From Sham Beam Sent Sat, Aug 30th 2014, 03:00
From Sham Beam Sent Sat, Aug 30th 2014, 03:00
> There is Trap as a hip hop style, which is inextricably tied to a > dire urban environment. Does that make listening to or appropriating elements of trap exploitative if you're white middle class? On 8/30/2014 6:56 AM, kent williams wrote: > There is Trap as a hip hop style, which is inextricably tied to a dire > urban environment. > > Then there is Trap as appropriated by white kids, which is what they > started making when they realized that everyone hated the shitty dubstep > they were making. > > So basically that kind of Trap is basically shitty dubstep with an > overlay of a randomly stuttering snare sound. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Mark Montgomery <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > ok so really what you should do is try to find future trap. straight > up 'trap' tracks probably won't appeal to most on this list. i'm > digging around to see if i can find any now. its all remixed based > so it can be a bit tricky to find the tracks. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John D. <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx > <mailto:xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx>> wrote: > > Came across this on FB today, think it may have some appeal on > here--I think it's got its moments if a bit repetitive by the end > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?__v=uVLI7oCZ_ag > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLI7oCZ_ag> > > I just heard about this new genre called trap.. everything > I've listened to on youtube sounds like it was made for > raves full of teenage boys. Not that there is anything wrong > with that if that's your thing. Can anyone recommend some > artists worth checking out? > > > > > > > -- > -- > Mark Montgomery > Designer + Animator + Yo-Yoer > markmont.net <http://markmont.net> > 508.685.1794 <tel:508.685.1794> > > -- Sham Beam