Who Invented Trap Music?

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Gucci Mane and T.I. both claim to be the creators of trap music, but are they really trap music originators?
Hi-hats. That blazing fast sound is everywhere-pop, reggaeton, country-and hi-hats are essential in trap music. Where exactly did trap music come from and how did it become a part of so many other musical styles? Hosts LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore the genre's roots and make their own original beat inspired by the trap sound.
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  • @Unknwn87FL
    @Unknwn87FL5 жыл бұрын

    Trap Sound was invented by the producers not by the rappers

  • @PrimeraEspadaStark

    @PrimeraEspadaStark

    5 жыл бұрын

    Duh, Obviously. The genre is more than just the sound, it's also the lyrical content. T.I's 03 album Trap Muzik popularized the merge of the trap sound with the street subject matter of trapping.

  • @Unknwn87FL

    @Unknwn87FL

    5 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @ASMLRecords

    @ASMLRecords

    5 жыл бұрын

    A-dam-shame Dirty Game 4 years before Ti thats where he got it from.@@PrimeraEspadaStark

  • @ibaadali813

    @ibaadali813

    5 жыл бұрын

    You is right. But yet all credits go to the artist. I hope someday WE would recognize the hard work producers make, to make beats sound unique on each hit song

  • @whatthetech7647

    @whatthetech7647

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ibaadali813 South Korea is way better about that, but even they could still be better.

  • @r.a.m75
    @r.a.m755 жыл бұрын

    The legends always go without being recognized... Three 6 Mafia

  • @bergytc24

    @bergytc24

    5 жыл бұрын

    At least Wikipedia credits DJ Paul as a pioneer

  • @styl1ssttt

    @styl1ssttt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Memphis originated this

  • @imnotactuallydead8890

    @imnotactuallydead8890

    4 жыл бұрын

    @R.A.M. Ikr!!

  • @joecruz3223

    @joecruz3223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tfre not trap people know the difference between gangster rap n trap music.

  • @marselmusic

    @marselmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    word. Tommy too

  • @NightmareChild013
    @NightmareChild0135 жыл бұрын

    The actual sound of trap music was absolutely 36 Mafia, Gangsta Pat, Tommy Wright III and old school Memphis Crunk/horrorcore artists. From the dark atmospheric sounds, to the flows and rhyme patterns, even the melodic deliveries, the lofi asthetic, the horror imagery. Quit over looking these pioneers when talking about trap.

  • @roberttrammel4253
    @roberttrammel42532 жыл бұрын

    It was 36 mafia. Grew up in Memphis, this was the sound in the mid 90s. They even made an oscar winning movie about it before it was popular.

  • @mrnutterbutterdude
    @mrnutterbutterdude5 жыл бұрын

    trap is really dat memphis sound. Three 6 Mafia

  • @unamejames

    @unamejames

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did they really do this whole video and not mention Mystic Stylez?

  • @blackplains4381

    @blackplains4381

    5 жыл бұрын

    this video shouldve talked about tommy wright iii

  • @rudigerkaminski7494

    @rudigerkaminski7494

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you man .

  • @imnotactuallydead8890

    @imnotactuallydead8890

    4 жыл бұрын

    @richard smoker i agree!!!

  • @xDTHx

    @xDTHx

    4 жыл бұрын

    The triplet rapping flows came from that, but i can't say the production style came from that. The Memphis peopme werent really talking about trap too much either. It wsd really just their flow and their rpested phrases for the hooks that got coppied in Trap.

  • @SoundFieldPBS
    @SoundFieldPBS5 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to Zaytoven another innovator of the trap sound. We didn't have enough time to talk about him in our video, but he produced tracks like the Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy hit, Icy in 2005!

  • @SoniqSounds

    @SoniqSounds

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the amazing content!!!!

  • @MichaelTries

    @MichaelTries

    5 жыл бұрын

    This doesn’t really explain the actual spread of it though...

  • @DefaultName-bm1rh

    @DefaultName-bm1rh

    5 жыл бұрын

    Y'all didn't have enough time on a KZread doc

  • @calvinginya718

    @calvinginya718

    5 жыл бұрын

    Um Dj Toomp was already buzzing b4 Zay on the trap sound

  • @DefaultName-bm1rh

    @DefaultName-bm1rh

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@calvinginya718 t.i was buzzing before Gucci on the trap sound, So what's your point.

