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"Jay-Z's Year End Picks 2022," a playlist for Tidal curated by the billionaire, features artists such as Nas, Drake, Metro Boomin, and, of course, Beyoncé.

MUSIC

| BY JOSE MARTINEZ

Jay-Z's Playlist of 2022 Favorites Includes Songs by Kendrick, Beyoncé, Drake and 21 Savage, SZA, and Metro Boomin

As we send off another uniquely challenging year here on Earth, Google has released the 2022 edition of its annual Year in Search retrospective.

POP CULTURE

| BY TRACE WILLIAM COWEN

Google’s 2022 Year in Search: Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Chris Rock Among Top Trending People

Beyoncé looks back on Coachella, OTR II, 'EVERYTHING IS LOVE,' and the rest of her prolific 2018.

MUSIC

| BY TRACE WILLIAM COWEN

Beyoncé Looks Back on 2018 With Instagram Montage Clip

We’re celebrating the end of year with some of our favorite songs and albums. Here are the Complex staff's personal picks for best songs and albums of 2018.

MUSIC

| BY COMPLEX

The Complex Staff Lists Our Favorite Songs and Albums of 2018

Artists like JAY-Z, Cardi B, J. Cole, and Eminem all blessed us with exceptional verses this year. Here are Complex's picks for the best rap verses of 2018.

MUSIC

| BY ANGEL DIAZ

The Best Rap Verses of 2018

Merriam-Webster hops into the year-end mania with its 2018 words ranking.

LIFE

| BY TRACE WILLIAM COWEN

'Justice' Is Merriam-Webster's 2018 Word of the Year

Cardi B's 'Tonight Show' interview resulted in this year's most-used GIF.

MUSIC

| BY TRACE WILLIAM COWEN

A Cardi B GIF Was One of 2018's Most-Used, According to Giphy

From Jay Z and Nas to Chance the Rapper and Young Thug, these were the bars that caught everyone's attention this year.

MUSIC

| BY ROSS SCARANO

The Best Rap Verses of 2016

They're not necessarily bad songs (though some are) but they're certainly the weakest tracks on otherwise amazing albums.

MUSIC

| BY ALEX GALE

The Worst Songs on 2016's Best Albums

The 50 songs written about here all have at least one fierce champion on our staff; most have more than one. These are the songs we cared about the most.

MUSIC

| BY FRAZIER THARPE

The 50 Best Songs of 2016

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