If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. What if Ableton music software had a built-in Github so musicians could contribute and modify samples ...

Have you always wanted to become the next Pharrell, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, or old Kanye West? Akai is now giving you that opportunity and won’t cost you a dime. Akai, who is more ...

As the New York City drill scene continues to morph and evolve, Surf Gang’s lead producer EvilGiane stands at the meeting point between Brooklyn drill, Bronx drill, and sample drill. The Brooklyn-born ...

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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 ...

I’m sitting in the basement of a low-rise corner building in Bushwick with 23-year-old rapper/producer Cash Cobain, and it’s finally time to throw on the Spice Girls. The basement is a converted ...

The emergence of the type beats community as a legitimate force in rap music was initially met with resistance from veteran producers like 9th Wonder, who, in a since-deleted tweet from 2016, said, ...