Music

The 101 Best Kendrick Lamar Songs, Ranked

By The Ringer Staff • 1 hr 34 min read

The 101 Best Kendrick Lamar Songs, Ranked

The Ringer Staff • 1 hr 34 min read

The 30 Best Rapper Years Ever, Ranked

The 30 Best Years Rappers Have Ever Had, Ranked

By Justin Sayles and 2 more • 56 min read

The 30 Best Years Rappers Have Ever Had, Ranked

The 30 Best Rapper Years Ever, Ranked

Justin Sayles and 2 more • 56 min read

The Top 100 Albums in the Rick Rubin Extended Universe, Ranked

By Corbin Reiff • 29 min read

The Top 100 Albums in the Rick Rubin Extended Universe, Ranked

Corbin Reiff • 29 min read

Perfect Song: Radiohead’s “Let Down”

The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked

By The Ringer Staff • 1 hr 43 min read

The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked

The Ringer Staff • 1 hr 43 min read

Heavy Rotation: All the New Stuff

Noteworthy Reads

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Perfect Song: Radiohead’s “Let Down” With Cole Cuchna

Bandsplain • 1 hr 10 min

‘Bangerz’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Can’t Be Tamed’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Can’t Be Tamed’

• 1 hr 7 min

‘Can’t Be Tamed’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Can’t Be Tamed’

‘Breakout’ | ESA: Miley Cyrus

‘Breakout’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Breakout’ | ESA: Miley Cyrus

• 1 hr 13 min

‘Breakout’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

The Best (and Worst) of Hannah Montana

The Best (and Worst) of the Hannah Montana Discography

The Best (and Worst) of Hannah Montana

• 1 hr 32 min

The Best (and Worst) of the Hannah Montana Discography

The Dissect Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown Live Watch-Along

Game Over: The Dissect Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown Live Watch-Along

Dissect’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown

Game Over: The Dissect Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown Live Watch-Along

The Dissect Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown Live Watch-Along

Dissect’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Breakdown

Dissect

Britpop on Bandsplain

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Oasis: Part 1 With Rob Harvilla

Bandsplain • Dec. 12, 2024 • 3 hr 26 min

Music

FEUD: Blur Vs. Oasis With Miranda Sawyer

Bandsplain • Dec. 5, 2024 • 1 hr 42 min

The La’s With Ben Gibbard

Did Suede Start Britpop? Part 1.

• Feb. 27 • 1 hr 57 min

Did Suede Start Britpop? Part 1 With Miranda Sawyer.

• April 17 • 3 hr 40 min

Music

Oasis: Part 1 With Rob Harvilla

Bandsplain • Dec. 12, 2024 • 3 hr 26 min

FEUD: Blur Vs. Oasis With Miranda Sawyer

The La’s With Ben Gibbard

Did Suede Start Britpop? Part 1.

Did Suede Start Britpop? Part 1 With Miranda Sawyer.

Spotlight

Rap Beefs Reviewed
Poetic Justice: The Year of Kendrick Lamar

Ringer Dish • Feb. 6 • 1 hr 20 min
- The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked
  
  The Ringer Staff • May 7, 2024 • 1 hr 43 min read
- Why Drake Lost
  
  Justin Charity • May 9, 2024 • 11 min read
- Drake and Kendrick Lamar Is the Last Great Rap Beef. Thank God.
  
  Charles Holmes • May 4, 2024 • 10 min read
- What’s Beef? With Kanye and Drake, It’s Boring.
  
  Justin Charity • Sept. 29, 2021 • 4 min read
- Drake Lost: The Ruthlessness of Pusha-T’s Ferocious Diss Track
  
  Justin Charity • May 29, 2018 • 3 min read
- The Pusha-T vs. Drake Beef Is Now a War of Political Campaigns
  
  Micah Peters • Oct. 17, 2018 • 3 min read
- Kendrick Won the Beef. Then He Made a Drake Album.
  