  • @BCam41
    @BCam415 жыл бұрын

    Really started in Memphis but only the Real know that

  • @bergytc24

    @bergytc24

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tay Keith is from Memphis and he's got that grimy-old Memphis sound

  • @BCam41

    @BCam41

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpuVmbWqiLHFj7g.html

  • @BCam41

    @BCam41

    5 жыл бұрын

    Check out my Memphis Sound

  • @mynameismyname4823

    @mynameismyname4823

    4 жыл бұрын

    Three 6

  • @BCam41

    @BCam41

    4 жыл бұрын

    @TruMusic89 no it was influence from Memphis so it started there.Dont try to twist it

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    Trap music was heavily influenced from Memphis Rap and generally from memphis area.

  • @sepulcher8263

    @sepulcher8263

    4 жыл бұрын

    Three six mafia?

  • @Aking966

    @Aking966

    4 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @cantstopbeeboo2055

    @cantstopbeeboo2055

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gangsta Pat 8 Ball 3/6 Then had a hint of it from Chicago with Crucial Conflict. That's why BONE upsets me.......because their noises and mumbling have NOTHING to do with Trap Music and they keep wanting to want CREDIT.

  • @AnonymousLurker

    @AnonymousLurker

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah it’s from ATL

  • @doctorsorder414
    @doctorsorder4145 жыл бұрын

    Three Six Mafia....... Discussion over! I have all the tapes. DJ Paul started the groove and it's used today.

  • @ronniethornton8548

    @ronniethornton8548

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ugk since 92

  • @doctorsorder414

    @doctorsorder414

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ronniethornton8548 www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwic0dz0xpjhAhWlm-AKHc37C_UQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fuproxx.com%2Fhiphop%2Fpimp-c-death-ten-year-anniversary-legacy-ugk%2F&psig=AOvVaw091fUh8qsDyh1NLWkWcLpV&ust=1553440487421279

  • @qtippz

    @qtippz

    5 жыл бұрын

    UGK started it subject matter wise in '88/'92, T.I. brought it to mainstream in '01, and Jeezy/Shawty Redd gave it a signature sound in 05. The rest is history.

  • @jonathanvillalobos7994

    @jonathanvillalobos7994

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Doctor's Order KURTIS MANTRONIK invented trap! Period!!!

  • @jonathanvillalobos7994

    @jonathanvillalobos7994

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@qtippz MANTRONIK invented TRAP! 1985.

  • @walt234234
    @walt2342345 жыл бұрын

    I love the format. Although it is kinda blasphemous to mention the origins of the modern Trap sound and not mention Three 6 Mafia.

  • @HugoHakvoort

    @HugoHakvoort

    5 жыл бұрын

    Memphis was only mentioned once..

  • @love3hap

    @love3hap

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pastor Troy not being mentioned was shocking

  • @imnotactuallydead8890

    @imnotactuallydead8890

    4 жыл бұрын

    @walt234234 ikr

  • @PeacefulPariah

    @PeacefulPariah

    Жыл бұрын

    Blasphemous is the best way to describe it

  • @mavhunter8753
    @mavhunter87535 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame the producers that start this don't get the credit the deserve...

  • @TonyMontana-mv9ez
    @TonyMontana-mv9ez5 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to PBS talking about young black males in a good way. I would never think in a million years PBS would be talking about trap music.

  • @davidshi451
    @davidshi4515 жыл бұрын

    I love seeing you guys compose music as a way to explain the genre! Taking that extra step is what makes you stand out from other YT channels

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    David Shi thanks David! We like to think that’s our shows super power!

  • @sainthills

    @sainthills

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah honestly most music journalism channels on youtube are a pain to watch because everybody with a camera thinks they can be a critic these days but these guys are actual MUSICIANS and you only really understand something once you make it so big ups sound field *clap emojis here*

  • @vandl107

    @vandl107

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SoundFieldPBS but the bpm 126 on the demo track...The drums are actually at half-time?

  • @IsaiahSugar
    @IsaiahSugar5 жыл бұрын

    The feeling when the 808 bass is so low you can't hear it on your speakers. D:

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Isaiah Sugar yes for this episode I recommend watching with a Sub!

  • @xiiibc9246

    @xiiibc9246

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SoundFieldPBS It would be awesome if you guys looked into how the 808 bass sound has since been developed by trap producers into a whole family of sounds, like the spinz, the plug, etc.. They don't need no sub

  • @ESDMelo

    @ESDMelo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@xiiibc9246 Fr the 808 they using weak /trash af lmao

  • @URFAVTROLL

    @URFAVTROLL

    Ай бұрын

    Trap was meant for being played in ur cars smh

  • @kevinyoung5118
    @kevinyoung51185 жыл бұрын

    Producers back then used to have tags too like David Banner. Rappers also shouted out a lot of producers in the early 2000s. I believe names like Mike Will and Metro became famous because of how catchy their tags were and/ or how their beats set them apart from others

  • @RhysticStudies
    @RhysticStudies4 жыл бұрын

    this genre has become the foundation of contemporary pop music in Italy. it's by far the most popular style of music with the younger generations of listeners and artists alike. check out Tran Tran by Sfera Ebbasta or virtually anything by Ghali for the top-level, safe stuff, which then trickles down into more violent music that correlates to various mafia / camorra aesthetics the deeper you go down the rabbit hole.

