Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...

The FADER's longstanding series GEN F profiles emerging artists to know now. Within hip-hop’s increasingly complex constellation of celebrity, producers are now almost as beloved as rappers. At home, ...

In the mid-1980s, Ron G. became the master of the blend tape. By putting together R&B and hip-hop instrumentals, he and a DJ named Hot Day (whose "Hot Day Master Mix" married New Edition to Public ...

When Angel Reyes helped a friend record his first rap song using a microphone in a cardboard Timberland shoebox, he was just having fun. “We just were in here playing beats,” he recalled. “Like, it ...