Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...
Installation view of Tahir Hemphill: Rap Research Lab at the Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (all images courtesy the artist, photos by Tedd Henn) ...
The SSL 4000 G+ mixing console used by the legendary super producer/rapper Dr. Dre to craft hits for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, and himself ...