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 ...

The 1980s were a decade when artists pushed boundaries and challenged social norms through provocative lyrics. While some tracks became cultural touchstones that sparked important conversations about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rink, in Bergenfield, may not be the mean streets of L.A., or a burnt-out block in the Bronx. But here, too, hip-hop happened.

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 ...

Though critics and fans disagree on its exact start and end dates, many have labeled the period stretching from 1987 to 1996 the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop.” With heavy groundwork laid by Run DMC, the ...

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks ...

The Rink, in Bergenfield, may not be the mean streets of L.A., or a burnt-out block in the Bronx. But here, too, hip-hop happened. "It was just a general rink, a skating rink, but everybody wanted to ...