Friday nights at the bSide are marked by DJs Why B and Kid Cut Up's innovative mixes. "I have no problem playing commercial music," says Cut Up, but both adhere to the idea that hip-hop is "more about ...

QD3: So to me that’s the spirit of Hip-Hop. You can do it your way. That’s what’s kind of unique about this, you can win the game with your sounds, you don’t have to follow any molds. I think a lot of ...

If Mase played house music, it might sound like Xzavier Stone's XZ. The four songs on his new EP have tons of hip-hop drums and occasionally braggadocios raps, but they also contain the ecstasy of ...

There’s a raw energy in the air—a palpable, jittery anticipation as the old guard of hip-hop production gets tossed aside by the relentless force of technological innovation and cultural upheaval.