For a brief period of time last month, YouTube caused everyone to experience the decidedly un-chill worry that the foundational “lofi hip hop radio – beats to relax/study to” was going to disappear.

Slowed and reverb and lo-fi hip-hop share some distinct similarities, with both subgenres birthing their own subcultures online, and becoming the soundtrack to Generation Z. On TikTok, the hashtag for ...

Like all mutating scenes, the lo-fi movement in hip-hop began as something far different from what it has become. In the beginning, it was purely an aesthetic choice. Beatmakers like J Dilla, Nujabes, ...

Lo-fi stands for low fidelity. Music that's considered lo-fi falls somewhere along the definition of distorted beats and technical flaws being looped that create a pretty cool unique sound people can ...

J Dilla's legacy as a hip-hop producer and artist continues to be examined. The contributions he made to artists and groups like A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and The Roots, as well as ...

The fuzz and crackle over Lo-Fi music's familiar beats evokes emotions some of us are looking for right now. To everyone that wants a soundtrack to their lives just like all their favorite TV ...