@Milan Patel

Milan’s Playlist

The tracks you can’t get enough of lately, all in one place. Updated as you listen.

Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

Drake officially became the voice of a generation with 2011’s sumptuous <i>Take Care</i>, a career-defining magnum opus that earned a prized slot in Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums list. Was he an R&B singer who rapped or a rapper who sang? Was he really that sad, or just exploiting a cultural preference for male vulnerability? Adding to the slipperiness of it all, any given Drake project might incorporate dreamy house and club music into his comfort zone of rap, pop, and R&B with equal conviction. Even after cementing his prowess as an MC many times over, Drake still retains the capacity to surprise. His 2015 earworm “Hotline Bling” radiated universal cool without breaking a sweat, while 2024’s “Push Ups” arrived during his fleeting beef with Kendrick Lamar yet applies lasting heat to its minimalistic prowl. Drake is now such a part of the firmament that his slightest move can trigger aftershocks far beyond his immediate reach.

Rap Life is the playlist at the forefront of hip-hop culture today, updated regularly with new music you can’t miss. This week, that’s “Janice STFU,” from Drake’s highly anticipated <i>ICEMAN</i> album. Listen to it now, and add this playlist to your library to stay up on the latest must-hear new songs.

Wake, work, rinse, repeat—you know the drill, and we know it too. Sometimes Friday hits and it almost doesn’t feel real. Whether you’re heading home, working out, staying in, or turning up, here’s a playlist of hip-hop mixed with pop and R&B designed to help you shake off your routine and step into that weekend mood. We switch up selections here regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

With more than five decades of history behind it, rap isn’t easy to sum up. Still, we gave it a try. Focusing on crucial tracks from all eras and styles, this playlist offers a wide-angle look at the most important subgenre of American music since rock—and the lodestar of modern pop. From underground to the mainstream, the breaks to golden age, and gangsta to now, here’s a survey of all hip-hop has to offer. We regularly rotate these selections to keep things fresh, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Once purely underground and hyper-local, hip-hop is now probably the single biggest sound in the world—what you hear no matter where you go. Highlighting your Drakes, your Cardis, your Post Malones and Khaleds, this playlist serves as a rolling collection of the genre's biggest hits. Our editors are always switching things up. If you like a track, add it to your library.

If you’re after just the hits, this is where you’ll find them: a handpicked selection of hip-hop's biggest songs of the past few years. Our editors update this playlist regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.