Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...
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 ...
Hip-hop at it's core is lyrics on a beat, with both being vital for the final product. Throughout the genre's history, there have been some truly incredible beats that turned producers into stars, and ...
As the legendary DJ Premiere once said, “Hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different. And to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does.” Rap music ...
T.I. wraps a nearly 13-year wait to lead the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart again. "Let 'Em Know, from his last album, Kill the King, reigns.
OJ Da Juiceman drops “R&B Juice 2” mixtape Atlanta rap veteran OJ Da Juiceman is back with a brand-new project. […] The post ...
Eloghosa is far from your average person. He is still in high school and juggles both his music and education. Eloghosa Ogbemudia was born in the United Kingdom but relocated to the US when he was six ...
Afrobeats singer, Fireboy DML, has declared that Afrobeats has reached the same level of global recognition as Hip-hop and R&B. In a podcast interview with Noisey, Fireboy emphasised that Afrobeats is ...
A reimagined version of Bombay Rockers’ ‘Aari Aari’, the song has been composed, arranged and programmed by Shashwat Sachdev ...