The Black Friday installment of Record Store Day 2022 is upon us, featuring exclusive pressings of classic, new and obscure… Read More
Across decades and dozens of studio albums, pianist and composer, Ramsey Lewis, explored the intersections of jazz and pop music.… Read More
Diving deep into the hit-heavy solo and production catalog of the late Motown legend, Lamont Dozier, whose innumerable classics provided… Read More
On Thursday, Funk Flex premiered a new freestyle from Conway The Machine on Hot 97, putting an end to their… Read More
Pete Rock and Conway The Machine are beefing online with Funk Flex, who called Pete a "fraud" and Conway a… Read More
During the BET Awards 2022, Diddy called Bobby Brown the "first Chocolate Boy Wonder." Now producer Pete Rock claims that… Read More
In the latest installment of our Behind The Beat series, Thomas Hobbs spoke with the legendary Pete Rock about how… Read More
Ozark show runner Chris Mundy and music supervisor Gabe Hilfer spoke on Ruth's relationship to '90s rap and how the… Read More
SCVTTERBRVIN, DJ Drama x Dreamville, WateRR, Josiah The Gift, YL x Zoomo and more this Mixtape Monday. SCVTTERBRVIN is back… Read More
Alex Isley and Jack Dine's Marigold is a dreamy listen that arrived earlier this week. Additional drops this week that… Read More
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
The Round-Up is Okayplayer’s weekly playlist of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set… Read More
Syl Johnson was an integral piece of hip-hop's Golden Era source code. The family of Syl Johnson, a Chicago blues… Read More
Pete Rock's plan to sue over unpaid royalties for his contributions to the Nas classic "The World Is Yours," comes… Read More
Legendary hip-hop producer Pete Rock claims that he hasn't been paid royalties for his work on Nas' 1994 debut Illmatic.… Read More
Pete Rock breaks down some of his grailed productions for Nas, Kanye, Public Enemy, and more. Pete Rock may not… Read More