In our Beat Building series, we're showing you how to produce beats, grooves and drum patterns in a variety of styles and genres, touching on various eras of production, to help you understand the key ...

On 2010's "Did It On’em," from Nicki Minaj's debut studio album, Pink Friday, the then-28-year-old rapper asserted her dominance in the rap game. "All these bitches is my sons/And I'ma go and get some ...

Even if you aren’t familiar with L.A. production collective Internet Money, you’ve heard their beats. The group's sounds have powered some of hip-hop’s biggest records in the past couple years, from ...

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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, ...