Picture a session where a producer starts with a meticulously programmed drum machine pattern ... hip-hop—raw, rebellious, and unyielding—remains the heartbeat behind every innovative beat ...

In “Straight Loops, Light & Soul,” a project evoking Roy DeCarava’s Harlem jazz pictures and the music of J Dilla, Williams captures the underground beat-maker scene of Queens.

Almost all skilled MCs use syncopation to create complex rhythmic patterns that ... in favor of beat machines like the 808 and other synthetic elements long used in hip-hop production.

The emergence of a new music genre, hip hop ... new beat. This technique effectively evolved turntablism from reworking existing tracks to composing music. With the rise of hip hop the DJ had ...

The time has come, my beautiful beat heads. This week's Ear Candy is Lowkey Hip-Hop & Rap. Maybe I'm partial, but plugging into this playlist, copping a squat, lighting one up, and blithely watching ...