If the 1970s was the decade when rap music was born, then the 1980s is when it came of age. Listening to the genre through the years and you can hear it grow. If you fast-forwarded through songs from ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With that said, few eras have been mined more heavily than the 1980s. With ...

Here at AudioPhix, we write a lot of lists. That probably isn’t news to you. The internet lives on lists. They provoke, anger, and maybe sometimes even inform. If you’re like me, you usually just tune ...

1. “F*** Tha Police” by N.W.A. This 1988 hip-hop song by N.W.A. was controversial when it came out in the 1980s, but it’s still quite loved and revered today. Some would say that not much has changed ...

The 1980s were a decade of tremendous growth and monumental societal change. The rise of the Reagan right, the AIDS epidemic, the Cold War's conclusion and famine in Africa brought on a new form of ...