Trap Music. Thoughts?

[Genevieve]

Shut up honky!

[Sexual_Chocolate]

honk honk

[NEBAKANEZA]

Some Trap is really dope, but I'm not head over heels in love with it, like so many are these days. I was wondering if anyone else feels the same? I'm starting to hear all of my favorite producers play Gucci Mane, Wakka Flocka, and Lil Wayne the entire duration of their sets now and I've been a little disappointed. I'm glad that the glittery pop Dubstep and chainsaw brostep has faded (at least in 21+ clubs), but Trap just sounds like radio rap instrumentals to me. I really like this particular sound... Soundcloud but for the most part, all I'm hearing are simple drum patterns, cheesy samples ("hey"), basic synths, not much melody, and every DJ playing the same 15 to 20 tracks. I'm sure it will develop into something I really enjoy in about a year, but for now it hasn't captured my heart like Dubstep.

Artists like J:Kenzo, Biome, Cluekid, TMSV, Perverse, Reamz, DCult, Jack Sparrow, Killawatt etc, are really revitalizing Dubstep, and I really want the two genres to coexist side by side. I miss the days when you'd go to a party and there would be 4 rooms with 4 completely separate genres (usually House/Trance/Breaks/D&B). I want Dubstep/Glitch/Trap/Juke to be the new revival of that era. I guess I shouldn't complain too much, it could have been Moombahton. Then I would have just killed myself.

[Lye_Form]

Nah it's shit. All of it.

[crabb_steppa]

double postage

[crabb_steppa]

caught ƱZ play in Toronto - not gonna lie I was bouncing off the walls by the middle of his set (jump-up vibes)


but for the most part Trap is too many build ups, hype synths, and vapid gangsta posturing for my tastes - its funny to see how the crowd gets emboldened by the trap vibe - - I'm more into the roots dub/darkside thing though, so I can see how party people might be thinking thats too medi for partytime


some of this shit bangs tho - same tempo range, big 808s, just get very samey with the build ups etc. Its not as musically/rhythmically diverse as dubstep (even juke) imo (edit: tho diversity doesn't always need to be present, maybe the consistent beat framework is important to the genre; see: reggaeton/dembow)

[harrypickard]

Distance finished his set a the Chestplate Fabric takeover last time with some insane trap song. Anyone know it?
it's the only one i seem to really like.

[extremesociety]

I think, at least in the states, we grew up listening to so much of the "trap aesthetic" in commercial hip-hop that it's just permeated into our generations collective consciousness. Having said that, I do dig Baauer.

[fractal]

there's good hip hop and bad hip hop...

[extremesociety]

there's good hip hop and bad hip hop...

Aint that the goddamn truth,

[Lye_Form]

Trap is about as far from good hip hop as possible.

[SCope13]

never seen anyone with the balls to post about this topic before. u so brave op

[Figment]

there are a few listenable tunes, but it's really a waste genre.

at least it's taking the light off of dubstep.

[nameless133]

You need to be a good plastician surgeon to make a pretty one.

[Soulstep]

I like trap.... i think.
The 1st Girl Unit EP . Club Rez was disappointing

The Luckyme label is essential


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[the_disconekt]

Like everything, there's some amazing stuff out there, but there's a lot of crap. Don't force yourself to like something just cause it's 'cool'.

[TheTornado]

The one thing I will say is I'm glad trap has taken off because it has given way to brostep dying out... and at least trap is somewhat more stripped back and minimal, which helps push the deeper dubstep sound!

[alphacat]

^ these 2, plus the earlier comment about the American musical aesthetic being so shaped by Hip Hop already...

Because in the end, the more narrow a sound's definitions are the easier it becomes to corrupt into something entirely new. Let people hear stripped back drum machine rockin' instead of a bazillion layered trance synths; then, let them get tired of that too and say; where can I take this now?

I also think to a certain degree that the trap fad among producers is the ironic upshot of presets and hardware/software features like autobeat - it's pretty easy to get something sounding alright with just an 808 and the ability to control beat repetition timing.

The one thing I really have to beef about with the trap invasion is the accompanying baggage of ignorance from hip hop tho. (Bitches & hoes, I'm a playa, black on black violence, etc. etc.) That's totally unnecessary and only sounds cool if you're a dateless 15 year old boy with issues.

[DrVinnyBoomBeats]

In America, I think Trap is gonna go far. I think Dubstep has become so popular here because Hip-Hop is such a big part of society, and the styles have a lot in common. Brostep will eventually burn out, but Trap will continue and evolve into something else. Look out for Lil Wayne to have a bunch of drops and breakdowns on forthcoming albums.

[jsml]

Haha, this thread is gonna be the new "anyone actually feelin' Juke?".

I don't mind a little bit of it mixed in a set. Prefer the really stripped back tunes with the big basslines and skippy hats and minimal gangsta cliches. But not really feelin' for the most part.