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 ...

The FADER's longstanding series Beat Construction interviews crucial music producers. 16yrold earned his producer tag when he was — you guessed it — 16 years old. “I'll probably just shorten it to 16, ...

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The emergence of the type beats community as a legitimate force in rap music was initially met with resistance from veteran producers like 9th Wonder, who, in a since-deleted tweet from 2016, said, ...