Theme & Personality Playlists

The ’90s gave us Nirvana, Tupac, and Mariah Carey. It also gave us a song about a detachable penis. Both things are true, and honestly, that contrast is what made the decade so entertaining. While influential songs like “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “I Will Always Love You” were reshaping what music could be, a … Read more

Before playlists and streaming algorithms, there were mixtapes — and making one was a serious act of curation. If you were putting together a cassette for someone in the ’90s, you had an embarrassment of riches to choose from. The decade produced more genuinely great love songs across more genres than almost any era in … Read more