KQED

Alphabet Soup Spelled Out Jazz and Hip-Hop Fusion in the ’90s

Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Emma’s Must-Sees See TV Programming Manager Emma ...
AllHipHop

Sampling the Soul: How Hip-Hop Borrowed from Jazz & Funk

Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...
FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN

Pioneering jazz fusion group US3 releases 'Cool' new single

"We just wanted to do something a little tongue-in-cheek about coolness and about how jazz is cool," says Us3 mastermind ...
Essence

Revive Big Band’s Vinyl Release Honors Jazz And Hip-Hop’s Shared Legacy

From its inception in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jazz was considered the only true American art form. Its sound is a melting pot of musical influences, incorporating remnants of ragtime, ...
Indy Week

Young Bull Does Durham Proud With Its Inventive Fusion of Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Soul

When Tahmique Cameron and Gabe Fox-Peck showed up to Durham School of the Arts’ spring talent show auditions in 2014each with his own prepared musical numberthe show’s coordinator informed them that ...
The Grio

Guru’s ‘Jazzmatazz’ gave agency to three decades of hip-hop and jazz fusion

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. The landscape of hip-hop was rapidly changing by 1993, as its commercial ...
PBS

How Max Roach fused jazz and hip hop

Max Roach was excited by the premise and promise of rap when it first hit the music scene. Max Roach was excited by the premise and promise of rap when it first hit the music scene. Roach was ...
Jazz

Is That Jazz?

James Brown's funky beats, brought to you by drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, are the most popularly sampled in hip hop, but what about jazz? Has it not significantly impacted hip hop as well? The answer ...
The Root

When Jazz Meets Hip-Hop

When it comes to integrating hip-hop and jazz, Robert Glasper has raised the bar substantially. The pianist and composer focuses on the feel of hip-hop rather than the sound, often avoiding the easy ...
Forbes

André 3000’s No Bars Era: What It Means For Hip-Hop And Jazz Fans

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Andre 3000 attends "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", the 2025 Costume Institute Benefit, at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor ...

From Sonny Rollins to Kendrick Lamar: A brief history of the jazz-rap movement

Jazz-rap emerged in the 1990s by blending jazz improvisation with hip-hop's rhythmic storytelling. From pioneers like A Tribe Called Quest and Guru's Jazzmatazz to modern artists such as Kendrick ...