You’ve Got Voicemail

The final words on Doechii’s mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal—““Everybody can’t go where you going.”— land emotionally in part because of what they’re For nearly as long as they’ve existed, artists in all genres have drawn inspiration from voicemails—and their ancestor, the answering machine message—in a myriad of ways. Here are a few of their greatest hits.