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. After ...

British Hip Hop artist Chairman Maf is Sheffield based and recently released his latest album ZOO without the aid of any music labels, when the community came together to help him in today’s DIY world ...

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J. Brookinz doesn't want beat makers to be anonymous. Sure, hip-hop fame and glory goes to rappers. But Brookinz is an evangelist for beat makers, who put together the music heard on hip-hop songs. On ...

Beat Making Lab is a project where where music artists (producers and emcees) travel around the world teaching young people to make hip hop and electronic beats. It's run by Pierce Freelon and Stephen ...

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 ...