Sampling in hip-hop has been going on since the genre’s inception, but in 2023, it’s been more prevalent than ever. XXL dives deep to discuss why everything sounds familiar.
Today in Tha Wire L.A. Reid makes a sudden exit after 6 years as CEO of Epic Records after his assistant goes public with sexual harassment allegations.
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Music mogul L.A. Reid is taking over a yet another new label, and it's a big one. Reid has had a long, long love affair with music. He got his start as a member of one of R&B's most memorable bands, The Deele. From there, he teamed up with groupmate Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds as co-founder and co-president of Laface Records -- a label which single-handedly launched the carriers of