  • @matteoDiRubbo

    @matteoDiRubbo

    3 жыл бұрын

    sfera and ghali are from the mid 2010s tho, definitely not the firsts

  • @samueldasilva3441

    @samueldasilva3441

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cap

  • @hoooptie

    @hoooptie

    2 жыл бұрын

    La S la F la E la R la A

  • @FedericoDeCarlo96

    @FedericoDeCarlo96

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cerco di vedermi un video americano e mi trovo i fan di Sfera pure qua ahaha

  • @AboveTheNoise
    @AboveTheNoise5 жыл бұрын

    Loving this channel! A perfect mix of nerdy information and dope creativity. Love that you show how technology, geography, culture and musical evolution intersect to make trap music what it is. Keep it UP!

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Above The Noise all the love to Above The Noise!

  • @G3Dem
    @G3Dem5 жыл бұрын

    Man, the people you have for your videos are the icing on the cake and I love how much background you two give. This is a real music lesson!

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. We are excited to learn about all kinds of music!

  • @G3Dem

    @G3Dem

    5 жыл бұрын

    Learning music is also learning about culture! Keep it up!

  • @jimmydakid1063
    @jimmydakid10635 жыл бұрын

    The term came from Atlanta but alot if the musical style came from and was influenced by Memphis artists of the 1990s

  • @TheOnlyZiTRO
    @TheOnlyZiTRO9 ай бұрын

    Grew up in Memphis during the 90s, I was deep into Memphis rap. Totally Memphis sound.

  • @theaddictofgaming9174
    @theaddictofgaming91745 жыл бұрын

    I remember I used to hate trap because the only time I heard it was when it was played on phones with no Bass. I heard it once when I let someone borrow my speaker at school, and I'm like, "This actually has groove...?" Crazy, man

  • @spacemen2629

    @spacemen2629

    4 жыл бұрын

    bass is always important

  • @mysticcypher625
    @mysticcypher6254 жыл бұрын

    Can't forget about the Miami bass sound. I honestly think that was the daddy of trap. DJ Magic Mike, DJ Fury, 2 Live Crew (Luke) are some examples. 808 all day on these albums with fast hi hats, deep bass, and a tempo built for dancing/ twerking at the club

  • @Tallehatchi

    @Tallehatchi

    10 ай бұрын

    memphis is the father of trap music, search any old memphis song and speed it up from 1.00 to 1.25, instant trap beat

  • @khalilgoldwire3382

    @khalilgoldwire3382

    4 ай бұрын

    I feel atlanta had improved that sound significantly in the 90s and helped cultivate it into what trap became

  • @Madyetmellow
    @Madyetmellow5 жыл бұрын

    TR-808 a legendary drum machine. Used in everything from hip hop, pop, dance to R&B ❤️

  • @MistaTamilan
    @MistaTamilan5 жыл бұрын

    Even though the word trap was invented and used by artist in ATL in the mid 90s, but I think the sound was founded in Memphis. They used a bpm of around 100-150 and the drums on their TRs was playing in half time for the bounce with those dirty hi hat rolls. The low quality tape sound actually made the 808s sound distorted despite it coming directly from the sequencer. However this is the main reason why you can't deny they originated the sound: The triplet flow was their sound since 1991. (the flow that most contemporaries are mumbling such as Migos) Some notable artist that have that sound is Triple 6 Mafia (now Three 6 Mafia), Tommy Wright III, and Dj Zirk. But can't deny the fact ATL and other southern rappers have shaped the sound of what we hear across the globe. Hell, I even heard Indian songs influenced by it.

  • @Niggamakesbeatsfr

    @Niggamakesbeatsfr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nah, it originated from the ATL with the rap flows coming from Memphis

  • @trollkilla7681

    @trollkilla7681

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Niggamakesbeatsfr nah, it originated in Memphis with ATL taking it to the next level.

  • @Niggamakesbeatsfr

    @Niggamakesbeatsfr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@trollkilla7681 it was created by producers in Atlanta, not Memphis. It took elements from the Memphis SOUND ya, but

  • @OlTrev
    @OlTrev2 жыл бұрын

    Damn, that beat they made was so dope. I love the subtle spookeyness of the additional instrumentation.

  • @davidramirez6896
    @davidramirez68965 жыл бұрын

    Yooo PBS is dope af. No matter the content, news, history, PBS has always had my best interest in mind.

