Though not the first group to officially record a rap song (that distinction is usually given to the Fatback Band featuring King Tim III), it was the...
Standing behind the million-selling records, media glare and controversy that accompany hip-hop superstardom are the producers whose sonic groundwork...
It all started back in February 2005, when Funkmaster Flex leaked a brand-new Busta Rhymes track called I'll Hurt You over the airwaves of New York's...
It's the first time that DJ Shadow has put the recording process of his new album into words, and it takes him a minute to figure out which way to go...
She's only 20 years old, but she's ready to rule. She has taken meetings with Jay-Z, Antonio Reid and Usher and deemed them One of England's first female...
Q-Tip's highly anticipated Motown debut, Live at the Renaissance, has been pushed back several times but is scheduled for a late-March release as of this...
It's gonna be our darkest, craziest record since Phrenology or Illadelph Halflife, drummer and producer Ahmir Thompson explained to MTV recently. This...
It's funny because I never really wanted to do a solo record, says an energized Pharrell Williams, fresh off a whirlwind trip to Tokyo and the much-hyped...
Standard bearer for the punk-inspired, DIY hip-hop movement, Atmosphere's Slug has spent nearly a decade on the road, holding audiences enraptured with...
DJ Premier is hip-hop royalty. His signature production sound is immediately recognizable: Loaded with beautifully filthy drums and scratched hooks, his...
With the proliferation of cheap, easy-to-use software, just about anyone can be an electronic-music producer. Although a good percentage of bedroom electronic...
As with anything in history, someone always does it whatever might be first. In terms of drum sampling, Marley Marl (born Marlon Williams) was an innovator...
Heads are nodding in the control room at Monza Studios in midtown Manhattan, where 26-year-old hip-hop producer and label mogul Swizz Beatz is blasting...
On a recent Monday evening, fortune graced San Francisco with a glimpse of New York rap titan and Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA (n Chris Norris), who appeared...
The Craft is about our passion toward our discipline of hip-hop, Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab says about the duo's latest album. We really view hip-hop...
Princess Superstar says into her cell phone, a second before she rolls her eyes and starts cracking up. I mean, an interview for Remix. Anyway, let me...
Although reggae and dancehall are by no means stagnant genres, to get the best of their production, you have to sort through a lot of copycat rhythms...
Sitting in his truck in a parking lot, Danger Mouse watches lower-clearance vehicles get stuck in the flooded streets of Atlanta. It's the beginning of...
NUMBER CRUNCH Mathematics, Wu-Tang Clan DJ and producer, keeps his options open As the Wu-Tang Clan's official DJ, Mathematics has supported hip-hop's...
Trenches may not be glamorous places, but sometimes that's where beautiful music is made. The soulful, spare hip-hop of Slum Village springs from just...
It's amazing that anything gets done in the Goldie Lookin Chain studio, what with eight core members (sometimes as many as 23) constantly clouding up...
When Ahmir Thompson decided to switch to a digital DJ rig several months ago, he knew he faced an uphill battle: The Roots' drummer owns more than 60,000...
Historically in hip-hop, the DJ has always been an essential element with respect to the culture, the sound and the style. DJs have not only paved the...
A two-man crew based in Oakland, Calif., Zion I has been creating next-level hip-hop for many years and building a devoted following through imaginative...
In 2001, Zach Sciacca, aka Z-Trip, hit pay dirt with his self-released CD, Uneasy Listening (Against the Grain, Vol. 1), a slice-and-dice mix CD on which...
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