In June 1994, Mixmag 's Andy Pemberton described the burgeoning Bristol and London trip-hop scene as, “a deft fusion of ...

Craig Charles shines a spotlight on hip hop's foundations: its samples. Thanks to passionate crate digging, rap tracks have not only been built around some of the best grooves and beats ever ...

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The art of sampling draws on the ability to manipulate and combine small snippets from other songs to create a completely new product. In rap, it’s often hard to figure out where a sample comes from.