As an immigrant’s son, I’d grown up feeling alone and out of place, but the "Hamilton" soundtrack spoke to me.

Plus, Fredro Starr’s cold-blooded star turn in a 1993 HBO drama and Chy Cartier’s standout verse on Victory Lap’s new cypher.

Individual highlights include “Red Room” and “Tears of a Son,” which together showcase the depth and emotional level that ...

Since Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA started chopping up samples and making hip-hop beats on a drum machine nearly 40 years ago, ...

Sampling has become an essential part of modern music-making, but which classic rock song has been pulle from more than any ...

Universal Music Group asked a judge to dismiss a copyright lawsuit claiming Mary J. Blige’s “Real Love” used a famed 1973 funk sample without paying.

Breakbeats are repeated samples of iconic drum beats. The most famous of them is the Amen Break, which first appeared in the ...

Having not dropped a full length album in three years, Tyler, The Creator has followed up with one of his most personal ...

When hip-hop music was first created in the parks of New York City in the late 1970s, the sounds were born from records and turntables. Using groundbreaking but also rudimentary equipment, DJs played ...

It is driven by soulful old-timey vocalisations, sparkly piano trills, and a fresh drum beat–giving ... demands of the ...