If there’s one thing music fans admire Kanye West for, it’s his dedication to his craft. The multi-hyphenate is known for his work ethic and the gold standard he sets for the projects he’s involved in ...

To most people, the idea of massive, rap-rock crossover hits invading the mainstream was something of a late-90s/early-2000s phenomenon. It wasn’t just your Limp Bizkits and your Last Resorts; it was ...

While the community of hip-hop producers in Lancaster is somewhat small compared to larger cities, it is no less vibrant, and "Keystone Classics" goes a long way to show that. The greater vibe of the ...

’90s rap is fucking amazing. It’s my favorite rap music. It’s the era when rap albums, across the board, became complete and fully thought-out statements, when people were pushing the music forward ...

Antoine Harris: “Back then, you wanted a great single [from an artist] but you also wanted the album to be poppin’. You wanted it to tell a story, you wanted it to have a theme, an objective. I think ...

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You might say it was Drake, DJ Premier, or Ice Cube. But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center of the action and park jams at rec ...

Behind The Beat is a new series where journalist Thomas Hobbs talks to rap producers about the making of their most iconic beat. For our second edition, Hobbs spoke with Ski Beatz, who crafted Camp Lo ...

While it reached it's "golden age" in the '80s, hip-hop peaked sonically and creatively in the '90s. The '90s also witnessed a lot of pioneering acts enter the scene—from Wu-Tang Clan and Snoop Dogg ...

Ain’t no party like a minivan party, cause a minivan party — especially one that’s blaring “Straight Outta Compton” — don’t stop. Well, perhaps that’s not quite accurate. That minivan party stops at ...