Kanye West reshaped Hip Hop production through soul, gospel and R&B samples that became cinematic rap records. Revisit 10 of ...

Beyoncé released her seminal visual album Lemonade in 2016, and has continued to release music since then, including her collaborative album with Jay-Z, Everything Is Love, and her album The Lion King ...

The Listening: New Music From Coco Jones, Future, Ne-Yo, DJ Premier and Alchemist, Bryson Tiller, Kelela, J. Cole and More This week’s new music Friday also features Tank, Ciara, The-Dream, Snoop Dogg ...

The case claimed that one of the track's high-profile samples featured infringing lyrics, but those allegations likely faced long odds in court. By Bill Donahue A lawsuit against Beyoncé and Sony ...

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 ...

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, “‘beautiful’ and ‘rap’ weren’t two words that went together.” Shocklee would know: As a founding member of Public Enemy’s production team, the Bomb Squad, he’s ...

The Listening: New Music From Coco Jones, Future, Ne-Yo, DJ Premier and Alchemist, Bryson Tiller, Kelela, J. Cole and More This week’s new music Friday also features Tank, Ciara, The-Dream, Snoop Dogg ...

Beyonce has sent the internet into meltdown with her new song Break My Soul, which is already the anthem of the summer. Not only did Queen Bey release her new hit hours earlier than expected, she gave ...