Loud Sound Studios is home to two of Rwanda's up-and-coming hip-hop acts: Pro-Zed and Kenny K-Shot. Hip-hop is all about the beats and the flow. For two Rwandan artists, that flow sometimes comes in ...

The FADER's longstanding Beat Construction interview series highlights today's most crucial producers and their craft. The first Cheecho beat to ever come out hit the internet two years ago, when a ...

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 ...

Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s Shadstackzz isn’t rapping at full force are when the beats switch from one ...

No one knows exactly when rap started. Maestros like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash imported sound-system basics to the Bronx from the Caribbean through the 1970s, but there were eons of antecedents ...

“Cuphead Rap” should be a cornerstone of modern pop culture as we know it. Released in 2017 by JT Music, it’s a rap written from the perspective of Cuphead’s protagonist. Chronicling the struggles of ...