
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

Classic Jams '70s, '80s & '90s
A mix of R&B 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

School Cliques: Band Geeks
Original versions of hits you played at halftime. Clarinets out!

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 '84: Music of 1980-84
Peak Journey, Billy Joel, Pretenders, Hall & Oates, and Air Supply, from your early-'80s school d...
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