  • @da6ko1
    @da6ko15 жыл бұрын

    "Who invented Drill Music" up next ?

  • @THAARMANI

    @THAARMANI

    5 жыл бұрын

    💯💯💯

  • @supashep1

    @supashep1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Waka

  • @kevinwinnii6843

    @kevinwinnii6843

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chief keef lol now thats the shit i dont like

  • @alexgarcia-kg1ob

    @alexgarcia-kg1ob

    4 жыл бұрын

    We all know who invented it sosa chief keef the godfather. Chicago did

  • @feeharn5531

    @feeharn5531

    4 жыл бұрын

    UK drill beats are nice in my opinion but I ain’t a fan of the rapping

  • @cmscalvert
    @cmscalvert5 жыл бұрын

    This was very educational. I know that nowadays almost every rapper is doing TRAP, so I wanted to learn about it's creation and composition. Thanks for the information.

  • @shrimplypibbles6851

    @shrimplypibbles6851

    4 жыл бұрын

    They didnt even mentioned memphis tho?!

  • @The901skinny
    @The901skinny5 жыл бұрын

    Memphis started trap music #901

  • @tonylancer7367
    @tonylancer73675 жыл бұрын

    Probably the most important part of the trap beat is that 808 bass. That's what drives the songs, and makes us bop our heads and dance the orange justice. This video was amazing. Those Nahre Sol samples are something else. Keep them videos coming!!! 😁😁😁

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tony Lancer Nahre killed it on the samples! It was a fun moment introducing her to artists like Waka Flocka Flame and Future

  • @PeacefulPariah

    @PeacefulPariah

    Жыл бұрын

    it's the hi-hat and it was perfected by DJ Paul. Ridiculous to completely leave him out of this

  • @Strafuzz

    @Strafuzz

    Жыл бұрын

    Technically it’s an 808 kick drum that is pitched down. There is only an 808 drum machine, not a bass synth.

  • @URFAVTROLL

    @URFAVTROLL

    Ай бұрын

    Trap associated with car culture and played in ur car

  • @THAARMANI
    @THAARMANI5 жыл бұрын

    That last beat is dripping sauce

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran3 жыл бұрын

    I used to dislike the Trap sound and its pervasiveness in modern popular music, but now that I understand where it came from, I can truly appreciate Trap as its own unique genre.

  • @mwright80
    @mwright805 жыл бұрын

    Remember that the 808 snare and hit hat rolls originally came from using the Akai MPC 60 repeat button. That was the easy way, and the influence has been around since the late 80s.

  • @SigitG
    @SigitG5 жыл бұрын

    Even though rap music is almost never my choice to listen to, I enjoyed that. Because I learned something :) keep it up chaps.

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, and we are glad you learned something! We are here to appreciate all kinds of music.

  • @knux64

    @knux64

    5 жыл бұрын

    I still like rage against the machine over trap, but from the south I grew up on goodie and OutKast. If your going to listen to hip hop start there and turn the radio off, new hip hop of hop flop is awful. Sounds good tho. I miss DNB.

  • @RonSimiyu

    @RonSimiyu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do you want a medal for "not listening to rap"?

  • @marselmusic

    @marselmusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SoundFieldPBS "We are here to appreciate all kinds of music." #admirable

  • @fozgoth

    @fozgoth

    5 жыл бұрын

    Y'all attackin this dude for sayin he doesn't listen to the type of music you guys like lmao. Wack.

  • @JaviLengomin
    @JaviLengomin5 жыл бұрын

    Miami Bass was a major genre for the 808.

  • @finallydoingmything2452

    @finallydoingmything2452

    5 жыл бұрын

    Javi Lengomin so true I'm a Miami Boy. 2 live crew

  • @Qunia
    @Qunia5 жыл бұрын

    ok ok, this is the “Trap Genre” in rap. there’s also EMD trap, actually it’s more like HybridTrap at this point, which a is 80% tryna be Dubstep but failing.

  • @bergytc24

    @bergytc24

    5 жыл бұрын

    Diplo is a big pioneer in the "Trapstep" Express Yourself is the 1st song I heard like that, Beatport labels that style "Twerk" which is smart 'cause that's more of a Bouncy-pattern not the typical ride and blow your trunk-sub out-type beat! There's also Trap house (DJ Snake, Party Favor, Carnage) EDM Trap is such a blanket-term I'm a DJ so I like to get technical like that

  • @Simrasil_
    @Simrasil_5 жыл бұрын

    I just love this channel, you're both excellent musicians and great at explaining, the guests are super cool and informative, the aesthetic and editing is on point... Thank you for this high quality content :D

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Simrasil we really appreciate you!

