Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK--JANUARY 18: Rapper Rob Base (aka Robert Ginyard)records vocals for the remix of "It Takes Two" at Greene ...

Oftentimes, 80s hip-hop can go overlooked when considering the rich history of hip-hop. Naturally, people flock to the ‘golden age‘ in the 90s. From the 2000s to the present day is recent enough ...

Look, I’ll be the first to admit that the ‘90s was the golden era of hip-hop. It was the decade where production became cinematic, storytelling reached its peak, and the culture truly went global. But ...

From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With that said, few eras have been mined more heavily than the 1980s. With ...

Hip-hop was created in 1973, and during that decade, it was a genre still in its early stages that was more DJ-centric with focuses on b-boy dances and live performances. However, by the time the ...

In the ’90s, rap music solidified itself as a genre that would soon spread all over the world to become the dominant global culture. But rap wouldn’t have reached such heights without learning to ...

From the underground of New York to Philadelphia, where it’s not always sunny. In the 1970s, North America was rocked by waves of countercultural and subcultural revolutions: the entire continent ...

Hip-hop pioneer Rob Base died Friday, four days after his 59th birthday. “We share the heartbreaking news that hip-hop legend Rob Base passed away peacefully, surrounded by family,” said a statement ...

Shad Reed has been listening to the vets in rap and had some clear conclusions about aging in rap. Despite it being more than a decade ago, I still vividly remember speaking with DJ Jazzy Jeff for a ...

They were called sellouts, pop stars and a passing fad. Four decades on, Salt-N-Pepa are still having the last laugh.