Behind The Beat is a new series where journalist Thomas Hobbs interviews rap producers about the making of their most iconic beat. For the first edition, he spoke with Dame Grease about crafting DMX's ...

Released over 20 years ago, “Many Men (Wish Death)” was the cold heart of 50 Cent’s major label debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. While so much of the record framed 50 as an unstoppable force of nature, ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Beat It” proved that the King of Pop could be the King of Rock when he wanted to be. While “Beat It” has an iconic music video, it isn’t Jackson’s best rock tune. It might not even ...

J. Cole just released his first song since 2021 using a beat he found on YouTube. On Wednesday night (Jan. 18), a new J. Cole track dropped on the YouTube channel for a producer named bvtman. The new ...

Last year was memorable for all the wrong reasons, and perhaps no one summed it better than Avenue Beat. The band's "F2020" track went viral on TikTok over the summer with over 16 million views, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts-based Lily Fitts originally gained a following for her viral song covers, which were shared by artists like The ...

Ezra Furman has teamed up with Alex Walton for the new single, “Tie Me to the Train Tracks,” as well as its B-side, “Beat Me Up.” Listen to both songs below. Ezra Furman says in a press release: “We ...

Some music from the 1960s managed to be influential in the 2000s. For example, Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls” samples Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.” Kingston explained his signature song wouldn’t ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...