The following is a list of the best rap beats of the last five years, an era where a new vanguard of self-made producers like Lex Luger and Young Chop hold court on the radio with legacy hip-hop ...

Kenny Beats' career is full of rock-tinged, bass-heavy rap beats. But 777 , his 2018 collab album with Atlanta rapper Key!, saw him stretching his boundaries, like he did on the dreamy "It Gets ...

The RZA has made many of rap’s rawest, grimiest beats of all time. But he often elects for a light touch with the drums, or a gently swaying groove over a propulsive, insistent beat.

Traditionally, lyrics have been the most important element of rap music, ... they are becoming just as in-demand for their beats. In rap's earliest days, the MC was secondary to the DJ.

Kenny Beats Is a Rap Therapist Who Will Also Make You a Great Album. How an ex-EDM producer went back to his roots, and produced some of the best rap music of 2018 with Vince Staples, ...

The rap Haggadah is part of a larger venture Bar calls “Bible Raps,” which offers examples and how-to’s for getting young people to use rap as a way to learn about Jewish ethics. “I see it ...

In Rwanda, a new sound blends rap beats with traditional music Loud Sound Studios is home to two of Rwanda's up-and-coming hip-hop acts: Pro-Zed and Kenny K-Shot.