The NPR Music production assistant shares her favorite songs of 2022.

Absent any pining or angst, SZA's rapping on "Smoking on my Ex Pack" is matter of fact, leaving no room for questions, letting you know up top she's that girl.

Watch a conversation between Mark and NPR's Jerusalem Truth about the making of Three Dimensions Deep, live from NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

This week's Heat Check selects feature an R&B newbie enlisting a legend, a spaced-out rapper deciding to go it alone, artists from Compton, London and Nigeria refusing complacency and more.

This week's Heat Check selects come largely from iconoclasts who have already zeroed in on their individual aesthetics: a singsong rap soulman, an alté sensation a noise-rap radical and more.

On the earnest and angsty rock ballad, WILLOW embodies the rock star she was destined to be.

If you did not know already, let this serve as your reminder that Flo Milli is in her own lane.