Mark Ronson and Madlib have utilized samples to create big hits for Bruno Mars, Lizzo, MF Doom, and Freddie Gibbs, but their latest project draws from a more unlikely source of inspiration. The ...

The “triple lindy” is a physics-defying dive composed of multiple flips completed between several diving boards. Rodney Dangerfield, comically unfit and forever disrespected, “completes” it (with ...

Asking some producers to reveal the records they sampled is tantamount to asking a magician to explain how a trick is performed. There are probably tons of hip-hop nerds around the world wondering ...

When producers who make new music by sampling old music are especially prolific, their discographies can easily become overwhelming. Forget expensive studios and paying musicians: A large record ...

J. Cole Drops Surprise New Mixtape, 'Birthday Blizzard '26' The DJ-Clue hosted mixtape arrives ahead of his new album, ‘The Fall Off,’ which is supposed to drop next week. 2 hours ago In the new ...

MF DOOM and Madlib dropped their classic album Madvilliany exactly 20 years ago. The 22-track project is full of creative rap lyricism at its highest degree, with DOOM using his mad mind to paint lush ...

“MadVillainy,” MF DOOM and Madlib’s clever golden child of underground hip-hop, turns 20 years old today. At 22 songs long and packed with obscure cartoon and pop culture references, it’s persistent, ...

Imagine being granted the ability, just for a day, to hear music the way Madlib does. Imagine listening to practically any record -- '60s psych-rock, '70s Latin funk, a Brazilian jazz joint that's ...