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Jlin on How to Play With the Impact of Your Music (Video)
Courtesy of her brand new course on Soundfly, Jlin shares her thoughts and advice on how to play with the impact of your beat.
4 Classic Breakbeats That Changed Hip-Hop History
We take a closer look at 4 of the most sampled breakbeats in history, and the hip-hop songs they’ve contributed to influentially.
How to Make Lo-Fi Beats With Your iPhone Using iZotope’s New App
I made a lo-fi hip-hop beat using iZotope’s Spire app for iPhone, and you can too. Here’s how simple and fun it was to use…
7 Hip-Hop Producers Pushing the Genre in New Directions
Hip-hop has been pulled in so many directions over the years, here are 7 producers who we think will do the pulling for years to come.
Our 2020 Hip-Hop Producer’s Holiday Gift Guide
We’re back at it with another massive holiday gift list, this time focusing on satisfying that aspiring hip-hop producer in your life.
What Is Going on in This Noname Beat?
Today we try to break down the puzzling mathematics of Noname’s unquantized, Dilla-esque beat in “Sunny Duet” (Nerds unite!)
JoogSzn on Recording Drakeo The Ruler Over the Phone from Jail
Rapper Drakeo The Ruler is currently being held in jail as he awaits a further trial, but while there, he may have created 2020’s best album with JoogSzn.
The Most Affordable Pieces of Hardware for Making Hip-Hop Music
Sometimes it helps to get out of the DAW and mess around with some synths, samplers, and drum machines. Here are our ten favorite affordable pieces of gear.
Ableton’s Dennis Desantis: Learning Music Production and Solving Creative Problems
In this interview with Ableton’s Dennis Desantis, we explore the concept of learning online, how hands-on and personal electronic music is, and much more.