When the excitement over Detox started up again last year, Dr. Dre even teased his next, next album — an instrumental project called The Planets, with songs inspired by the “personalities of each ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The best new hip-hop this week includes albums, videos, and songs from Dreamville, Masego, Slowthai, and more. I’ll always have a soft spot for this Buffalo-bred rapper, whose self-sufficient style ...

Chicago producer Lapgan brings hip-hop that samples broadly from the South Asian diaspora to Schubas. Credit: Atif Ateeq The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't ...

An instrumental Drake type beat by Dices. Perfect for rappers and singers looking for a vibe similar to Drake. Produced by Dices.

Streaming platforms were initially sold as an all-encompassing music library — every song at one’s fingertips! — yet there are inevitable gaps within their discographies. For hip-hop fans, few ...

Mike WiLL Made-It shared his beat highlights from this year with his annual end-of-the-year instrumental mixtape. By Natalie Maher Mike WiLL Made-It has had himself a year, and he’s here to remind us ...

As it celebrates its 50th birthday, we are mapping hip-hop's story on a local level, with more than a dozen city-specific histories of the music and culture. Click here to see the entire list. If you ...

Spotify has released a list of what it considers to be the 50 greatest hip-hop beats of all time in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Bronx-born music genre later this year. The list consists ...