  Charles Holmes • Nov. 25, 2024 • 8 min read
- The Drake-Kendrick Beef May Be Over, but Diss Tracks Remain Big Business
  
  Justin Charity • June 13, 2024 • 6 min read
Or Revisit Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show With ‘Dissect’
Rap Beefs Reviewed
Poetic Justice: The Year of Kendrick Lamar

Ringer Dish • Feb. 6 • 1 hr 20 min
Or Revisit Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show With ‘Dissect’
Music’s Newest Stars
2024 Was the Year the Pop Girls Ruled the Music World

2024 Was the Year the Pop Girls Ruled the Music World

The Pop Girls Ruled 2024

By Nora Princiotti • Dec. 31, 2024 • 8 min read
- A Doechii Discussion, and What Exactly Is an Industry Plant?
  
  A Doechii Discussion, and What Exactly Is an Industry Plant?
  
  A Discussion on Doechii and Industry Plants
  
  Higher Learning
  
  Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay
  
  Higher Learning
  
  • March 14 • 1 hr 24 min
- ‘Forever Is a Feeling’
  
  Every Single Album
  • April 3 • 58 min
- MJ Lenderman, Indie Rock’s No. 1 Prospect, Goes Pro
  
  Eric Ducker • Sept. 6, 2024 • 12 min read
- What’s Next for Chappell Roan and Lady Gaga’s “Disease”
  
  What’s Next for Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga’s “Disease,” and Taylor Swift’s Style
  
  What’s Next for Chappell Roan and Lady Gaga’s “Disease”
  
  Chappell Roan’s Next Move and Lady Gaga’s “Disease”
  
  Every Single Album
  • Nov. 15, 2024 • 1 hr 4 min
- Brat summer and it’s the same except it’s winners and losers so it’s not
  
  Julianna Ress • Aug. 9, 2024 • 10 min read
- Mannequin Pussy Isn’t Shying Away From the Rage
  
  Ian Cohen • Dec. 11, 2024 • 11 min read
- Did Sabrina Carpenter Really Get NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted? An Investigation.
  
  Nora Princiotti • Sept. 30, 2024 • 4 min read
- New Music Corner: HAIM, Chappell Roan, Jennie, and Selena Gomez
  
  New Music Corner: HAIM, Chappell Roan, Jennie, and Selena Gomez
  
  HAIM, Chappell Roan, Jennie, and Selena Gomez
  
  Every Single Album
  • March 20 • 1 hr 2 min
Or Go Listen to ‘Every Single Album’
Music’s Newest Stars
2024 Was the Year the Pop Girls Ruled the Music World

2024 Was the Year the Pop Girls Ruled the Music World

The Pop Girls Ruled 2024

By Nora Princiotti • Dec. 31, 2024 • 8 min read
Or Go Listen to ‘Every Single Album’
Ringer Films Presents ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’
Rap’s Love Affair With Yacht Rock, Explained

Dissect • Dec. 4, 2024
- The (Slightly Abridged) Yacht Rock Dictionary
  
  Justin Sayles • Nov. 27, 2024 • 18 min read
- ‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s’: Nate Dogg, Warren G, and the Apex of the G-Funk Era
  
  Rob Harvilla • July 5, 2023 • 7 min read
- ‘Hot Frosty,’ ‘Moana 2,’ and ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’
  
  ‘Hot Frosty’ and ‘Moana 2’: What Even Are Movies? Plus ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary.’
  
  ‘Hot Frosty,’ ‘Moana 2,’ and ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’
  
  ‘Hot Frosty’ and ‘Moana 2’
  
  The Big Picture
  • Nov. 27, 2024 • 1 hr 35 min
- ‘Running Scared’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
  
  ‘Running Scared’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
  
  ‘Running Scared’ (1986)
  
  The Rewatchables
  • Nov. 26, 2024 • 1 hr 30 min
- Are You Relivin’ the Years?: How Steely Dan Became a Cult Favorite for Millennials
  
  Derek Robertson • July 21, 2021 • 16 min read
Watch ‘Yacht Rock’ on Max Now
Ringer Films Presents ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’
Rap’s Love Affair With Yacht Rock, Explained

Dissect • Dec. 4, 2024
Watch ‘Yacht Rock’ on Max Now

A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

What’s the Best Song on ‘GNX’?

