Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

Throughout this column, we have explored how songs from the past and other genres have infiltrated Hip-hop through the ...

Hip-hop has existed for over 50 years, and since its inception, the genre has mastered the art of sampling to create some of the most iconic records in music history. Effectively using a sample ...

Music Same Old Song: Hip-Hop Sampling Arguments In 2023 Are Just Like The Old Arguments Is sampling real art, are producers getting lazy, or are these the same arguments as before? A look at the ...

Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...

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 ...

Sampling has become a huge part of music production. However, you must choose a sample that matches other aspects of your song. Sampling has become one of the most influential strategies in modern ...

R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass: His Greatest Hip-Hop Samples In honor of the late great soul-music veteran, we threw together his greatest hits and the hip-hop joints that jacked them.

In the middle of one of Hip Hop’s most important eras, Jeru The Damaja arrived with an album that did not chase trends, radio ...