In the vast, ever-evolving soundscape of hip-hop, few acts have held their ground like The Roots, a cultural institution.

On this day in 2003, Gang Starr, one of the most revered duos in hip hop history, released what would become their sixth and ...

Toronto-based producer Loukeman talks his new project Sd-2, sampling techniques and unconventional effects processing ...

Toronto-based producer Loukeman talks his new project Sd-2, sampling techniques and unconventional effects processing ...

You may already know that hip-hop didn’t start with platinum albums and sold-out stadium concerts. It began in the streets ...

Today, we celebrate the 55th birthday of Pete Rock, one of Hip Hop’s most revered sonic architects. Born Peter Phillips in the Bronx and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, Pete Rock helped lay the ...

Today, millions of musicians record and splice tracks from their bedrooms, closets and garages. Half a century ago, the funk ...

If you ever wondered how to transform your music instantly, then you’ve probably stumbled across the buzz about Remixpapa ...

Tracy Chapman, Björk, Public Enemy and more songs for rabble-rousing and celebrating revolution.

Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.

The drum parts on his track "Family Affair," for example, don't swing - they tick. What might have been viewed as soulless became its own kind of soul. This early embrace of mechanical rhythm ...

Noel Gardner delivers another guide to the sound of New Weird Britain, taking in 16rpm street soul, the dub/folk connection, ...