Back in the day, the mixtape was the driving force behind hip-hop culture. But these days, fans don’t reach for C-90 cassettes when they want to spread the gospel – they make playlists. The biggest ...

More than possibly any other genre, hip-hop lends itself to the playlist format so naturally, it’s almost like the two go hand-in-hand. The relationship is symbiotic. With that in mind, these are just ...

Spotify playlists are in the process of slaughtering the rap radio star. An artist’s career can be launched into the stratosphere if a buzzing song is placed on a popular playlist. The world’s biggest ...

“Remix” is a funny term when it comes to music. It seems almost everyone has a slightly different definition for the term. Because the term is so malleable, finding a good “remix” playlist on Spotify ...

Apple Music is rebranding one of its biggest playlists, The A-List: Hip-Hop, as Rap Life, and will leverage Beats 1 to launch a new weekly show and daily segments around the playlist. By Micah ...

“Syracuse Playlist” is a new monthly feature on syracuse.com highlighting music from local artists. If you’re a Syracuse-area musician, email [email protected] to share your music, including your ...

“Syracuse Playlist” is a quarterly feature on syracuse.com highlighting music from local artists. If you’re a Syracuse-area musician, email [email protected] to share your music, including your ...

AFTER TEN YEARS AS A MIX-TAPE DJ, KARINA TOLIVER, known on the streets of New York as DJ Lazy K, names one accomplishment with extra pride: Several years ago, she was of fered a track by “this new hot ...