Old School Hip Hop
'80s and early-'90s rap and hip hop
1980s R&B
Prince, Janet, & Michael: R&B in the MTV age
Funk!
It's one channel under a groove
Jammin' Oldies
An upbeat, fun music mix from back in the day
Number, Please!
Songs that are much more than 1s & 0s. Nothing but numerical tracks of all kinds.
Listeners' Top 100: Hip Hop Classics
The 100 most popular tracks from our Hip Hop channels
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
For the first time in 17 years, Rolling Stone completely remade their list of the best songs ever...
Beastie Boys Samples
The Beasties sampled lots of tasty tracks, and we're playing tons of 'em
Critics' Picks: Top Songs of the '70s
Derived from hundreds of critics' lists of the best music of the decade
This Is Hip Hop
A rundown of Hip Hop history's biggest tracks
Throwback Hip Hop and R&B
Top jams from the '90s & 2000s heyday
Land of 1,000 Dance Songs
A huge collection of songs, of all varieties, that are great for dancing
This Is Music: 1979
Welcome to the year that gave birth to the Walkman!
Pure Funk
'70s-'90s Funk with the Gap Band, the Bar-Kays, Parliament/Funkadelic, Prince, Rick James, and Ca...
R&B Throwback: 1983
A year of Maze, Mary Jane Girls, The Sugarhill Gang, and more.
Music from "Superstore"
Season 6 of NBC's hit comedy, about the staff at a big-box store called Cloud 9, is here. Oh, and...
R&B Throwback: 1981
Vintage early '80s jams from Rick James, Luther Vandross and Earth, Wind & Fire
The Soul of '79
'79 was sweet, with Anita Ward, Michael Jackson, Peaches & Herb, and Sister Sledge
Karla Orr's Five-Star Radio
An eclectic mix of rock, pop, and soul from Karla, who listens in Canada. This trip includes 1,00...
R&B Throwback: 1980
With Kool & the Gang, Chic, Pointers, Teena Marie, and the Whispers
Hip Hop History
The genre's most important and influential tracks, inspired by the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-H...
Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs of All Time: '80s & '90s
From the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, a subset of early modern...
Product Placers
Brand names set to music, including "Cadillac Ranch", "Versace on the Floor", "Kodachrome", and m...
This Is Music: 1980
Top hits by Blondie, Queen, Olivia Newton-John, and "that guy who sings 'Piña Colada'"
Skateaway
Throwback roller rink favorites guaranteed to fill the floor. All skate!
Hey DJ
Songs about the master's of the turntable, and voices on the air.
The Most '80s
'80s variety to carry you through your day
Class of '80: Music of 1976-80
If you graduated in 1980, here's music from your school days
Class of '84: Music of 1980-84
Peak Journey, Billy Joel, Pretenders, Hall & Oates, and Air Supply, from your early-'80s school d...
Class of '81: Music of 1977-81
Journey, Foreigner, Stevie Nicks, and Juice Newton, yeah! Here's your music, 1981 grads!
Class of '82: Music of 1978-82
New wave classics from A Flock Seagulls and Missing Persons, plus "Eye of the Tiger" and a certai...
Class of '83: Music of 1979-83
We were locked on OG MTV more than our books back then. Here's what we heard...
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