Ranging anywhere from 80-140bpm, both US and UK urban beats feature unique rhythmic tropes. Let’s look at a few… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Sampling has been an integral part of hip-hop for decades. It's one of the genre's main foundations. When a producer uses a portion of an already existing song for a new record, the sample turns the ...

Since he was co-signed back in 2016 by rap mogul 50 Cent, Messiah has helped prove that the future of hip-hop is en Español. Touted as one of the pioneers of the contemporary sounds of Latin trap… By ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In our Beat Building series, we're showing you how to produce beats, grooves and drum patterns in ...

A$AP Rocky closed out his career-making debut mixtape 'Live.Love' with this Olympicks-produced track, which uses Squier's aptly named rhythm as a foundation for a ...

Akai Professional's new MPC Sample is a standalone sampler with an MPC workflow in a portable, battery-powered device aimed ...

“Sample This” would make a hell of an article. In fact, it did. In 2006, Will Hermes told the story of the story of the oft-forgotten, oft-sampled Incredible Bongo Band in the New York Times. His ...