The Luther Vandross-sampling single from Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” album is his sixth #1 song and the third chart-topper for SZA ...

James Brown returned to a Billboard chart thanks to a prominent sample. Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn did not. The reasons can be complex.

Kelenic is nearly 1500 plate appearances into his career, so while his 30+ plate appearances aren’t automatically indicative ...

The RnB legend stopped by Shannon Sharpe’s interview show and shared about his career and people who sample his records.

Before “My Prerogative” was a 2004 single for Britney Spears, it was a chart-topping, career-defining smash for Bobby Brown ...

Don’t look now, but the 1970s were over 50 years ago. Yeesh. Yet, while that decade is so far in our rearview mirror that ...

The meaning behind the visual’s concept is very special.

Blondie’s classic Rapture hit the top of the US charts 44 years ago today (March ... This track wasn't just a casual sample; KRS-One masterfully wove Debbie Harry's iconic vocals and lyrics ...

“My Prerogative” dropped in 1988 as a direct response to the backlash Bobby faced after being ousted from the group New ...

In a seven-page letter sent to almost all Department of Environmental Quality employees, Giacometto was accused of ...

Perhaps their most complete yet confounding exhibition of this was ‘Hotel California’. It was a song that always seemed destined to falter, resigned to the fate of a little-known fan favourite that ...