  • @bluetannery1527
    @bluetannery15275 жыл бұрын

    Here’s an absolutely genuine question. How can I get involved in helping create this show? It’s been three episodes and it’s already my favorite thing on youtube

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome to hear! You can email us at soundfield@rewire.org

  • @Trone2
    @Trone24 жыл бұрын

    The thing with this beat you've made, helps me recognize the meaning of what makes it sound like the genre Trap. It's got a kick to it yet that call and reply music in the background really helps sell what makes it intoxicating.

  • @flywrite94
    @flywrite945 жыл бұрын

    I would argue that the scene going down in Memphis during the 90's had a lot of influence on trap. Gucci mane even said that he was influenced by Tommy Wright III.

  • @GelidGanef
    @GelidGanef5 жыл бұрын

    Metro Boomin seems like such a sweet ordinary guy for someone who has been so hugely influential on the last ten years of music. I can't believe I've heard his tag like dozens and dozens of times and never even knew his name though. And yall's track at the end was amazing. I kinda hope that's gonna be a somewhat regular feature of the channel

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Geli we create an original piece of music for each episode ! You can hear them all on our soundcloud linked in the description 💞

  • @davide.valentini
    @davide.valentini5 жыл бұрын

    6:59 DAT FLOW

  • @djmouglie
    @djmouglie5 жыл бұрын

    I know the sound of the hihat is fromt the 808 .. but i cant help but feel like the MPC is the reason the beats got made the way they do with the roll function and the way to devide that .. also the ability to pitch the kick on the 16 pads.. it all just comes so easy on an MPC.

  • @CCALAFS
    @CCALAFS3 жыл бұрын

    Id like to add that Ring Shout from Plantation Singing was the original Trap Music..If you really wanna give credit to where credit is due. Ring Shouts were used as Messages passed from Plantation to Plantation about warnings, Info, and or just messages in Code about anything that was about to be a trap for someone on another plantation. I guess we are still using our own form of code as always, and always will. I love It!

  • @biglordebunnyrabbit627
    @biglordebunnyrabbit6275 жыл бұрын

    “So now you back in the trap, just that trap, yo on and marinate on that” Big Boi “Spottieottiedopealicicious”

  • @damienjones3099

    @damienjones3099

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big factz

  • @mikeillgaming4224

    @mikeillgaming4224

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hollywood Cole !!!

  • @janadeppe1389
    @janadeppe13895 жыл бұрын

    This was incredibly interesting. I don't have the first idea about rap music, but when I watched the video I noticed how familiar that style is to me, just from pop music on the radio, I guess. So thank you for giving me some background!

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jana Deppe we are so happy to be able to provide context to what you’ve been hearing on the radio. We hope you keep learning with us!

  • @abaneyone
    @abaneyone4 жыл бұрын

    I have been watching your channel a few days now. You two have great topics. I'm entertained and educated at the same time!

  • @BillyBatsonMarvel
    @BillyBatsonMarvel5 жыл бұрын

    Mantronix innovated that hi hat pattern on the 808 back in the 80's...

  • @namtaru1

    @namtaru1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, only old heads know the whole story

  • @BillyBatsonMarvel

    @BillyBatsonMarvel

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@namtaru1 True Dat!!!

  • @reimourrpower9357

    @reimourrpower9357

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes sir! "Fresh Is The Word" 1985

  • @katsuura8179
    @katsuura81795 жыл бұрын

    Whilst this genre of music isn't something I enjoy and I thought that I'd click off the video before it ended, I stayed around till the end. You guys always make some interesting videos.

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Glad you stayed with us! What do you think it was that kept you around?

  • @katsuura8179

    @katsuura8179

    5 жыл бұрын

    Learning something new about music, plus two great hosts, makes it worth staying till the end :)

  • @PeteS_1994

    @PeteS_1994

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think trap is quite diverse that it can appeal to lots of people but then I probably see genres that aren't considered trap, but influenced by trap as kind of trap. But it's understandable if it doesn't appeal to you.

  • @Dindonmasker
    @Dindonmasker5 жыл бұрын

    That was extremely interesting!! I loved to know that story of the pretty bad electronic boards just getting trashed and picked up to make a new genre! The song that you made is really good and i might look for more trap too.

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you're looking for more music to listen to, you should check out our spotify playlist for this episode. open.spotify.com/user/7oy5zhs4q1e3hn3rbriego1xd/playlist/7F9DryvLL9seMWIvMZDLVg?si=_AqgZHiAS_6E-tyuOjjNAg

  • @momentos-juntos

    @momentos-juntos

    5 жыл бұрын

    And those pretty bad electronic boards are being sold for thousands of dollars today.

