[Trap Music] Discussing the Controversy + New Tunes from Oh Snap!! Jon Kwest, Heroes x Villains, Luminox, and ModifiedNoise
There has been a bit of controversy surrounding “Trap Music” lately that I would like to address and hopefully spark some dialog. In the past 6 months soundcloud has exploded with self proclaimed Trap Music producers and remixers of all sorts. Most of these people seem to be using the term pretty non-nonchalantly when referring to a genre of music with heavy 808 style kicks, and pitched snares. The issue here is the fact that Trap music draws its origins from the crack dealing culture of the dirty south, a culture that is a very unfamiliar territory to most of these suburban electronic producers who are pushing it today. How is it that white college kids from Boulder, CO are trap stars now?
Is this a desperate plea for attention amongst the Bass Music community, a classic case of wanksta, or the fact that these artists just really dig the style of music? None the less, it’s very obvious that most of the originators of “Real” trap music (most notably T.I. & Gucci Mayne) have much more history behind their raw lyrics and minimal/bass heavy beats. Maybe this new genre of “Bass Music” should be defined with a different title. After all, some of the most popular remixes sample famous trance/eurodance songs like “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada and “Sandstorm” by Darude which exhibit nearly complete opposite values of the hood mentality that is Trap Music. We look forward to hearing some of your thoughts on this and also welcome any feedback in the comment section below. If enough buzz is sparked by these posts I may just have to turn this into a new weekly series. In the meantime bump these new trap tunes I’ve posted below:
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Trap… it's just a sound, and it sounds goooood.
I've just found this blog while looking for more music blogs which cover this brand new style. safe to say, I am a big fan of the style and love all kinds of brand new music. The name is quite confusing though because beyond the rhythm, it seems to share little with its hip-hop name bearer, and I like new trap far more than old trap. as for a name change, perhaps with the speed that trap music is picking up, it will be difficult to slap a new name on it. too late? I just cant wait to see what happens now for bass music in all the directions it is going. it is also worth mentioning that for a style based on hip hop, there is shockingly few trap songs which incorporate hip hop vocals.
KW∆CK!
I don’t think the title will change now. It’s too far gone.
Wicked music though.
Wow, great post, I really appreciate your thought process and having it explained properly, thank you!