The Beat is 181.FM's flagship urban channel, billed by the Virginia-based network as '#1 for HipHop and R&B.' Its motto, 'Today's R&B and Old School,' describes the recipe: current chart hip-hop and R&B — the world of Drake, Beyoncé and Cardi B — folded together with classics from Tupac, Aaliyah and Mary J. Blige. It is the contemporary counterpart to 181.FM's Old School channel, and one of the network's most-listened streams.