Whether it's a subtle background loop or the focal point of a track, samples are crucial for creativity, storytelling, and innovation in music. They’re the backbone of hip-hop and have played a ...

For Super Bowl 59 between the Eagles and Chiefs in New Orleans, famed hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar will take the stage as ...

The roots of hip-hop and house music both lie in the seismic shifts of the late 1970s, a period of sociopolitical unrest and electronic experimentation that redefined the possibilities of sound. For ...

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The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums ... Staten Island native Wolfacejoeyy’s music mostly operates in that vein of melodic New York rap embraced by characters like A Boogie Wit ...

On this day 45 years ago, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became Hip-Hop’s first-ever Top 40 hit, marking a transformative moment in music history. Released in August 1979 by the ...

The roots of hip-hop and house music both lie in the seismic shifts of the late 1970s, a period of sociopolitical unrest and electronic experimentation that redefined the possibilities of sound.