From the beginning, DJing was the most important aspect of hip-hop culture. The genre and culture were born from the mid-70s boom with underground DJs spinning funk and disco break loops at basement ...
After a harrowing 2007 — a year that started with the arrest of leading mix-tape maker DJ Drama — hip-hop mix tapes played it cool in 2008. Collections co-signed by top-level talent were scarce, ...
Listening to the deluge of mixtapes and free mixes from hip-hop artists and electronic producers alike is often an insurmountable task. That’s why we scour Datpiff, LiveMixtapes and beyond, separating ...
Ryan Hemsworth is back with a new mix, Just Rap, for the men's retailer Frank & Oak. (He recently made most of his old mixes available for free download, so you can catch up on the back catalog ...
A good rap/rock fusion seems as elusive as a tasty low-cal dessert. It worked 25 years ago in the hands of Run-D.M.C and Rick Rubin, but the rash of thick-skulled rap-metal that sprung up in the late ...
BISMARCK-One North Dakota musician has a different way of spitting rhymes: rapping along to his wife's violin.Bismarck couple Josh and Tara Bohlen started rapping and playing together in April as ...
It’s a little past 11 o’clock on Friday and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is pulsing with sound, lights and bodies. Polyester jellyfish and gigantic LED mushrooms hover above the crowd; the smell of ...
NEW YORK He’s been crowned the “new hip-hop king” and his latest album, “Anomaly,” topped iTunes and Amazon charts the day of its September release. He’s been invited to birthday parties for both ...
Marco Cervantes grew up in North Houston, soaking up the sounds of country, disco and Mexican polkas flowing from records on his family’s turntable, a device that would later spin him into a world of ...