Last Song Standing

The Definitive Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Dissect

• 1 hr 18 min

The Definitive Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Dissect

Kendrick Lamar Is Out for Blood on ‘GNX’

Cole Cuchna • 5 min read

Kendrick Lamar Is Out for Blood on ‘GNX’

Cole Cuchna

‘GNX’ Is Kendrick Lamar’s Turbo-Powered Victory Lap

Paul Thompson • 7 min read

‘GNX’ Is Kendrick Lamar’s Turbo-Powered Victory Lap

Paul Thompson

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: Start Here

Music

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love

• May 17, 2023 • 2 hr 40 min

Music

“Smells Like Teen Spirit”—Nirvana with Courtney Love

• May 17, 2023 • 2 hr 40 min

Music

Alanis Morissette—”You Oughta Know”

• Oct. 15, 2020 • 31 min

Music

Alanis Morissette—”You Oughta Know”

• Oct. 15, 2020 • 31 min

Music

“Closing Time”—Semisonic

• March 13, 2024 • 1 hr 28 min

Music

“Closing Time”—Semisonic

• March 13, 2024 • 1 hr 28 min

Music

“It’s Good to Be King”—Tom Petty

• Feb. 2, 2022 • 1 hr 8 min

Music

“It’s Good to Be King”—Tom Petty

• Feb. 2, 2022 • 1 hr 8 min

Music

“Macarena”—Los del Rio

• Feb. 8, 2023 • 1 hr 11 min

Music

“Macarena”—Los del Rio

• Feb. 8, 2023 • 1 hr 11 min

Music

“Friends in Low Places”—Garth Brooks

• March 6, 2024 • 1 hr 37 min

Music

“Friends in Low Places”—Garth Brooks

• March 6, 2024 • 1 hr 37 min

Music

“My Name Is”—Eminem

• Oct. 18, 2023 • 1 hr 25 min

Music

“My Name Is”—Eminem

• Oct. 18, 2023 • 1 hr 25 min

Music

” … Baby One More Time”—Britney Spears

• May 4, 2022 • 1 hr 21 min

Music

” … Baby One More Time”—Britney Spears

• May 4, 2022 • 1 hr 21 min

The (Mostly) True Story of Vanilla Ice, Hip-Hop, and the American Dream

From the archives, one of our favorite long reads, about the rise and fall of ’90s pop music’s most infamous villain

Jeff Weiss

The (Mostly) True Story of Vanilla Ice, Hip-Hop, and the American Dream

From the archives, one of our favorite long reads, about the rise and fall of ’90s pop music’s most infamous villain

Jeff Weiss

From the Vault: Our Favorite Oral Histories

Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’

By Alan Siegel • 31 min read

“You Keep Filming!”: The Oral History of Odd Future’s Chaotic, Joyous “Oldie” Video

By Patrick Lyons • 23 min read

Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’

By Alan Siegel • 28 min read

Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’

By Alan Siegel • 37 min read

Pure Magic: The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show

By Alan Siegel • 30 min read

“A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s ‘The ’59 Sound’

By Robert Mays • 43 min read

Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’

By Alan Siegel • 31 min read

“You Keep Filming!”: The Oral History of Odd Future’s Chaotic, Joyous “Oldie” Video

By Patrick Lyons • 23 min read

Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’

By Alan Siegel • 28 min read

Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’

By Alan Siegel • 37 min read

Pure Magic: The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show

By Alan Siegel • 30 min read

“A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s ‘The ’59 Sound’

By Robert Mays • 43 min read

Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’

By Alan Siegel • 31 min read

“You Keep Filming!”: The Oral History of Odd Future’s Chaotic, Joyous “Oldie” Video

