I usually write this column based on whatever music I’m listening to during the week. Along with this column, my radio show on Wednesday nights follows the same idea, an hour of what I’ve been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. D’Angelo on stage at the Brixton Academy in London in 2000 - Independent/Alamy D’Angelo, the American musician who has died of ...

Hip-Hop pioneer Gene “Groove” Allen, known for his music with Groove B. Chill and his role in House Party, has passed away, leaving a lasting imprint on both industries. Gene “Groove” Allen a key ...

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From MPCs to FL Studio sessions, one thing remains consistent across generations of Hip Hop and R&B: The power of the sample. With ...

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most "sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, ...

Tribute concerts can feel like burial ceremonies for the living. But at a live 2011 homage to vibraphonist and icon Roy Ayers by hip-hop-loving jazz pianist Robert Glasper and smooth-sampling rap ...

This virtuoso trumpeter bridged jazz, hip-hop, R&B and soul on his own records and in collaborations with D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and the Roots. Listen to 13 selections. Credit...Illustration by Dante ...

Corgi chills out on a bed in a cucumber slumber. It’s a music trend in search of a name. Buzz words like “Chill Hop” and “Jazz Hop” don’t quite capture the essence of this new genre that has no rap in ...

New Orleans-based band the Soul Rebels is making waves in the hip-hop scene by collaborating with some of the industry’s most iconic and progressive artists. The band’s presence in hip-hop culture has ...

At the beginning of 1990s, R&B and hip-hop were no longer completely foreign to each other. While the early 1980s had seen the R&B establishment scoffing at the upstart rap genre, the latter half of ...

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