In light of AKAI just dropping the MPC Sample, it's a good time to highlight how the innovative machine changed the music we ...

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 ...

The SSL 4000 G+ mixing console used by the legendary super producer/rapper Dr. Dre to craft hits for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, and himself ...

Egyptian Lover's Roland TR-808 drum machine is customized with hieroglyphics and themed patterns Credit: Jay Godwin / LBJ Presidential Library Hip-hop is officially middle-aged, but its mortality is ...