  • @MsJeanneMarie
    @MsJeanneMarie5 жыл бұрын

    Oh. Em. Gee. lol I am so excited to find this channel!! A PBS Digital Studios channel about contemporary music. Hell fucking yeah. Everything PBS Digital Studios is amazing.

  • @drjbetter
    @drjbetter3 жыл бұрын

    This right here! Thank you! I was trying to explain to someone the sound that I liked, but didn't have any of the vocabulary to convey my meaning. Didn't know it had a name. I've got words! Great video.

  • @HybridTrapMusic
    @HybridTrapMusic5 жыл бұрын

    got chills at the Trap Trinity 😍 3:42

  • @staccsondabeat
    @staccsondabeat5 жыл бұрын

    I'm really enjoying this channel! The history you guys provide is incredible!

  • @cryopunch
    @cryopunch5 жыл бұрын

    Beat is real hypnotizing...flows nice

  • @N9MGyoutube
    @N9MGyoutube5 жыл бұрын

    HAVE TO BE HONEST HERE 36MAFIA IS THE 1ST TRAP SOUND I EVER HEARD APART FROM WATCHING HUSTLE AND FLOW HAHA.... BUT THE 1ST PERSON WHO I EVER HEARD ACTUALLY SAY TRAP, WAS T.I - ON THT TRACK "DOPE BOYS IN THE TRAP"

  • @musxidntty
    @musxidntty5 жыл бұрын

    Loving this series. Hope to see more from you guys! :)

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @Dee1l33
    @Dee1l335 жыл бұрын

    152 bpm be banging. Ask Sizzle 808 mafia boss

  • @ChristopherHemsworthCreative
    @ChristopherHemsworthCreative5 жыл бұрын

    Great video, told me everything I wanted to know about what defines trap and also MORE by giving me a legit history. Thanks for this content!

  • @akebulanmusic5639
    @akebulanmusic56395 жыл бұрын

    The inventor of the tripled up high hats is none other than the king of the beats MANTRONIK in the late 80s

  • @madjid94
    @madjid945 жыл бұрын

    Juicy j ,Project Pat, Dj Paul they started this groove before 1995 U can find some tapes on youtube !

  • @are-kmuzek-h4214
    @are-kmuzek-h42144 жыл бұрын

    appreciated your doing very good work and informative 👍👍👍

  • @finallydoingmything2452
    @finallydoingmything24525 жыл бұрын

    started in Miami with the 2 live crew and Miami bass music.

  • @kriminalproductions

    @kriminalproductions

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why doesn't anybody else see this connection? Bass music was huge down south (including Atlanta) via Miami. 2 live did "Get it Girl" w/ that triplet sound before ANYBODY (1986). MC Shy D repping from Atlanta was signed to Luke Skywalker records (1987) and pulled that sound into Atlanta that helped spread it to the rest of the south (Memphis, Louisiana). Just do a quick search #facts

  • @tarynlau
    @tarynlau4 жыл бұрын

    wow excellent explanation! I appreciate the history lesson and all the examples you used to support your statements! thank you!

  • @303ish
    @303ish5 жыл бұрын

    Great video, this is my fav channel on KZread. But not enough Nahre :)

  • @TheJetsdoit
    @TheJetsdoit5 жыл бұрын

    I came in ready to hate on this video, but I think its an alright introduction to the subject. Kinda like a broad strokes kinda thing. Like the lady in the video(forgot her name), when you grow up with these sounds as a cultural backbone and then see it transformed into something almost unrecognizable and stripped of its essence and soul that made it a powerful unifying force in your community at one time, it can be frustrating. I remember saying to my brother a couple years ago when 'trap music' became a thing, to us growing up, it wasn't trap music, it was just music. All we had around for the most part until the internet became readily available and fast enough for most people to go looking into other stuff easily. Personally I woulda mentioned Boosie and Foxx and all them Louisiana dudes, (there were others besides Jeezy and them obviously), but thats probably due to my regional preference. Flauge too, of course. But yeah, I think they showed a fair amount of respect on a subject they obviously aren't particularly versed in, unlike some other channels I feel like try to tell ME what rap is all about like they're experts cause they have a black friend with twisties that put them on to a mediocre Gucci mixtape from '09 and they remember hearing Roses and Bombs Over Baghdad growing up. Anyways... lol.