By Patrick Lyons • 23 min read

Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’

By Alan Siegel • 28 min read

Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’

By Alan Siegel • 37 min read

Pure Magic: The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show

By Alan Siegel • 30 min read

“A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s ‘The ’59 Sound’

By Robert Mays • 43 min read

Welcome to Paradise: The Oral History of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’

By Alan Siegel • 31 min read

“You Keep Filming!”: The Oral History of Odd Future’s Chaotic, Joyous “Oldie” Video

By Patrick Lyons • 23 min read

Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’

By Alan Siegel • 28 min read

Three Feet From God: An Oral History of Nirvana ‘Unplugged’

By Alan Siegel • 37 min read

Pure Magic: The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show

By Alan Siegel • 30 min read

“A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s ‘The ’59 Sound’

By Robert Mays • 43 min read

The Best of Bandsplain Got Four or Five Hours to Spare?

Music

Red Hot Chili Peppers with Brittany Spanos and Joseph Patel

• June 17, 2021 • 2 hr 23 min

Music

Red Hot Chili Peppers with Brittany Spanos and Joseph Patel

• June 17, 2021 • 2 hr 23 min

Music

Pavement with Chris Ryan

• Feb. 17, 2022 • 3 hr 52 min

Music

Pavement with Chris Ryan

• Feb. 17, 2022 • 3 hr 52 min

Music

Radiohead with Cole Cuchna, Part 1

• March 31, 2022 • 2 hr 41 min

Music

Radiohead with Cole Cuchna, Part 1

• March 31, 2022 • 2 hr 41 min

Pop Culture

The 1992 Music Draft

• Dec. 22, 2022 • 1 hr 42 min

Pop Culture

The 1992 Music Draft

• Dec. 22, 2022 • 1 hr 42 min

Pop Culture

The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

• March 9, 2023 • 4 hr 35 min

Pop Culture

The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

• March 9, 2023 • 4 hr 35 min

Pop Culture

Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 1 with Grayson Haver Currin

• May 18, 2023 • 2 hr 56 min

Pop Culture

Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 1 with Grayson Haver Currin

• May 18, 2023 • 2 hr 56 min

Pop Culture

Talking Heads: Part 1 with Rob Harvilla

• Aug. 17, 2023 • 3 hr 18 min

Pop Culture

Talking Heads: Part 1 with Rob Harvilla

• Aug. 17, 2023 • 3 hr 18 min

Pop Culture

Pearl Jam: Part 1 with Kevin Clark

• April 25, 2024 • 4 hr 56 min

Pop Culture

Pearl Jam: Part 1 with Kevin Clark

• April 25, 2024 • 4 hr 56 min

Music

Blur With Chris Ryan

• Nov. 21, 2024 • 3 hr 34 min

Music

Blur With Chris Ryan

• Nov. 21, 2024 • 3 hr 34 min

From the Archives Long Reads We Pulled From the Crates

A Deal With the Devil: The Triumph and Tragedy of ‘All Eyez on Me’

By Justin Sayles • 18 min read

May He Have Your Attention? ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ at 20

By Jeff Weiss • 24 min read

The Man and the Machine: On 20 Years of 50 Cent and ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’’

By Paul Thompson • 14 min read

Live Forever: Oasis, ‘Definitely Maybe,’ and the Definitely Misunderstood Legacy of Britpop

Before the blokes go back on tour, revisit their big break out—and how the ’90s U.K. music scene came to define a generation of argy-bargy

Brady Gerber

Go Sell It on the Mountain

By Lex Pryor • 9 min read

Go Sell It on the Mountain

Lex Pryor • 9 min read

The Duality of Tim

By Justin Sayles • 18 min read

The Duality of Tim

Justin Sayles • 18 min read

Go Get Your Knife: The Oral History of Deftones’ ‘White Pony’

By Matthew Sigur • 27 min read

Go Get Your Knife: The Oral History of Deftones’ ‘White Pony’

Matthew Sigur • 27 min read

“Cocaine, Speed, and Gallons of Jack Daniel’s”: The Last Rock ’n’ Roll Superstars Were … Korn?

