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 ...

The late ’80s and early ’90s marked what many call the golden era of hip-hop. It was a time when the music was diverse, innovative, and unapologetically authentic. Artists like Rakim, Nas, Tupac, and ...

Hip-hop's origins are often summed up with the phrase “making something out of nothing,” though it may be more accurate to say hip-hop was makeshift out of necessity. In the socioeconomic context of ...