With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...

Between the Election Day (Nov. 5) and the 2025 Grammy nominations reveal (Nov. 8), the week ahead promises to be one of the ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of music, sampling plays a significant role in shaping contemporary sounds. As we dive into ...

During a recent run-in with TMZ, Logic announced that he further releases will draw inspiration from Playboi Carti. Typically ...

Explore how aging hip-hop legends like Rakim, LL Cool J, and André 3000 are redefining the genre, challenging stereotypes, ...

Often the beats have a downtempo hip-hop feel and to that end we’ll be working in a 4/4 time signature. 2. When sourcing ...

The legendary polymath, who died at his home in Bel-Air on Sunday (November 3), envisioned and executed some of the most ...

Since hip-hop emerged as a cultural force more than ... to quote André 3000 more recently, lacks “fresh ingredients.” This might encourage some aging artists to attempt to maintain a youthful ...

If everything happening in the world today has you feeling a little nostalgic for the 90s and early 2000s, you’re not alone. But while Blockbuster video stores and dial-up internet will probably never ...

Hip-hop is a multi-billion-dollar industry and the world’s most popular music genre. Originating in the South Bronx in the 1970s by African American and Latino communities in response to ...

Jon’s beats set the perfect backdrop, intertwining modern sounds with raw hip-hop elements that contrast with themes of artificiality. Together, the duo builds a sound that doesn’t just stand out but ...