But rap production has a somewhat abstract set of criteria for judging how hard a beat can be, and how a track can make the MC on it sound like an unstoppable Man of Steel. Maybe the drums sound like ...

Producer: A-Trak Album: N/A Label: Fools Gold Fool's Gold head honcho A-Trak recently wrote a candid editorial about how rap's preoccupation with drugs worries him as a non-user, but his reservations ...

When you think about love in rap, Common's "The Light" is an essential example. From his album "Like Water for Chocolate", Common raps heartfelt lines of devotion over a mesmerizing J Dilla beat, ...

Prolific Hip Hop producer Statik Selektah is losing his mind over the growing support for "Sample Snitching" -- highlighting ...