Party Hard

Lightweights, quitters, wusses, and fraidy cats . . . this really isn’t the place for you. Here, only the most dedicated of partiers may enter, but once you’re in, the rewards are Ozzy-approved, Snoop-sanctioned, and Motörhead-endorsed. The hardest party songs of all time don’t only mainline the riot vibe directly into your very being (“Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Hot in Herre”); they also celebrate the act of partying while they’re doing it (“Rock ‘n Roll All Nite,” “Fight For Your Right”). Folks, the party begins here. Where it ends is completely up to you.

What do Ted Nugent, the Fresh Prince, and Blur have in common? A hard party, as you’ll hear in Next Steps.

You’ve got the party started. Now it’s time to make sure the tempo doesn’t slip. Get the room shaking with DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’s “Boom! Shake the Room,” add some “whoo-hoo!” with Blur’s “Song 2,” and “Shake Ya Ass” with Mystikal. It’s 1 a.m., and your party’s on the verge of epic, so seal your full transformation into bacchanalian werewolf: sup on the sweet lifeblood of Warrant’s “Cherry Pie,” catch the disease of Ted Nugent’s “Cat Scratch Fever,” and howl at the moon as Poison cranks up “Nothin’ But a Good Time.” It don’t get better than this.

From Detroit to Nashville, your Party Hard soundtrack is a Who’s Who of hell-raisers, in Deep Cuts.

At one end of the party spectrum there’s our Dinner Party Essentials playlist — cool, sophisticated numbers tailor-made for an evening of lively conversation, merlot, and handcrafted canapés. Welcome to the opposite end: Party Hard, the soundtrack to the wildest night of partying permissible by law, the night you’ll no doubt be bragging about for years to come. To make your evening of lost brain cells and virtues everything it should be, we bring you nothing but the hardest rock, the craziest country, and the bangin’est hip-hop. With Ozzy Osbourne tending bar on his “Crazy Train,” 50 Cent playing maitre d’ “In da Club,” and N.E.R.D. laying on their “Lapdance,” there’s nothing left to do but load it down, and turn it up.

On one end of the party spectrum there's our Italian Dinner Party Essentials playlist — cool, sophisticated numbers tailor-made for an evening of lively conversation, merlot, and osso bucco. Welcome to the opposite end: Party Hard, the soundtrack to the wildest night of partying permissible by law, the night you'll no doubt be bragging about for years to come. To make your night of lost brain cells and virtues everything it should be, we bring you nothing but the hardest rock and the bangin'est hip-hop.