Genres: Rap: Today's Mainstream Rap

Listen to the most popular rap songs in America as determined by Billboard and influential major-market radio DJs.

Updated weekly, these are the most popular rap tracks on the internet. Decidedly NSFW. SMH...

Today's hottest hip hop club anthems.

Break out your Margiela and jump in the Panamera; this playlist features only today's most ballin-out-of-control anthems. For bosses only. *Kanye Shrug*

The best rap tracks from the past two decades as chosen by RapGenius community, editors, and moderators. http://rapgenius.com

Get hype to this collection of raunchy booty shaking anthems. Go shawty, it's your birthday! NSFW.

Listen to the most popular hip hop and R&B songs in America as determined by the Billboard charts.

The hottest summer anthems from the artists who performed at Hot 97's Summer Jam festival at MetLife Stadium on June 3.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III, or Eminem to his fans, is one of the most verbally dexterous MCs to emerge since the genre's beginnings. Here are the highlights of his solo career, as well as other artists he inspired, through lyricism or production.

Welcome to the Smoker's Club, where modern rappers cultivate major weed habits and forge bonds over their love of greenery. Roll up and hang out.

Put on your bro tank and shoot some 'ruit; this playlist of the hottest voices in college rap -- along with some of rap's superstars -- is the perfect soundtrack to your next house party.

These are Tyga's favorite new rap tracks to bump when he's having a house party. http://www.tygasworld.com

Nothing gets you through even the toughest mornings like these feel-good, contemporary hip hop and R&B jams. Face the day with soul and power!

Cuddle up with your boo to the sounds of these hip-hop-meets-R&B love jams.

The 50 most popular rap songs of 2011, as ranked by Billboard chart placement.

From crunk classics to modern baller anthems, this is the boisterous sound of southern rap songs that are guaranteed to tear the club up. Get low!

The best rap songs of 2011, as selected by the rap music blog Cocaine Blunts.

Every song featuring Georgia-born rapper 2 Chainz, including tracks from his former southern rap duo Playaz Circle.

Born in Trinidad and raised in Queens, Nicki Minaj has stormed the charts with her double-take inducing talent. Here's every song that features Nicki Minaj, as well as the best from her own catalog.

Rick Ross is one of today's hottest -- and most prolific -- MCs. Listen to every great track the Teflon Don has guested on, as well as some of his own hits. "Huh!"

Can't get enough Weezy? Listen to these songs performed by and featuring Lil Wayne.

Songs and remixes written by, performed by, and featuring Drizzy.

Heavy on the 808 drum machine beats and big synth riffs, these Southern rap anthems are guaranteed to get you motivated, not just for your next workout, but the one after that.

This playlist features some of the more dramatic and sexy sounds that pervade many of the most popular urban genetleman's clubs.

Let these laid back, southern-fried hip-hop grooves soundtrack your next good-time BBQ gathering. Slow your roll.

Celebrating those glorious moments when a group of rappers team-up to spit on the same track, here are rap's ultimate posse cuts, from the Golden Age to today.

Iowa-born hip hop producer Bangladesh has been making waves (and getting serious airplay) with his speaker-blowing productions for Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj. This playlist collects all of Bangladesh's productions from the last decade.

Whether it's a diva calling for some rhymes to spark up a remix or a hip-hopper adding some old-school sweetness to a bangin' track, these are the most authentic cross-genre collaborations ever recorded.

Is every square-inch of useful storage space in your car devoted to amps and subwoofers? If so, then this playlist is for you.

Listen to songs by all of the artists nominated for a 2011 BET Award.

Go shawty, it's your birthday! No need to wait in line at Tao, Pure, Lavo, or Marquee -- pop some bottles and drop it like it's hot with the hottest club bangers of the '00s.

Revisit the history of hip hop's most legendary record label, from the early mid-'80s classics through the dirty underground scenes of the '90s to their modern day superstars. No matter what the era, Def Jam supplies the hits.

The biggest chart-topping hip-hop hits from the last few years in their edited, curse-free format! Ideal when listening around kids or in a conservative workplace.

When rappers decide to get political, they don't pull punches. Hitting back against police harassment, calling for political payback, and speaking unflinchingly about society and media as a whole, these rappers take aim with an almighty righteous attack.

From Dr. Dre and Timbaland to Pharrell Williams and Kanye West, these are the greatest modern hip-hop super-producers who create rap superstars and pump out hip-hop anthems.

Dim the lights and feel the rhythm with these sultry pop and R&B jams.

From the golden age to the stars of today, these are the rafter-rattling songs that get the crowd moving in their seats during the game.