You Missed a Lot of Music Last Year. Here’s the Best of What You Didn’t Hear

On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we run down some of the best Spanish-language, indie-rock, and hip-hop you may have missed in 2022, including Puerto Rican singer-songwriter ILe’s genre-jumping Nacarile, Nas’ late-career triumph King’s Disease III, albums from rising artists including Mediopicky, Horsegirl, Junior H, and Che Noir, and much, much more.

Julyssa Lopez, Andre Gee, and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which draws on our lists of the best hip-hop of 2022, the best Spanish-language music of 2022, and Sheffield’s own picks. To hear the whole episode, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (or press play above.)

Previously, Rolling Stone Music Now looked back at the best under-the-radar country/Americana, metal, and Afropop music of 2022.

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