Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...

James Brown's funky beats, brought to you by drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, are the most popularly sampled in hip hop, but what about jazz? Has it not significantly impacted hip hop as well? The answer ...

In the shady half of a brick courtyard along Frenchmen Street, the Trumpet Mafia has convened. On the eve of the band’s first public performance, an October 23 show at Tulane University as part of the ...

The Los Angeles-based artist Georgia Anne Muldrow is constantly warping the familiar until it resembles something new. The singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist is a prolific ...

"Mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings, Smelling vaguely of mint jelly and last night's bongo drummer... fling their arrow legs / To the heavens / Losing their doubts in the beat" of San Francisco ...

Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...