"Spin-Off: When did Trap & EDM Converge? " Thu Sep-06-12 12:28 AM by Delajoo
There's a couple of other threads about this, and theres the one on the main page now about the LiveMixtapes doc, but I'm trying to trace back the point where you could start to hear elements of that Southern Trap sound in Dance Music. Right now this is as far as I've been able to find
Any help would be appreciated (even really far back finds that are somewhat reaching)
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1. "lol that's a pretty hilarious instrumental cover of One Minute Man" In response to Reply # 0
My guess would be 2010 at the very earliest, though depending on how specific you want to be you could probably go back to 2006 or 2007, when Jeezy and Clipse were making major waves.
this one is kind of its own deal, definately has all the trap elements you look for though. Kudos.
I wanna see early 2000, rolling hats and snares with bounce ain't nothin new, somebody had to have done it.
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6. "It's been a long time coming" In response to Reply # 5
It probably started with those Timbaland beats and then all of those Mannie Fresh, Swizz Beats tracks and everything avoiding sample clearances.
If you follow EDM in the UK, it's a natural progression with UK Garage dabbling in an "urban" sound. Then Grime and Dubstep comes and they're close to a lot of the down south tempos. Back in the US, trance R&B crap takes over the radio, and suddenly things start to merge. People start to travel the world by internet. Now you have Glitch-Hop, UK Funky, and all this other stuff where the people that grew up on 90's 808 gangsta shit are now making music with their own twist on it.
7. "you cant really talk about the uk i dont think" In response to Reply # 6 Thu Nov-15-12 04:52 AM by GumDrops
just because hip hop has been an influence on all the uk dance music like jungle, garage, grime, even dubstep in part...
this whole thing of calling this new dance music trap i think is bullshit. that name is already taken! its also just not big enough to call it something new, like a whole new thing of its own yet, imo.
8. "its pretty much a thing already man" In response to Reply # 7
whether you wanna call it trap or not, thats what its being called, being played in major cities, thousands of DJs tagging their tracks as such, its on.
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