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 ...

Hip-hop has always been loud on the surface. Heavy drums, bold hooks, statements that refuse to whisper. Yet beneath that ...

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 ...

Join us as we explore the life and legacy of Clyde Stubblefield. In this music documentary, hosts Arthur "LA" Buckner and Linda Diaz delve into the history of James Brown's "Funky Drummer" beat, ...

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 ...

Peel back the production layers used to make hip-hop and drum & bass and you'll find a common strand of DNA: samples. When jungle emerged in early 1990s England, the music borrowed from dub and ...

A great beat is a game changer. Period. Let’s just keep it a buck: Beats and melodies have outweighed lyrics in the eyes of most for a while and with attention spans becoming shorter and shorter, it ...