Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...

Hip-hop and gaming have grown side by side, blending music, culture, and gameplay into everything from classic console titles ...

Hip-hop production has evolved from block party turntables to AI-powered beat-making, constantly absorbing new influences while honoring its roots. Producers blend sampling, live instrumentation, and ...

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...

From lo-fi warmth to hard-hitting trap, layering is the secret sauce behind memorable hip hop beats. By combining samples, textures, and smart effects, producers can create depth, emotion, and ...

When Mohamed Moretta read New Times‘ recent story remembering the Beat Club, a strip-mall hot spot in Westchester that once hosted big-name acts such as Gloria Gaynor and Exposé, he noticed something ...

Harry Belafonte passed away. His impact on Hip-Hop music is among his many achievements in his 96-years on earth. Read more. Harry Belafonte recently died at the age of 96. The singer/actor passed ...

Tonight, at a 40th anniversary screening of Beat Street at the Tribeca Film Festival, GRAMMY Award-winning rap icon Nas announced that he has joined the creative team adapting the groundbreaking 1984 ...

Rap icon Nas is joining a creative team to bring a stage musical adaptation of the 1984 hip-hop film classic Beat Street to Broadway. Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, better known as Nas, made the ...

Forty years later, hip-hop is just youth music, with all of its signifiers and stylings and subgenres translated and remixed around the world. But how do we pass down that creation myth? The way we so ...