Afro-Cuban dance music turns up the heat on the African influence present in most Cuban music, embracing it's visceral syncopation, polyrhythms, and shout and response vocals.
Smooth slow jams, a sexy mix of the 90s & up to the early 00's hits. These songs vary from I love you music, breakup songs, to I wanna make love to you. Enjoy
Nothing sets the mood like a slow and soulful R&B ballad. From Anita Baker to Jill Scott, from Marvin to Prince, these are the most potent slow jams from throughout the years.
Gathering in musical testimony has never been as cool as it is now. Today's Christian rockers know how to spread the gospel with passion, beats, and "bang your head" enthusiasm.
Urban Gospel maintains all the soul of earlier gospel while adding passion, humility and an electrified joy of praise that exceeds all boundaries. It'll make you shout Hallelujah!
Explore the ornate and beautiful era we call the baroque period. Hear the best tunes from 1600 to 1750 including masterworks by Bach, Vivaldi, and many more.
Here are the most epic scores in modern cinema. Filled with sweeping string sections and thunderous percussion, this is the perfect playlist for saving the world, preparing for battle, or staring up in awe at something miraculous.
This station features the rawest, most essential funk jams with deep bass grooves, tight drumming, and downright dirty horn parts. The perfect soundtrack for tearing the roof off that sucka!
Hip Hop comes in all forms. You can still get your Gospel fill while bopping your head to these Hip-Hop beats. Brought to you by Lead editor Oretha Winston Elev8.com
You may not fill out a bikini like Mariah, or sport a six pack like LL, but none of that matters when you're partying to these classic hits on a hot summer day by the pool.
Let the cool breezes of these laid-back R&B classics put you in a place where stress evaporates on contact and you drift off into an otherworldly plane of sweet soul music from every era.
Settle in with the quieter side of jazz. Wind down and drift off to the relaxing sounds of post-bop, cool, modern and contemporary jazz, perfect for those mellow late-night hours.
Say bonjour to French pop from the 1960s, also known as "ye-ye." This sexy, cosmopolitan sound rose to popularity with the mod movement that swept Europe and landed on American shores.
A rock-infused descendant of calypso music, soca will set the right mood at your next party. Here's a collection of songs by influential soca artists that will soak your summer in tropical vibes.
A taste of the hottest new dancehall "riddims" created during the last decade, featuring hard, fast, reggae-based grooves that have influenced hit songs by Beyonce, Rihanna and more.
In the 1970s a new genre of music emerged from Nigeria called afrobeat. Created by the legendary bandleader Fela Kuti, afrobeat combined funk, jazz and psychedelic rock with West African highlife music and politically-charged lyrics.
Afro-Cuban dance music turns up the heat on the African influence present in most Cuban music, embracing it's visceral syncopation, polyrhythms, and shout and response vocals.
During the late 1950s and early '60s, John Coltrane and many of his peers searched for a sound beyond bebop. This cool post-bop set, with saxophones aplenty, balances adventurousness and melody.
Originating in the 1950s, bossa nova (Portugese for "new trend") combined harmonies and rhythms from American jazz with Brazilian samba. Now these songs have become standard jazz repertoire.
This one's all about the ivories, featuring the classic piano-led jazz trios and quartets of the 1950s and '60s, from post-bop to the birth of the modern era.
Beginning during World War II, bebop signaled the end of the big band swing era and the birth of modern jazz. Enjoy this introduction to the style, focusing on the post-war era when bebop was in its prime
Explore the fusion of jazz and rock, as heralded by Miles Davis and others in the late '60s. Coming at it from both the jazz and rock perspectives, this playlist showcases fusion at its most fearlessly experimental and lushly pretty.
Settle in with the quieter side of jazz. Wind down and drift off to the relaxing sounds of post-bop, cool, modern and contemporary jazz, perfect for those mellow late-night hours.
Miles Davis was at the forefront of every development in jazz during his 50 year career. This playlist features Davis's most notable recordings as a bandleader and sideman, as well as his tracks by his most notable collaborators.
This playlist tells the story of the King of Pop as it plays out on the dancefloor -- from his closest contemporaries in the late '70s disco scene to those who follow, bravely, in his mesmerizing footsteps.
All of the greatest, uptempo songs from Motown's 1959-1970 Golden Age, digitally remastered from the mono master tapes. Listen to these classics the way they were meant to be heard.
A collection of R&B, pop, and hip hop classics -- including forgotten gems -- from the '70s, '80s and '90s that is guaranteed to get any party movin’.
Whitney Houston was one of the most talented singers in the history of pop music. Listen to her treasured voice as well as songs from her biggest influences, closest contemporaries, and indebted followers.
The Beatles are arguably the most important group in the history of recorded music. This playlist features essential songs by The Beatles, solo recordings by individual members, as well covers from their friends and indebted followers.