“I’m never gonna stop music,” said Dr. Dre. “It’s like air to me.” Shape-shifting the sound of hip-hop and leaving his production mark on everything he’s touched, from earlier days in N.W.A. to ...

The mornings after the Super Bowl tend to have certain things in common: indigestion, dishes stacked in the sink, empties in the recycling, maybe a mild hangover — and the iTunes chart filled with ...

LL Cool J made 30 to 40 “amazing,” songs with Dr. Dre but didn’t feel his writing was good enough to make the cut. LL Cool J abruptly switched course on his new project after a nighttime vision from ...