I first started listening to Paul as a Stetsasonic fan in high school, but when I heard his new group's debut single "Plug Tunin" in around '89, it really flipped my wig. And by the time the "3 Feet ...

Music has always been social, well before we had the Internet. We created mixtapes for every occasion; driving in the car, for when we get dumped, a new relationship, and the list goes on and on. A ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he ...

TDK, BASF, Maxell: once, these were among the most important words in the teenage lexicon. Generations of young romantics perfected their playlists, customised their cover art, and poured heart and ...

What were best rock songs of 1985? What better way to share that with you than taking you back in time and using the method in which we often shared what music we loved with others - through a mixtape ...

Although it’s not the coolest pick of music services, I use YouTube Music for everyday listening. As someone who watches an absurd amount of videos alongside their music, I appreciate that YouTube ...

“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes,” rapped Nas on his 1994 classic “N.Y. State of Mind.” Like other underground genres that hit their stride in the ...

For those of us who grew up in the cassette era, “mixtape” isn’t just a backronym; we can actually remember listening to music that was encoded on a spool of tape inside a plastic case. And all the ...

In the past four years, a lot has changed for South Korean star Min Yoon-gi, known to millions of fans as the idol Suga of K-pop group BTS, and to followers of his rap career as the artist Agust D. In ...

"If they can lock up Drama, nobody's safe. It's over. It's a wrap." In the early 2000s, mixtapes transformed Tyree Simmons into DJ Drama. Mixtapes defined the careers of T.I., Lil Wayne and Jeezy. But ...

Once you have Lance's Mixtape, you might be wondering what the item is used for and whether you should store it. There is no ...

Ours is an age of nostalgia. Now that the rose-tinted glasses have increasingly turned their gaze toward the 1990s — they’re literally making a “That ’90s Show,” in case you didn’t already feel old ...