Kanye West’s sample game has by far been the most important staple of his career since the very beginning. From the height of the Roc-A-Fella Records era and Jay-Z, pinpointed by ’Ye’s majestic flip ...

Right from his breakthrough, Drake was all about the art of the sample. His now iconic “So Far Gone” mixtape was built around sample-heavy beats you wouldn’t expect in the year 2009 or any year really ...

Sometimes, the best music doesn’t come purely from guitars, basses, drums and so forth. There are instances where the coolest sounds that make or break a track come from everyday objects, voices of ...

A mong its recent changes, Spotify has acquired music database WhoSampled, a database for finding samples, cover songs, and ...

On Friday, soul sing Bill Withers died of heart complications at the age of 81. While the prolific songwriter had not released a studio album since 1985, his music remained relevant in the decades ...

Following the release of De La Soul’s latest album, ‘Cabin in the Sky,’ Okayplayer ranks De La Soul albums from worst to best. 19 hours ago Cardi released her 2025 update, “Imaginary Playerz,” last ...

Scott described Deadbeat as “the best album to come out in the last 2 years” on his Instagram Story shortly after its release on Oct. 17; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 this week (chart ...

SZA is back with her highly anticipated second studio album S.O.S. The singer, real name Solána Imani Rowe, announced the new project on November 30 and shared the album's cover, which sees her ...

The 32-year-old rapper recently told Instagram viewers that on the day she got Hov’s blessing to sample his Vol. 1 fan favorite, he texted her manager at exactly 4:44 p.m. — the same time his 2017 ...