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Spotify is stopping their Car Thing device. Car Thing is a $90 device that lets users control Spotify through car speakers. After December 9, 2024, Car Thing will not work anymore. Spotify is telling customers to throw it away properly.

Stopping the device is one thing, but making it completely useless is another. It seems Spotify’s product was just an experiment to collect data.

A Spotify spokesperson said, “The goal of our Car Thing in the U.S. was to learn more about how people listen in the car.” Spotify has rules about collecting customer data and sharing it with advertisers.

Open-sourcing means letting customers keep using and maintaining the device’s software themselves. Customers on Reddit and Twitter are also complaining about no refunds, though some got a free month of Spotify.

Customers, especially with older cars, seemed to like Car Thing. But Spotify called it an “exploration” from the start. They announced it in 2021, offered it to some users, then made it widely available in 2022.

Within months, they changed plans. The spokesperson said, “In July 2022, we stopped making more. Now it’s time to say goodbye to the devices.” Some sellers on eBay are asking over $200 for new Car Things.

Spotify hasn’t responded about open-sourcing the device. They have 31% of the global streaming market and 615 million users. Their stock is up over 63% this year. But some angry customers threaten to switch to Apple Music or other services like Qobuz.

Spotify has made a special list called “The 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of the Streaming Era.” This list celebrates important and influential hip-hop songs released since 2015.

Earlier this year, Spotify started a program called “Spotify CLASSICS.” They first made a list of the best classic hip-hop and R&B albums from the streaming era. That list included albums like Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., Future’s DS2, Jay-Z’s 4:44, and Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD.

Then in April, Spotify published a list of the 100 greatest R&B songs of the streaming era.

This new hip-hop songs list is the latest part of the CLASSICS program. Hip-hop experts at Spotify chose the 100 best and most important hip-hop songs released since 2015.

Spotify’s hip-hop team looked at thousands of songs. They chose the 100 greatest based on quality, cultural impact, and how influential and replay-worthy the songs are. Big streaming numbers didn’t matter for making the list.

Spotify CLASSICS: The 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of the Streaming Era:

1. Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”
2. Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
3. Drake – “God’s Plan”
4. Lil Uzi Vert – “XO Tour Llif3”
5. Future – “March Madness”
6. Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Bad and Boujee”
7. Travis Scott – “SICKO MODE”
8. Sheck Wes – “Mo Bamba”
9. Pop Smoke – “Dior”
10. Juice WRLD – “Lucid Dreams”
11. XXXTENTACION – “Jocelyn Flores”
12. Future – “Mask Off”
13. Travis Scott ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Goosebumps”
14. Roddy Ricch – “The Box”
15. Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi – “Father Stretch My Hands Pt.1”
16. Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE”
17. Kodak Black – “No Flockin”
18. Lil Baby ft. 42 Dugg – “We Paid”
19. French Montana ft. Swae Lee – “Unforgettable”
20. Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP”
21. Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”
22. Meek Mill ft. Drake – “Going Bad”
23. 21 Savage ft. J. Cole – “a lot”
24. Polo G – “RAPSTAR”
25. Tyler, The Creator – “EARFQUAKE”
26. Rae Sremmurd – “Black Beatles”
27. Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “Rockstar”
28. Kendrick Lamar – “DNA.”
29. Drake – “Back To Back”
30. Kanye West ft. Chance The Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price & Kirk Franklin – “Ultralight Beam”
31. J. Cole – “MIDDLE CHILD”
32. Offset, Metro Boomin – “Ric Flair Drip”
33. Playboi Carti – “Magnolia”
34. Mustard ft. Roddy Ricch – “Ballin”
35. Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Family Ties”
36. Kodak Black ft. XXXtentacion – “Roll in Peace”
37. GoldLink ft. Shy Glizzy & Brent Faiyaz – “Crew”
38. Lil Baby – “Freestyle”
39. Chance The Rapper ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz – “No Problem”
40. XXXtentacion – “Look At Me!”
41. Travis Scott – “Antidote”
42. City Girls – “Act Up”
43. Drake, Future – “Jumpman”
44. Doja Cat – “Paint the Town Red”
45. Future ft. Drake & Tems – “WAIT FOR U”
46. Gunna – “fukumean”
47. Hitkidd, GloRilla – “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)”
48. Metro Boomin ft. Future & Chris Brown – “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)”
49. DaBaby – “Suge”
50. Lil Uzi Vert – “Just Wanna Rock”
51. Internet Money ft. Don Toliver, Gunna, NAV – “Lemonade”
52. Lil Mosey – “Blueberry Faygo”
53. Travis Scott – “BUTTERFLY EFFECT”
54. 21 Savage ft. Future – “X”
55. Tee Grizzley – “First Day Out”
56. JACKBOYS, Travis Scott, Young Thug – “OUT WEST”
57. BlocBoy JB ft. Drake – “Look Alive”
58. Tyler, The Creator ft. Kali Uchis – “See You Again”
59. Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future – “King’s Dead”
60. Drake, 21 Savage – “Jimmy Cooks”
61. Lil Baby, Gunna – “Drip Too Hard”
62. A$AP Ferg – “Plain Jane”
63. Future – “F*ck Up Some Commas”
64. Migos – “T-Shirt”
65. Polo G, Lil Tjay ft. – “Pop Out”
66. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie ft. Kodak Black – “Drowning”
67. Jack Harlow – “WHATS POPPIN”
68. Young Thug ft. Gunna – “Hot”
69. Young M.A. – “OOOUUU”
70. Pooh Shiesty ft. Lil Durk – “Back in Blood”
71. Latto ft. Cardi B – “Put It On Da Floor Again”
72. Trippie Redd ft. Travis Scott – “Dark Knight Dummo”
73. Central Cee – “Doja”
74. Drake – “Know Yourself”
75. Lil Uzi Vert – “Money Longer”
76. Nipsey Hussle ft. YG – “Last Time That I Checc’d”
77. Tyler, The Creator ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign – “WUSYANAME”
78. Lil Durk ft. J. Cole – “All My Life”
79. Playboi Carti ft. Lil Uzi Vert – “Shoota”
80. MadeinTYO – “Uber Everywhere”
81. Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj – “Princess Diana”
82. Megan Thee Stallion – “Big Ole Freak”
83. YoungBoy Never Broke Again – “Outside Today”
84. Saweetie – “My Type”
85. Mac Miller – “Self Care”
86. Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li”
87. Young Thug – “Check”
88. Doja Cat ft. Rico Nasty – “Tia Tamera”
89. Yo Gotti – “Down In the DM”
90. A$AP Rocky – “Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2 (LPFJ2)”
91. Denzel Curry – “Ultimate”
92. Flo Milli – “Never Lose Me”
93. Lil Durk ft. Gunna – “What Happened to Virgil”
94. Moneybagg Yo – “Time Today”
95. Freddie Gibbs, Madlib – “Crime Pays”
96. Sexyy Red – “SkeeYee”
97. YG ft. Nipsey Hussle – “FDT”
98. Doechii – “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake”
99. Fivio Foreign – “Big Drip”
100. Coi Leray – “Players”

Hip-hop has been very popular and influential for many years. In 2017, it became the biggest music genre in the United States. During this time, hip-hop has changed with rappers using more melodic styles that blend with R&B. The trap sound also became extremely popular.