Spanning myriad genres — from famous person pop, hip-hop, and Afropop, to indie-rock, Ok-pop, reggaeton, R&B, and reggae — Rolling Stone‘s record of the High 100 albums of 2022 might be our most musically various year-end round-up ever. Within the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we zero in on that record’s High 50, discussing every album, taking part in music samples, and extra.
Julyssa Lopez, Brittany Spanos, Andre Gee, and Simon Vozick-Levinson be a part of host Brian Hiatt for the dialog, which counts down from Sasami’s hard-rock stunner Squeeze to Beyoncé’s house-infused masterpiece Renaissance. To listen to the entire episode, pay attention on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or press play above.
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