It's the first MD Tracks rankings of 2026, and Djo, Esdeekid, and Pooh Shiesty are in the crosshairs to start the year.

Far From Here by John Splithoff delivers R&B sounds and soulful genre-bending that listeners won't want to miss.

You a clone, you a Meseek / I’m a Roadrunner, meep-meep / Think I work at Best Buy with the squad how I be geeked.” Like many ...

From being stuck in her bedroom amidst a global pandemic to becoming a viral sensation on TikTok, meet Isabel LaRosa.

With multiple states cracking down on the recreational use of drones, it seemed for a brief moment like they might go the way of the selfie stick—an innovative idea in its own right, but one that’d ...

The end of the year means so many different things, but for the music lovers, it’s always been “list season.” If you’re among our ranks as folks whose tabulation of new releases never seems to meet ...

As the ink dries on 2025, music obsessives will see to no shortage of album, song, or artist of the year conversations. Yet while the critical eye has plenty to take in every December, we’ve remained ...

Between the success of “touch tank” and second “flounder” plus her latest, “Paper Dolls,” don’t miss that quinnie has her two Christmas singles “Silver Bells” and “Silver Second.” “Silver second” and ...

Rage. Ecstasy. Love. Heartbreak. Dysphoria. Frost Children’s expansive discography covers it all. No matter what the NY-based sibling duo belts about, they bring a sweltering energy to every single ...

In the same vein as Kendrick Lamar’s now-iconic and suddenly ultra-relevant lyric, “Critics wanna mention how they miss when hip-hop was rappin’ / M*****f**** if you did, then Killer Mike’d be ...

For a bit of background, though visible with a “beef” against Joyner Lucas and a somewhat constant stream of singles, the wait for a bona fide Skepta album rolls ...

Bethel, New York, United States, 1969. In a humid, sunny day of summer, a small town 40 miles (65 km) southwest of the town that would’ve given the name to the event was getting ready to welcome the ...