Southern hip-hop’s influence continues shaping modern music through strategic sampling, with artists like Future, GloRilla and Sexyy Red drawing from classic Southern tracks. Recently, Juicy J noted ...

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter will headline an evening of soul, jazz and R&B on Baltimore's Inner Harbor as part of the OK Sunday Series. 1 day ago In 2001, Just Blaze, the producer of “Song ...

House music being celebrated in new songs from big-time acts like Drake and Beyoncé has turned into a huge conversation as of late, but the fast-paced, drum and hi-hat-riddled genre has always had a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ennio Morricone, the celebrated Italian film composer who died on Monday at the age of 91, could elevate any film with his ...

When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

There's nothing quite like nostalgia. Just about anything can trigger a memory of your younger years, whether it's a picture, a fire ’fit or, as often happens, a song. Music, especially hip-hop, is ...

UGK's Pimp C and Bun B join Scarface among the best Texas rap artists of all-time on a list that also includes a lot of modern influence in the genre.

James Brown was the root of so much musical mastery, and he held up the entirety of the hip-hop and rap music landscape as a ...

A grown hip hop critic reflects on Jay Z’s music, business power, cultural influence, and why rap remains the root of his ...

New York City's most notable drill producers have defined themselves by the songs they sample, so much so that critics and fans alike have phrased the trend as "sample drill." Abe Beame Abe Beame ...

Complex says: RZA was in the prime of his production career in 1996 as he laced Ghostface's debut album with '70s soul samples galore. RZA built beats around not just Green, but also acts like Sam ...