Ever since breaking into the hip-hop scene on North Carolina trio Little Brother's "The Listening" in 2003, prolific producer 9th Wonder has been popping up everywhere, laying down his trademark ...

Paired with an essay by Marcus J. Moore, the clip deconstructs 9th's sample choice and approach on "DUCKWORTH.," the three-part closer to Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning 2017 album, DAMN.. Pulling up ...

Due to the popularity and vast influence of the golden age of hip-hop, soul and jazz sample-based hip-hop will never go out of style in certain circles, and it will even find itself in the popular ...

Ordinarily the “Decoded” series on Life + Times features MCs breaking down the meanings to some of their favorite bars. Instead, the latest edition veers to the production side of things, this time ...

Murs performs at Cat’s Cradle Sunday, May 23, with Sick Jacken and NOCANDO, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $13–$15. Since Los Angeles emcee Murs and North Carolina producer 9th Wonder began collaborating in ...

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 ...

Last week it was Daft Punk’s ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’. Now, thanks to developer Matt Daniels, you can play beats from Dilla, Kanye and 9th Wonder using your computer keyboard. Sample Stitch ...

On "I'm Innocent," the first song from Murs' 2008 major label debut, Murs For President, the Los Angeles rapper recalls the days when "Back when people said you couldn't make beats on PCs." The brain ...