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On this day in 1994, Mary J. Blige released her sophomore album My Life, which went on to go triple platinum and cement the singer's position as the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul.

What's inside that curious mind, Kanye West?

Cut the check. Wondaland artist Jidenna just dropped his “Classic Man (Remix)” video with Kendrick Lamar, but he’s also dropping coins for Iggy Azalea. If…

Hip-Hop is a genre built on sampling. However, most young fans of the music rarely know that a drum loop on a KRS-One song was…

You might know singer and rapper Mack Wilds as actor Tristan Wilds of “The Wire” & “90210″ fame. While he does have things in common with…

So many rappers have sampled the late, great James Brown. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best songs to have taken from the…

Props to my man Aqua Boogie over at SLANGRAP DEMOCRACY for starting this but I had to update this list for MJ’s birthday.   The hip-hop…

According to several sources Doo-Wop and funk artist Jimmy Castor has died at the age of 64. Details of his death are still forthcoming. Castor found success as both a solo musician and as the leader of the Jimmy Castor Bunch. While his music spanned many genres (hence his nickname “The Everything Man”)  he was […]

If you’re in the entertainment business, in any fashion, it’s safe to say Quincy Jones has had some influence on you. From creating some of the most memorable music in history to founding one of hip hop’s most loved magazines, Quincy Jones has done it all. WBW: Samples of History: Hip-Hop Mines Afrobeat In celebration […]

Of course one of Hip-Hop music’s greatest break beats is a jazz record. “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” by Bob James originally appeared on the jazz fusion artist’s album Two, released in 1975. A pianist arranger and producer, James has numerous records in his catalog that have been raided by producers over the years, […]

Rap Radar and DJ Soul are back with the follow up to their “No Idea’s Original” mixtape. The Tracklsting for the sample-fest is below so check to see if you can guess which hip-hop song from 2010 got it’s inspiration from the original song. Download No Idea’s Original 2 here. Tracklisting 1. Average White Band […]

When Danger Mouse released The Grey Album, a mash-up of The Beatles self-titled 1968 album, also known as The White Album, with Jay-Z’s 2003 album The Black Album, the Beatles’ record label, EMI, put a stop to its distribution because none of the samples of the Fab Four’s work had been cleared.  It turns out […]