DJs used turntables to create innovative tools which established community bonds and economic power across regions and ...

Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that ...

DJ Mike T, a founding member and producer of the pioneering West Coast Hip-Hop group Compton’s Most Wanted, died, according to close friend MC Eiht. Mike T was instrumental in shaping the sound that ...

Some samples breathe new life into forgotten classics, while others recontextualize a song's place in contemporary music more ...

Asked to write a song for Young Thug, Nate Ruess accidentally wrote the perfect ending to The Format's first release in 20 ...

Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated; but it got us thinking about the network’s legacy and most memorable moments. So, on this episode, we remember the best of MTV with ...