On Monday, Kanye West shared the full version of his collaboration with Kendrick Lamar and Madlib, ‘No More Parties in L.A.’ Yesterday, Ye tweeted that Madlib had delivered another six beat CDs to him ...

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time.

In 2006, American musician James Yancey died of complications from a rare blood disease called TTP. Yancey, who recorded under the names Jay Dee and J Dilla, was an influential hip hop producer whose ...