Hip-hop fans gather for a WORKINONIT event at the Hip Hop Chip Shop. (@brambrooksphoto/Instagram via Courthouse News) On Sunday, March 2, the Hip Hop Chip Shop held its last show. A DJ dropped a beat ...

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Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop.

But she only records them when she’s ready. “She does it 24/7/365,” said Barry Bales, the bassist in her band Union Station since 1990. “She’s on the lookout for songs, and she’s a ...