jamaican dancehall-inspired pop reached peak saturation. Call it "tropical house" if you will — but please don't — the fact is, t...

Sure, Beyoncé and Frank Ocean kept the full-length visual album industry going strong this year, but there's something equally impressive ab...

Addressing mental health issues in rap music has never been a priority, but has always had a place. While the Geto Boys' "Mind Playing Trick...

Every year, Exclaim! staff and contributors vote for their favourite records to generate our Best Albums of 2016 lists by genre, but as we a...

As our Best of 2016 lists by genre come to a close, we consider the shorter, more concise musical statements made by artists: EPs. While alb...