MUSIC OPTIONS

To witness the start of the star is really a exceptional issue—but in 2021, we witnessed two. It was just per week into January that Olivia Rodrigo’s “motorists license” arrived, a debut single so quick and so relatable that it quickly turned a pop cultural landmark, a Tune of the 12 months-degree assertion that felt like a affirmation: Lis

charts say may very well be their best music, and Eric B. & Rakim’s “Know the Ledge.” The latter will go down as probably the greatest moments from the initial God MC—in excess of menacing upright bass and neck-snapping crack, Rakim spits pure bragaddocio and street smarts for 4 minutes.And it’s excellent, Incidentally, although its excel