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Hip-hop producer Madlib has lost his Altadena home, decades of music, and equipment in the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that continue to ravage the region. The fires, which ignited last week in the Pacific Palisades area, have rapidly spread to multiple regions including Altadena, Studio City, and Runyon Canyon. A fundraising campaign has been launched by LOVElikeWATER, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Madlib's manager Stacy Epps, to help the producer […]

Stretch and loosen up before pushing play on this one, because there is no sitting still when soca fills the room.

As we close out 2024, music publications have unleashed their avalanche of top album of 2024 lists, while streaming platforms turned listeners into walking billboards with annual data dumps. But at HYFIN, we like to take our time and let the music breathe. While everyone rushed to be first, we chose to be thorough. Looking back at 2024, we've seen incredible contributions across genres - from Beyoncé redefining country music's […]

This year's unmissable jazz releases came in two flavors: breakthrough releases by driven young newcomers, and a heap of unearthed treasures from the vault.