Rapper Bobby Shmurda has sparked a conversation around the cost of instrumental tracks. Earlier this week, the “Hot N****” rapper took to Instagram to express his frustration with music producers, who ...

It’s no secret that over time, the role of a producer has become even more important. Many people today say that the reason they like a lot of songs is because of the beat, and some would even argue ...

The producer is one of the most crucial yet anonymous figures in all of music. Every other week, with Beat Construction, an extension of our column in the magazine, we aim to illuminate the role ...

On a Sunday evening in late November, up-and-coming hip-hop producer and artist Loudy Luna played her music for a room full of the biggest stars in rap. As she picked through her catalog of beats, ...

In an interview for Back On Figg, Schoolboy Q admitted that he regrets passing on Cardo's beat for what eventually became Travis Scott's "Goosebumps." "Every Cardo beat you heard, I done had it," he ...

AllHipHop caught up with both Payroll and Cardo with the former located in Detroit and the latter in Dallas, Texas. Following their previous collaborative tapes, Big Bossin’ Vol. 1 and Big Bossin’ Vol ...