Trap Music
Anchor moment: Trap Muzik is released
Musical signatures
Roland TR-808 sub-bass drops and rolling triplet hi-hats; minor-key orchestral or synth-string melodies; rapid double- and triple-time hi-hat rolls; tempos typically 130–170 BPM (half-time felt); lyrically centered on the 'trap' (drug-dealing house) and Atlanta street economies.
Pioneers
- T.I.
- Jeezy
- Gucci Mane
- shawty-redd
- drumma-boy
- lex-luger
- zaytoven
- Metro Boomin
Associated scenes
- atlanta-trap-era
Moments in this sub-genre 3
Notes
Dirty South origin year is contested — Three 6 Mafia and UGK precursors run 1992–1995; T.I.'s 'Trap Muzik' (2003) is the canonical commercial inflection that named the genre, with Young Jeezy's 'Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101' (2005) and Gucci Mane's catalog extending it.
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