Hip-hop beat-maker J Dilla's unique rhythms influenced artists such as Questlove and Kendrick Lamar and transformed the way traditional musicians approach their instruments.

Hip-hop beats are designed to be rapped over, so you need to provide rhythmic thrust for your MC Our beat fits somewhere between the two – it’s powered by spacious 808 bass and includes a hint of trap ...

XXL rounds up the hip-hop instrumentals that soundtracked the decade. ... 25 Hip-Hop Beats That Defined the 2010s. C. Vernon Coleman II. C. Vernon Coleman II Published: December 28, 2019.

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop.

Producers such as RZA, DJ Premier and Q-Tip made their name by constantly making some of the best beats in hip-hop. By. Noah A. McGee. Published. September 17, 2023.

After Purity Ring's acclaimed, daydreamy debut, Shrines, the duo's Corin Roddick moonlit as a rap producer, making beats for Ab-Soul and Danny Brown and slipping into sessions with other major rap ...