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# Spotify Editors discuss what makes a Classic Album in the streaming era
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-editors-discuss-what-makes-a-classic-album-in-the-streaming-era/
- Published: 2024-02-21T15:33:29.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-22T13:09:55.000Z
- Description: What makes a classic album in the streaming era from 2015 to the present? Industry insiders join Spotify editors to discuss how albums were chosen for Spotify’s new CLASSICS’s classic hip-hop and R&B Albums of the Streaming Era list…
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Indie Music, Major Labels, Streaming, music, Music Business, music industry, musician, musicians, playlists, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

What makes a classic album in the streaming era from 2015 to the present? Industry insiders join Spotify editors to discuss how albums were chosen for Spotify’s new CLASSICS’s classic hip-hop and R&B Albums of the Streaming Era list.

![A collage of classic hip-hop and R&B album covers highlighting the evolution of streaming era music from Spotify Hypebot.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/spcdn-shortpixel-ai/spio/ret_img-q_cdnize/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/spotify-classics.jpg)

### The CLASSICS teaser

### The Discussion

#### **Listen to the featured albums at [https://spotify.link/Classics](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqbTlzMnNRWnhudnphMVVHMXZ6bmgxSkw1NjVxd3xBQ3Jtc0ttVl9CSWtkaG81OFcwa2hPekdkZVNSTVZ2T0ZUdExxWTBwT1lhWVpsY1E3N3NTRWxtYWxaYlR4RlRWRENtd04yWTVvVEhHWTVpZXRxWlZTUVVnTF9Xa2NaQTByMXJDUGtYT2pZR3FuUWhOellKZU1UVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fspotify.link%2FClassics&v=lQwCCcUKXUo&ref=hypebot.com)**

*Bruce Houghton*