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheJetsdoit thanks for sharing your story!! We aren’t experts in all genres of music but we are definitely here to appreciate all forms of music. Also we are grateful to talk to experts that help us keep our perspective in line ✌🏽

  • @WhompingWalrus

    @WhompingWalrus

    5 жыл бұрын

    "When you grow up with these sounds as a cultural backbone and then see it transformed into something almost unrecognizable and stripped of its essence and soul that made it a powerful unifying force in your community at one time, it can be frustrating" I don't see it that way at all, my man. Nothing's happening to any of the music you listened to back then. It's just that it's inspiring some more music to be produced, and a lot of that new stuff is a lot more cross-cultural. No one can take what is or what was from you. That music you had growing up - it'll always be exactly as it was, and exactly as it has been all these years. The newer more popular things inspired by it though? That's just art, man. Everything's mixed and mashed in a never-ending continuum. Artists are influenced by and borrow from the people who came before them. They meld their own experience into the old stuff to make something new. The music you heard growing up is your community's experience, but the fact that newer artists' experiences were different doesn't mean they don't have the right to be influenced by parts of what helped make yours. Remembering Bombs Over Baghdad and some mid-rate Gucci growing up doesn't make their influences any less valid than your community's more singularly-focused purist ones. Seems to me that that's just an elitist way to think about it, that elevates no one and only really has the potential to stifle the creativity and experimentation that breeds new music. I can see how it'd be irritating to constantly see people claiming their new stuff was totally original though - never crediting the artists who obviously influenced them, since yeah, it _is_ all a continuum, and none of us can make music now without owing our product in some ways to those who came before us - those who laid down our influences and established the framework within which we're able to keep making new things. Idk man. Just some thoughts.

  • @jpg963
    @jpg963 Жыл бұрын

    this is among many of the most awesome things i have seen on pbs!!

  • @PoseidonXIII
    @PoseidonXIII5 жыл бұрын

    First video I've watched for this channel and I'm hooked! :D

  • @MonkeyDBoomE
    @MonkeyDBoomE5 жыл бұрын

    Started in MEMPHIS, TN in the late 80s to early 90s... Was BUCK music. Made it to ATL and it went from there. Crunk, Trap, etc...

  • @ronniethornton8548

    @ronniethornton8548

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ugk since 92

  • @MonkeyDBoomE

    @MonkeyDBoomE

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ronniethornton8548 they got it from Memphis, too, I believe

  • @asd2640

    @asd2640

    5 жыл бұрын

    3 6 Mafia - Paul With Da 45 (1994)

  • @noahbirdrevolution
    @noahbirdrevolution5 жыл бұрын

    Great content! (Edit: paradiddles, double strokes, ect. are a must for drummers wanting to play hi-hat trap sounds)

  • @krsdesigns
    @krsdesigns Жыл бұрын

    wow that was amazing , jus found this site out of a comment I heard abut Trap music and low and behold an education. well done!

  • @user-my4gk1yu7s
    @user-my4gk1yu7s5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I'm glad to see the song "0" on this video, I never though you will use that song for example of a Korean Trap. Also, the video is pretty informative, thank you for bringing that information, is very interesting.

  • @krukerproductions
    @krukerproductions5 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the great work you two!

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @BChuck3085
    @BChuck30855 жыл бұрын

    The term trap was coined in the mid 90s by outkast and goodie mobb but lets be clear here...t.i. did create the term trap muzik. No point in debating the facts here people. Trap muzik august 19 2003. Ima leave this here....

  • @reggiew.646

    @reggiew.646

    5 жыл бұрын

    Classic album

  • @supermodelatlanta1354

    @supermodelatlanta1354

    5 жыл бұрын

    TheHotSpot facts. ♨️🏀🏋🏾‍♂️

  • @succmythiccness1238

    @succmythiccness1238

    5 жыл бұрын

    Playa fly was the first person to say "trap" on a trap song from his underground tapes

  • @lee_drifting

    @lee_drifting

    5 жыл бұрын

    nwa - dopeman & ice t - im your pusher are the first "trap" songs in the 80s. playa fly the first one to actually use dat term in the 90s

  • @succmythiccness1238

    @succmythiccness1238

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lee_drifting dude I'ma just bh I'm the pusher ain't a trap song. Just because it got Hi hats don't make it a trap song

  • @rz650
    @rz6504 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff guys thank you!

  • @antoinefrancis4848
    @antoinefrancis48483 жыл бұрын

    Jeezy is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, for helping to pioneer and popularize trap music with a mainstream audience.

  • @shanhussain6114
    @shanhussain61145 жыл бұрын

    I think I just found my new favourite PBS digital channel. Lol, I still love the other ones though

  • @VERTXProd
    @VERTXProd5 жыл бұрын

    The beat at the end is too fire🔥🔥

  • @DannyDee143
    @DannyDee1435 жыл бұрын

    u can listen to late 70s early 80s rock and hear the same, but in the urban landscape all credit goes to Memphis producers, 3-6 & atl producer shawty red for reviving it in the mid 00's.

