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Xenos · Post by **Xenos** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:48 pm

So, what are the folks at KVR's thoughts on Trap music? Love it? Hate it? When I first heard of it, I wasn't particularly moved either way, but a lot of my friends listen to it and it really grew on me (kind of like country, where I personally HATED it until an ex-girlfriend converted me). Many of the songs in Trap combine what I like from regular Hip Hop and what I like from dubstep into one tune. Any dubstep fans out there getting into Trap as of late? To me, it's a reaction to the constant "RAH! RAH! RAH!" basslines of "Brostep", and I LOVE the wild, crazy leads that sometimes pop up. Sometimes it's like doing intricate dubstep bass stuff, but with lead sounds instead, with deep subs underneath that are meant to be felt more than heard. With some trap, there is a tendency toward the abstract and trying to be "different" from the rest. Of course, I'm not talking about the "EDM Trap" out there that simply incorporates existing dance sounds into it.

For those unfamiliar with Trap, here are some mixes I've been chilling to as of late:

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:30 pm

it's a great concept. i'd never actually listen but consider it an intelligent response to cultural conditions.

i'd like to find the mix on youtube with the black and white shot of a girl with large round breasts laying on her side. it was the kind of introduction i'd like to give others to the concept.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:32 pm

It's a trap

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:08 am

Can we please just get over "bass" music, please? Get off of my lawn!

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:48 am

I want to like this kind of music but I can't... it's not bad but it doesn't catches me at all...

ntom · Post by **ntom** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:20 am

ghettosynth wrote:Can we please just get over "bass" music, please? Get off of my lawn!

Ya darn kids and your new fangled disco!

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:23 am

It sucks. Fortunately, I have the option of not listening to it.

ZenPunkHippy · Post by **ZenPunkHippy** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:28 am

Cynical old bastard here.

It's just another vehicle used by the recording industry to re-package average vocal talent to sell to kids who think they're being cool for not listening to the other type of popular music.

Peace,
Andy.

ntom · Post by **ntom** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:37 am

ZenPunkHippy wrote:Cynical old bastard here.

It's just another vehicle used by the recording industry to re-package average vocal talent to sell to kids who think they're being cool for not listening to the other type of popular music.

Peace,
Andy.

Have I ever mentioned you're my cynical hero?

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:49 am

I love this and this ...

ntom · Post by **ntom** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:00 am

ntom · Post by **ntom** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:05 am

per dune:
both those songs:
the first one says it all "dumb dumb dumb"

the second, clearly the artists realized how extremely canned and similar it is to everyone else's rubbish that they had to remind you who you are listening at the beginning.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:37 am

ntom wrote:per dune:
both those songs:
the first one says it all "dumb dumb dumb"

the second, clearly the artists realized how extremely canned and similar it is to everyone else's rubbish that they had to remind you who you are listening at the beginning.

The second ...
This means nothing, there are good tracks when the artist reminds you who you are listening,
for example this is a NETSKY track, listen at 1:10

Or this is a GOLDIE track, right at the beginning:

Of course you can say these are shit tracks - everyone has his own favorite.
I just want to say, when they "remind" you , that doesn't make it a bad song.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:01 am

Had to google it. Wiki made it sound interesting. Listened to a few tracks. Wasnt impressed.

Xenos · Post by **Xenos** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:13 am

Whoah lol. Looks like not many fans of it here. That's interesting because I see so much Trap-related sample packs and soundware out there, plus so many people I know are into it. I've been hearing it a lot in the clubs. To each their own, I suppose. Then again, I'm apparently pretty liberal in musical taste. I love noise ambient and extreme avant-garde stuff as well , which most folks probably wouln't even consider music.

Trap Music. Love it or Hate it?