As 2012 winds to a close, it's time to look back on some of the most popular music that we've shared over the last 12 months here at Exclaim...

Here at Exclaim!, we've seen a little of everything in 2012. From landmark albums to tragic deaths to brave expressions of self to controver...

In the lead-up to Christmas, music fans get assaulted with countless cash-in cuts about the baby Jesus, sleigh rides, and cuddling up by the...

Cover songs are a tricky thing. On the one hand, many artists pride themselves on their ingenuity and originality, and opt to reconfigure a...

Throughout the month of December, Exclaim! has been rolling out our coverage of the best albums of the year, divided into seven different ge...

A lot of great music comes out in a year, and not all of it gets the attention it deserves. Some get a fair bit of credit, but not enough; o...

Between major-player stop-gap freebies from dudes like Rick Ross and Big Sean, career-building collections from Joey Bada$$ and Chief Keef,...

Overall, 2012 was good to hip-hop: the artists that had the greatest successes proved that the genre has matured beyond a binary old school...

Flipping the Wu-Tang Clan's model for success, the four-headed beast that is South Central L.A.'s Black Hippy wants to establish each of its...

For those of you who don't shut off your computer in an act of rage or careful self control, list season is one that can get emotions high a...

Once upon a time, there was no internet, and as a result no blogs, no YouTube, no Tumblr. Not even MP3s! Musicians had to leave their homes...