PLAYLIST: A MUSICAL EVOLUTION, SONG BY SONG

A new playlist—which accompanies the song-by-song descriptions in our Black History Month special—is up on Spotify , Apple Music and Vevo. Containing nearly 100 tracks, One Nation Under a Groove traces roughly three decades of music, from the early ‘70s to the end of the 20th century.

While many of these songs were #1 smashes, some had a more gradual impact. But every cut herein is part of a musical evolution that began with soul music at its most ambitious and purposeful, flowed through the hedonism of the disco era and the birth-pangs of hip-hop, hatched into the first electro-pop and EDM, and saw the advent of G-Funk, New Jack Swing and neo-soul.

We invite you to listen to a captivating panorama of musical history as it unfolds.

PRE-GRAMMY GALA GOES GAGA FOR GERSON
Jody will be the center of attention at Clive's shindig. (12/18a)
ON THE COVER:
BILLIE EILISH
A star upon the highest bough (12/19a)
NOISEMAKERS:
A HOLIDAY TREAT
Something for their stockings (12/18a)
SUPREME COURT SETS 1/10 HEARING ON TIKTOK BAN
How will SCOTUS rule? (12/19a)
THE HIP-HOP CONUNDRUM
Grammy being Grammy (12/19a)
NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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