The Canadian-American band Daring Greatly is the top nominee for the 2026 San Diego Music Awards, with nods in three ...

Juvenile and Mannie Fresh, the team behind Southern rap hits like "Back That Azz Up," talk about their new podcast, 'Still 400,' new music, and more ...

Recently I’ve been listening to a lot of neo soul, a genre born in the 1990s that blends elements of the 1970s soul genre and funk, jazz, hip-hop and other musical traditions. The music feels both ...

Instead of emphasizing chord changes and melody, funk accentuated heavily syncopated beats and rhythmic and repetitive bass ...

On this day in 1995, Compton architect DJ Quik delivered his third studio album Safe + Sound, a project that further cemented his reputation as one of the West Coast’s most musically gifted producers ...

Mic, Kiloriti and A' Revolution spit bars about Pan African consciousness as a solution to the issues facing Black and ...

One doesn’t have to live in Dayton for long to learn that there’s funk within the city’s roots. Between the Funk Music Hall of Fame & Exhibition Center (also known as the Funk ...

De La Soul are coming to Palace Foreshore later this month, supported by Oddisee & Good Compny and Miss Kaninna.

Kendrick Lamar’s music often blends contemporary hip-hop with elements drawn from jazz tradition, especially on projects like ...

Beats are the foundation of hip-hop. They set the rhythm for the rap and like these classics from 1996, are sure to make you dance.

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly wasn’t just an album—it was a bold reimagining of what hip-hop could be. By collaborating with jazz musicians like Kamasi Washington and Thundercat, Kendrick fused ...