From block parties to Billboard charts, hip hop has never been one thing. This guide breaks down the major styles from old school pioneers and G-Funk grooves to modern-day drill, trap, and grime. A ...

Ranging anywhere from 80-140bpm, both US and UK urban beats feature unique rhythmic tropes. Let’s look at a few… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Run It Back is a retrospective review of a classic or game-changing hip-hop releases whose style and sound still resonate with listeners in the modern, streaming-driven era. Hip-hop has always been a ...

The Roland-TR808 is the backbone of a lot of trap rap and EDM, and now the two genres are beginning to intersect. Credit: Joe Holmes In the mid-aughts a wave of steely-eyed southern rappers introduced ...

Even for casual fans of Southern rap, there's no mistaking a Zaytoven beat. The producer born Xavier Lamar Dotson is one of the central architects of trap, the hard-nosed strain of hip-hop popularized ...

In a recent interview with MONTREALITY, T.I discusses the origin of trap music and witnessing Eminem's work ethic. By Nerisha Penrose No sound is as ubiquitous in hip-hop today as trap music. The list ...

MHD, a rapper from Paris, is pioneering a new genre of hip-hop, Afro Trap, blending trap music from the southern US with Afrobeat music, reflecting his Senegalese and Guinean heritage. MHD grew up in ...

One of the most exciting songs on Chief Keef’s Finally Rich is the bonus track “Citgo,” a melodic mumbler with an absolutely gorgeous beat. It’s like some missing link between the glitch-smack of trap ...

Dark trap beat inspired by 21 Savage, Offset, and Metro Boomin. Perfect for rap artists looking for a hard-hitting ...