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By PARTYNEXTDOOR
Partymobile
March 27, 2020
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Trap Soul
Trap soul is a fusion of contemporary R&B singing and songwriting with the sonic palette and rhythmic feel of trap. It features moody, minor‑key harmonies; airy pads and Rhodes/piano textures; deep 808 sub‑bass with glides; and skittering hi‑hat rolls and halftime drum patterns. Vocals often blend crooning and rapping, with intimate, confessional lyrics about love, heartbreak, desire, ambition, and late‑night introspection. The production is typically spacious and minimal, prioritizing atmosphere and groove over density. Subtle Auto‑Tune, layered ad‑libs, and lush reverbs/delays are common, giving tracks a nocturnal, cinematic feel.
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Contemporary R&b
Contemporary R&B is a popular music genre that evolved from rhythm and blues and soul in the late 1970s, largely among African‑American musicians. It blends traditional R&B vocal stylings with elements of pop, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The style is marked by soulful, passionate and often melismatic lead vocals; lush, smooth, frequently synthesized production; and a groove-first sensibility that can range from slow jams to club‑ready mid‑tempos. Since the 2010s, the incorporation of pop and electronic textures and production techniques has driven strands like electro‑R&B and helped expand the sound on global charts.
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Hip Hop
Hip hop is a cultural and musical movement that emerged from Black, Latino, and Caribbean communities, centering around rapping (MCing), DJing/turntablism, sampling-based production, and rhythmic speech over beats. It prioritizes groove, wordplay, and storytelling, often reflecting the social realities of urban life. Musically, hip hop is built on drum-centric rhythms (from breakbeats to 808 patterns), looped samples, and bass-forward mixes. Lyrically, it ranges from party anthems and braggadocio to political commentary and intricate poetic forms, with flow, cadence, and rhyme density as core expressive tools. Beyond music, hip hop encompasses a broader culture, historically intertwined with graffiti, b-boying/b-girling (breakdance), fashion, and street entrepreneurship, making it both an art form and a global social language.
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Electronic
Electronic is a broad umbrella genre defined by the primary use of electronically generated or electronically processed sound. It encompasses music made with synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, computers, and studio/tape techniques, as well as electroacoustic manipulation of recorded or synthetic sources. The genre ranges from academic and experimental traditions to popular and dance-oriented forms. While its sonic palette is rooted in electricity and circuitry, its aesthetics span minimal and textural explorations, structured song forms, and beat-driven club permutations. Electronic emphasizes sound design, timbre, and studio-as-instrument practices as much as melody and harmony.
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