Hypebeast

Madlib’s Mastery of Beat-Making Knows No Boundaries

From collaborating with Freddie Gibbs and Erykah Badu to the late legends MF Doom and J. Dilla, Madlib has been proving his beat-making skills for over three decades. Known for his meticulous approach ...
The New Yorker

For Elias Williams, the Hip-Hop Beat Machine Carries the Soul of Community

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 ...
Morningstar

No DAW, No Limits: KaiChopSki Crafts a Maschine-Only Beat Album While Advocating for Sampling Reform

Rising Producer Pushes Hardware Production to its Limits and Challenges the Future of Sampling in Hip-Hop KNIGHTDALE, N.C., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sample-based producer KaiChopSki is announcing ...
Daily Trojan

The Beat Lives On: Sampling songs from the past — exploitation or admiration?

When artists sample music, are they stealing or merely being creative and using the work in a new way? Before diving into my research on the art of sampling music, I’ll admit I was the person on the ...