Mark Ronson and Madlib have utilized samples to create big hits for Bruno Mars, Lizzo, MF Doom, and Freddie Gibbs, but their latest project draws from a more unlikely source of inspiration. The ...

Asking some producers to reveal the records they sampled is tantamount to asking a magician to explain how a trick is performed. There are probably tons of hip-hop nerds around the world wondering ...

In the new special "Madlib’s Medicine Show," Noisey documented the moment the iconic producer met the iconic artist he's spent his career sampling and sourcing inspiration from. Madlib has been ...

When producers who make new music by sampling old music are especially prolific, their discographies can easily become overwhelming. Forget expensive studios and paying musicians: A large record ...

Imagine being granted the ability, just for a day, to hear music the way Madlib does. Imagine listening to practically any record -- '60s psych-rock, '70s Latin funk, a Brazilian jazz joint that's ...

Sometimes infinitesimal changes to proven formulas still create innovative and remarkably unique works. The fourth song off of Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs’s and producer Madlib’s first full-length ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “From the percussion of a forklift beeping to the tonal beat of a conveyor belt to the hi-hat of air blown into a plastic bottle, ...