The best rap beats are nerdy as hell. Every drum placement, every melody, every chopped-up sample sends me down a YouTube rabbit hole trying to piece together the way a producer contorts and dissects ...

The best rap beats are nerdy as hell. Every drum placement, every melody, every chopped-up sample sends me down a YouTube rabbit hole trying to piece together the way a producer contorts and ...

Listen to She, a haunting yet smooth track featuring Frank Ocean that explores the themes of obsession, passion, and ...

Step aside, Maybach. Move over, Rolls-Royce. There's a new luxury SUV in town, and it belongs to none other than hip-hop beat master, Metro Boomin. This is a 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, and it's ...

As for the music itself, well, country's sounding a lot like hip-hop too. You've got trap beats. 808 kick drums. Rap-like rhythms. Even beatboxing. So, why is Nashville borrowing so heavily from ...

East Coast-based hip-hop drew heavily on jazz samples and was generally characterized by rougher-edged, jazz-sample-based beats. On the West Coast, “gangsta” rap was the order of the day ...