The new adidas ZX 2K Boost takes inspiration from the classics to create a modern icon. Complex AU looks at the way hip-hop is doing the same thing. Hip-hop began with samples. From the genre’s ...

In light of AKAI just dropping the MPC Sample, it's a good time to highlight how the innovative machine changed the music we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

Dedicated students of ’90s hip-hop revere and revel in the soul sample chop. (For those illiterate in hip-hop speak, chopping is when a sample is cut into pieces to be used instrumentally in a track, ...

High school sophomore Vikas Prasad has one main goal: score a production placement with a major rap artist before the end of the school year. When he’s not in class, the 16-year-old spends most of his ...

Hip hop duo Ho99o9 (pronounced “Horror”) released their Cyber Cop EP in November of last year, but it wasn’t until today’s article on Kerrang! that I became aware of the track “Mega City Nine,” which ...

Bandmateloops on Monday released two collections of music loops for Mac using musicians. The loops work with Apple’s Logic and GarageBand, as well as other Apple Loop compatible applications.

For at least a decade now, rap beats have been getting fiercer every year. The biggest producers in the genre largely abandoned traditional acoustic instrumentation, instead embracing the abrasive ...