In rap's earliest days, the MC was secondary to the DJ. The increased focus on the sonic qualities of rap music over has resulted in some of the most interesting rap beats.

Now he’s back with another project, Weed & Instrumentals 2. The collection finds the Jet Life rhymer spitting weeded-out rhymes over popular rap instrumentals.

Apple Music is rebranding one of its biggest playlists, The A-List: Hip-Hop, as Rap Life, and will leverage Beats 1 to launch a new weekly show and daily segments around the playlist.

On this day in in hip-hop, Jan. 6, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine released their Beats by Dre Studio headphones, kicking off a highly successful run in audio.

The 50 Best R&B Songs That Flipped Rap Beats An extensive look at two genres that are completely obsessed with one another.

Hip-hop tracks are extremely diverse, but they're generally characterised by repetitive beats with plenty of bottom-end and rapping. Their extreme levels of sub bass provided the blueprint for the ...