By Steven Hyden • 18 min read

“Cocaine, Speed, and Gallons of Jack Daniel’s”: The Last Rock ’n’ Roll Superstars Were … Korn?

Steven Hyden • 18 min read

“In My Mind I Was Already Gone”: The Endless End of Outkast

Paul Thompson

Collections

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The Rock Collection

Guitar music and air-bass playing, as told by Rob Harvilla

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The Rock Collection

‘GNX,’ Beef, and the Year of Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar Is Out for Blood on ‘GNX’

By Cole Cuchna • Nov. 26, 2024 • 5 min read

‘GNX’ Is Kendrick Lamar’s Turbo-Powered Victory Lap

By Paul Thompson • Nov. 25, 2024 • 7 min read

The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked

The Ringer Staff • May 7, 2024 • 1 hr 43 min read

Kendrick Won the Beef. Then He Made a Drake Album.

Charles Holmes • Nov. 25, 2024 • 8 min read

Against All Odds with Cousin Sal

Kendrick Lamar Is Out for Blood on ‘GNX’

By Cole Cuchna • Nov. 26, 2024 • 5 min read

‘GNX’ Is Kendrick Lamar’s Turbo-Powered Victory Lap

Paul Thompson

The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked

The Ringer Staff

Kendrick Won the Beef. Then He Made a Drake Album.

Charles Holmes

Podcasts

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Against All Odds

Thursday’s Best Bets

East Coast Bias

Lakers Eliminated, Game 6s, and Kentucky Derby

Lakers Eliminated, Pivotal Game 6s, and Kentucky Derby Picks With Mike Joyce

Lakers Eliminated, Pivotal Game 6s, and Kentucky Derby Picks

Lakers Eliminated, Game 6s, and Kentucky Derby

The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show

NIL, Recruiting, and Under-the-Radar Prospects

Adam Finkelstein on NIL and the Evolution of College Recruiting. Plus, Maxwell Baumbach on Under-the-Radar Prospects.

NIL, the Evolution of College Recruiting, and Under-the-Radar Prospects

NIL, Recruiting, and Under-the-Radar Prospects

Off Guard with Austin Rivers

Off Guard

The Ant-Man Show, and Luka Demands

The Ant-Man and Randle Show, Our Luka Demands, and the Where the Bucks and Giannis Go From Here

The Ant-Man and Randle Show, and the Where the Bucks Go From Here

The Ant-Man Show, and Luka Demands

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Higher Learning

LeBron–Stephen A. and the War Plans Leak

The LeBron–Stephen A. Feud, “Governor Hot Wheels,” and the Trump Administration’s Big Oopsie

LeBron–Stephen A., “Governor Hot Wheels,” and the War Plans Oopsie

LeBron–Stephen A. and the War Plans Leak

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A Requiem for the Dead

From the archive: A farewell to the Dead and Co. and a relic of boomer culture that found a way to regenerate, time and time again

Sadie Sartini Garner

Danyel Smith Danyel Smith

Yasi Salek

Rachel Lindsay

Danyel Smith Danyel Smith

Yasi Salek

Rachel Lindsay

Justin Sayles

Rob Harvilla

Justin Sayles

Nathan Hubbard Nathan Hubbard

Rob Harvilla

Justin Charity

Chris Ryan

Charles Holmes Charles Holmes

Justin Charity

Chris Ryan

Charles Holmes Charles Holmes

The Ringer’s Music Podcasts

60 Songs That Explain the 90s

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The 2000s

60 Songs That Explain the 90s

60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The 2000s

Bandsplain

Bandsplain

Dissect

Dissect

Every Single Album

Every Single Album

The Watch

Break Stuff

Break Stuff

Music Exists

Music Exists

Black Girl Songbook

Black Girl Songbook

No Skips with Jinx and Shea

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