How do you learn to beatbox? One place to start is the excellent London-based Web site beatboxing.co.uk, which uses a phonetic method to teach beginners how to approximate the sound of a turntable ...

On the hip-hop scene, “beatboxing” — the term for the art of creating rhythms and sound effects with the human voice — has taken a back seat to rapping, DJing, emceeing, break dancing and graffiti art ...