Yahoo

19 essential Hip Hop and R&B songs built on ’80s soul samples

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 New Yorker

For Elias Williams, the Hip-Hop Beat Machine Carries the Soul of Community

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...
Okayplayer

Hear All Of The Samples From 'De La Soul Is Dead' On This 25th Anniversary Mixtape

Listen to the 25th anniversary mixtape down below and learn like the rest of us that despite its name, their second studio album and all of its experimental excellence is still alive and well and very ...
Hypebeast

Big Sean Samples Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s “My Soul” Beat on New Single

Big Sean has borrowed a beat from Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2 LP for a track of his own, HipHopDx reported first. When the rapper released his single ...
Forbes

Akai Professional’s MPC Sample Is A New Way To Make Beats Almost Anywhere

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. You shall have music wherever you go. The new MPC Sample is a fully portable devices for ...