Discover the essential music instruments for creating captivating Hip Hop beats. Explore drum machines, synthesizers, and samplers, and learn valuable tips for choosing the right instrument to achieve ...

When Dom Flemons was in the studio making his album Prospect Hill, the engineer made a casual comment that pushed the material in an unexpected direction. “Maybe you should sell some of those beats to ...

For a global phenomenon, U.S. hip-hop is still largely driven by regional differences in sound, cadence, and personality. Increasingly, the genre is not only being exported overseas but also blended ...

It’s a well-established fact that tuning into “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” turns the average person into a superhuman academic whose powers of concentration are rivaled only by ...

Spotify has released a list of what it considers to be the 50 greatest hip-hop beats of all time in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Bronx-born music genre later this year. The list consists ...

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There was a time when artists ...

During the late '80s and early parts of the '90s, R&B was dominated by the new jack swing era, with artists such as Janet Jackson, New Edition and Boyz II Men being some of the subgenre's most ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 6, 2008: Music mogul Jimmy Iovine and the world-famous Dr. Dre originally partnered in 2006, forming Beats Electronics. Their primary goals ...

Spokane, Wash., musician James Pants is known as a crack DJ and obscure electro freak, if you know him at all — he’s more an influence than a household name. He’s also a helluva hip-hop producer, the ...