Forbes

Chill Hop, Jazz Hop, LoFi, Whatever You Call It, It’s Catching On With Gen-Z

Corgi chills out on a bed in a cucumber slumber. It’s a music trend in search of a name. Buzz words like “Chill Hop” and “Jazz Hop” don’t quite capture the essence of this new genre that has no rap in ...
Gigwise

Instrumental Mood Music in the Streaming Era: From Lo‑Fi Beats to Jazz Ballads

Instrumental music, once relegated to being a background sound for certain activities, has evolved to become a key element of ...
WHYY

Hip-hop’s Chill Moody folds ‘everything’ into message and music

The Wawa Welcome America concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will draw thousands. While pop icon Pitbull takes center stage, a local hip-hop artist and designated “music ambassador to ...
Rolling Stone

Best of ’88: How EPMD’s ‘You Gots To Chill’ Created a New Kind of New York Hip-Hop

"We always felt in our heart, everything that we was listening to, that we can do better and that we can hang with the best of them." In 1988, as New York rattled and popcorned with tense, funky drums ...