But the real idea of a beat flip starts with the DJ. In the early days of hip-hop—when DJing was the center ... When we set out to rank the 25 best beat changes of all time, we had to lay ...

The Best New Hip ... of its instrumental it’s easy to see why it was left off the original tracklist. But it’s a dope curio of a specific time and place in hip-hop, and a solid showing from ...

Trending on Billboard With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from JT’s summer-ready banger to Nettspend and ...

Whether written in advance or delivered off the top of the dome, freestyling remains one of the rawest forms of Hip Hop ... a random beat for the talent to spit fire. Arguably, the best examples ...