When the mainstream popularity of rap music elevated in the late 1980s, it often did so with the help of inventive sampling. While many samples came from the R&B funk world, clever hip-hop artists and ...

When people think of classical music, things such as concert halls, theaters, or 18th-century lore come to mind. However, this genre, perfected by the likes of Beethoven and Mozart, has inspired ...

Kanye West's daughter North has been sharing a lot of new music recently, which is equal parts influenced by Ye and distinct from his work. Kanye West is one of the most influential artists concerning ...

A lot of 90s hip-hop was built on sampling, as was the hip-hop and rap of the decade before. Since the release of Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 game-changing track “Rapper’s Delight”, hip-hop has been defined ...

Smart-a* musical magpies with an encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz, funk, metal, hardcore and classic rock, Michael ‘Mike D’ Diamond, Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch and Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horovitz were initially ...

Madonna is reviving a Detroit dancefloor classic on her new single "Bring Your Love," which was released Thursday. The song, a collaboration with Madonna's Coachella partner Sabrina Carpenter, samples ...

DancehallMag. Sister Nancy's "Bam Bam" samples are everywhere, and there is a reason for that. Built around a sample of Ansell Collins' "Stalag 17" riddim, "Bam Bam" is. DancehallMag is an independent ...