Contrasting with the sampled, sliced breaks of the 90s, hip-hop beats at the turn of the 21st century were defined by their comparatively sparse rhythms and synthetic instrumentation. In this ...

LITTLE ROCK — The tutorial in Dance Off the Inches: Cardio Hip Hop lasts nearly 19 minutes, more than a third as long as the dance routine itself. That speaks volumes about ... oh wait, I was too busy ...

For many, hip-hop’s heyday was the so-called golden era of the late 80s to early 90s. The likes of Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA, Eric B and Rakim, Jungle Brothers, BDP, De La Soul, Redman ...