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MC Josh, artist

MC Josh

2021–2022 · 2 albums

3/5

Genres

Rave funk is a contemporary Brazilian club style that fuses the raw percussion, call‑and‑response vocals, and gritty bass of funk carioca with the supersaws, hoover stabs, white‑noise risers, and big‑room drops of EDM and rave. Typically sitting between 140–150 BPM (often at the Brazilian "150 BPM" pace), it uses the tamborzão or mandelão drum feel under festival‑scale synth builds and DJ‑friendly drops. The result is a high‑impact, dance‑floor sound that keeps the street energy of funk while adopting the dramatic structures of modern rave.

rave funk

Funk de BH (Belo Horizonte) is a regional strain of Brazilian funk that crystallized in Minas Gerais’ capital during the 2010s. It takes the party-ready DNA of funk brasileiro and pares it down to a darker, more hypnotic, bass‑led minimalism. Compared with Rio’s tamborzão-driven euphoria or São Paulo’s ostentação flash, Funk de BH emphasizes sub‑heavy 808s, sparse percussion, and chant‑like vocals that feel intimate and street‑level. The result is a moody, rolling groove aimed equally at neighborhood bailes and car‑sound (“som de carro”) culture, with lyrics that swing between hedonistic party themes, everyday hustle, and local pride.

funk de bh

Funk bruxaria is a dark, occult-tinged microstyle of Brazilian baile funk that blends the raw, percussive drive of funk carioca with eerie sound design and gothic/witchy aesthetics. Producers favor minor modes, ominous pads, whispered or pitched-down vocal chops, ritual-like percussive cycles, and cinematic foley (bells, chimes, wind, thunder) to create a brooding, supernatural atmosphere over unmistakably dance-oriented funk rhythms. The result sits between the street energy of baile funk and the hazy, nocturnal mood of witch house and trap, often at 130–150 BPM (with frequent 150-BPM variants).

funk bruxaria

Trapfunk is a Brazilian hybrid that fuses the drum programming, 808 bass, and hi‑hat articulations of trap with the syncopated tamborzão grooves, vocal cadences, and party‑ready attitude of funk carioca (baile funk). Tracks typically balance sparse, hard‑hitting trap frameworks with driving Brazilian funk percussion at 130–150 BPM, sliding 808s, and vocal deliveries that alternate between melodic hooks and rapid-fire chants. Lyrically, it draws on the street storytelling, ostentation, and party culture of the baile while adopting the darker textures and sound design of contemporary trap. The result is a club-optimized, bass-forward style that feels equally at home in the baile, on streaming playlists, and across social platforms, linking Brazil’s local funk scenes to global trap aesthetics.

trapfunk

Funk Evangelico

Funk evangélico is a Brazilian Christian take on funk carioca that keeps the style’s hard-hitting, dance‑floor energy while replacing secular or explicit themes with evangelical Christian messages. Built on the classic tamborzão beat, booming sub‑bass, and call‑and‑response hooks, it uses the language of the baile to preach testimony, “vitória,” and spiritual warfare. The result is music that feels at once street‑level and devotional—meant for dancing, collective chanting, and faith‑based outreach in the same neighborhoods where funk originally flourished.

funk evangelico

Funk MTG (short for "funk montagem") is a sample‑based, edit‑driven substyle of Brazilian funk in which producers build hard‑hitting instrumentals from chopped vocal snippets, DJ shouts, and short melodic stabs. It sits at the intersection of baile funk’s classic tamborzão swing and the modern 150 BPM wave, favoring minimal, loop‑centric arrangements designed for rapid DJ mixing, social videos, and powerful car‑sound (automotivo) systems. The focus is on impact: clipped 808 kicks, syncopated toms and claps, stuttered one‑liners, and aggressive drops that reframe fragments of pre‑existing vocals into new hooks. The style spread online via SoundCloud, YouTube, and TikTok under the MTG tag, where countless independent beatmakers release short, highly functional "montagens" for dancers, baile DJs, and content creators.

funk mtg

Albums

Eu Fiquei Com a Puta by MC Josh album cover

Eu Fiquei Com a Puta

Funk De Bh Funk Mtg

Novinha Malada do Insta by MC Josh album cover

Novinha Malada do Insta

Funk De Bh Funk Mtg

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