  • @nerd_one_ai2157
    @nerd_one_ai21572 жыл бұрын

    great work. toomp's snares will always come to mind when i think of trap. playing trap hi hats are way easier on real drums rather than pads. solid digging.enjoyed the vid.

  • @Kalisis07
    @Kalisis075 жыл бұрын

    Love this channel. I love the aesthetic and content!

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    We appreciate you Cory R!

  • @Kalisis07

    @Kalisis07

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SoundFieldPBS 🤘You all rock! 👨🏾‍🎤

  • @hall1h
    @hall1h5 жыл бұрын

    How can you forget Drumma Boy?

  • @tumerica
    @tumerica10 ай бұрын

    Learned so much. Beautifully made, well-explained. TY!

  • @rckli
    @rckli4 жыл бұрын

    This is the first sound from you i can honestly say sounds original. That was real music, not the usual "we are making Foux music" stuff ya'll do. 10/10. I want that beat on loop for a full track so i can study with.add some "hey!" Every now and then with some lines relevant to something you're passionate about and you have a hit. Good job

  • @romanogold82
    @romanogold825 жыл бұрын

    2:48 I always wondered what that sound was called. The cowbell sound was HUGE in 80s & 90s West Coast gangsta rap. I still hear it to this day but not nearly as much. #themoreyouknow

  • @duck8624

    @duck8624

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can still hear it in Jay Rock's songs

  • @saltysandwiches3554
    @saltysandwiches35545 жыл бұрын

    Tfw a classical pianist makes better beats than most commercial producer

  • @babyzorilla

    @babyzorilla

    4 жыл бұрын

    What Universe?

  • @bicualexandru246

    @bicualexandru246

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@babyzorilla Any and all probably.

  • @babyzorilla

    @babyzorilla

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bicualexandru246 I don't think so if they did classical music would be on the top of the charts but guess what it ain't

  • @nikkic1803
    @nikkic18034 жыл бұрын

    I just found your channel and ive bern watching your vids...this was by far one of my fav...being from atlanta i definitely knew who dj toomp and shawty redd was...im enjoying myself on your channel...please keep the vids coming and keep up the great work!! I 😊👍🏾💯💜

  • @just.carl_
    @just.carl_ Жыл бұрын

    You guys are legends and scholars and I thank you for the soundbank🧡

  • @Strothy2
    @Strothy25 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad I found this Channel early! Could you do one for Djent?

  • @aj_gotsmoke
    @aj_gotsmoke4 жыл бұрын

    You guys forgot about 808 MAFIA (based in Atlanta too)

  • @lee_drifting
    @lee_drifting5 жыл бұрын

    new york started the whole 808 or "trap" sound. arthur baker, rick rubin, stetsasonic, paul c, and kurtis mantronik were the pioneers of using 808 drums in the early 80s miami started rockin the 808s around in 84. memphis also one of the pioneers of the "trap" sound u hear today cuz of dj spanish fly, smk, dj zirk, dj squeeky, dj paul & juicy j

  • @bukhopin-k319
    @bukhopin-k3195 жыл бұрын

    nice video ,am glad to be here before this blows up

  • @Trx-ep7rg
    @Trx-ep7rg5 жыл бұрын

    Nice to learn how the music that I hate the most originated and is created. Seriously, good video.

  • @round1.
    @round1.5 жыл бұрын

    36mafia of course they legit been trapping since the late 80s nd juicy j eas my fav

  • @raggedyhaggity250
    @raggedyhaggity2505 жыл бұрын

    you guys a new channel? the stuff you put on is awesome! hope to see more knowledge spread on my feeds

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    We are a new channel! Hopefully you can subscribe to us to see more in the future

  • @C12omega
    @C12omega5 жыл бұрын

    Shawty Redd invented the best trap beats tho

  • @tkaz123
    @tkaz1235 жыл бұрын

    THUG MOTIVATION 101 is the holy grail of trap. That album had you singing the lyrics AND the ad-libs. Know every got damn one of em!

  • @mrfaggin
    @mrfaggin5 жыл бұрын

    That TRAP BEAT is 🤒🔥✊🏿

  • @SoundFieldPBS

    @SoundFieldPBS

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can download and listen to all of our songs at our Soundcloud soundcloud.com/soundfieldpbs/pbs-trap-1

  • @rayneozier
    @rayneozier4 жыл бұрын

    “I’ma keep on floss’n, pop’n long as Toomp is on the beat” -T.I 2005. 1 of the 1st times I heard a rapper shout out the producer.

  • @gustavnilsson14
    @gustavnilsson144 жыл бұрын

    Ah man, great video, and thank you for the soundbank :)