Ghostface Killah (photo: Gregory Bojorquez/Getty Images) and David Axelrod (photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) “Car Key,” the fourth song on the Difference Machine’s 2022 album, Unmasking the ...

The Hip Hop Movement offers a critical theory and alternative history of rap music and hip hop culture by examining their roots in the popular musics and popular cultures of the Civil Rights Movement ...

Jazz and rock are always borrowing and always inspiring each other. Here are a few rock songs shaped by jazz, where improvisation, rhythm, and harmony push the music beyond boundaries.

In the last several years, an abundance of hip-hop artists have begun to sample their indie contemporaries. Perhaps it's because the hip-hop community is only so large, and its compulsively ...

Plenty of stellar rock guitarists through the years have been honored posthumously. Some, though, remain underrated. And I happen to think that’s the case for Don Wilson, the rhythm guitarist of the ...

Any conversation regarding the historical context of rap music will almost certainly rely heavily on the near ritualistic practice of sampling, essentially using older songs as the basis as the basis ...

Rakim is arguably the most influential MC of all time. While a statement like that is often met with a side-eye or a drawn-out debate, being that it's Rakim, there's not many arguments against it. He ...

The first look and premiere date for Rhythm + Flow, Netflix’s first music competition series, has been unveiled. Featuring hip-hop icons Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I. as judges, the series ...

Without a solid rhythm section, there’s little hope for a rock band. Harsh as that may seem, it really cannot be overstated the importance of the cohesion between a drummer and a bassist — they serve ...

Wanda Rouzan can remember not playing only one French Quarter Festival in the festival’s 40 years history. The rhythm and blues and jazz singer closed out the first festival, when there was one stage, ...

The trailer for the Cardi B, T.I. and Chance The Rapper-hosted rap star search series Rhythm + Flow is finally here. The series is reportedly a "3 week event" in a bid to find rap's next big thing ...