You’ve got to think in incremental gains. Your mixes might not change much from one week to another, but over the course of a ...

New Jack Swing was starting to evolve, as the sound became more aligned with hip-hop production ... This remix also became the template for the R&B/hip-hop collaborations that Sean “Puffy ...

How was the significant? In his book, Hip-Hop Production: Inside the Beats, Prince Charles Alexander, professor in the Music Production and Engineering Department, explained what Kool Herc was ...

The Georgia rapper’s debut album adds contemporary luster to Atlanta rap’s idiosyncratic template. At its best, the record conveys artful reverence; at its worst, it sounds like glitzy cosplay.

numerous hip-hop production EPs under the iiye name, project collaborations with Fly Anakin, YUNGMORPHEUS, Real Bad Man and Turich Benjy and numerous collaborations in various songs with several ...

By Grant Rindner With a handful of exceptions, the era of rap’s six-figure super producer – when Scott Storch, Just Blaze, and Timbaland instrumentals effectively guaranteed radio hits – is ...

Blockchain and NFTs are reshaping how artists active across all genres are monetizing their work. As 2025 progresses, expect to see more artists using NFTs to connect with fans, build their audience, ...

Naturally, Billboard’s monthly Reggae/Dancehall Fresh Picks column will not cover every last track, but our Spotify playlist — which is linked below — will expand on the 10 highlighted songs. So, ...

Although the Grammy Awards came out in 1959, the Recording Academy didn’t debut the Best Rap Performance award until 1989, a year in which it was awarded to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for ...

This [program] has been cooking for a few years now. Actually, Wendel Patrick has been at Johns Hopkins for a while now [teaching Hip Hop Music Production: History and Practice]. And [when he taught ...

You couldn’t dream of being able to casually watch some of the biggest up-and-coming rap artists in the game, all sitting in a room together, making music live and in real-time. Yet here we are ...

Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...