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Lofi hip hop (also typeset as lo-fi, short for "low fidelity") is a form of downtempo, lo-fi music that combines hip hop beats with elements of chill-out. [5] The name refers to the unpolished, low fidelity production techniques common in the style. [6] It was popularized in the 2010s on YouTube.
Instrumental hip hop is hip hop music without vocals. Hip hop as a general rule consists of two elements: an instrumental track (the "beat") and a vocal track (the "rap"). The artist who crafts the beat is the producer (or beatmaker), and the one who crafts the rap is the MC (emcee).
PeteStrumentals is the second studio album from hip hop producer/rapper Pete Rock. The album is an Instrumental hip hop album and the second installment of BBE Records Beat Generation series, following Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit album. The instrumental songs were originally recorded between 1990 and 1995, but were remixed and continued when ...
Zaytoven, whose beats heavily influenced the emergence of plugg music. The origins of plugg music are traced to the gospel and soul-influenced production style of Zaytoven, [12] and other southern rap influences, such as OutKast, [12] as well as to a loosely related subgenre of hip-hop called Chicago bop, which is a euphoric, fast-paced subgenre of drill music. [13]
"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele for the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. [1]
The earliest hip-hop music was performed live, at house parties and block party events, and it was not recorded. DJs would play breaks from popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer. Prior to 1979, recorded hip-hop music consisted mainly of PA system soundboard recordings of live party shows and early hip-hop mixtapes by DJs.
They were followed by the TR-808, released in 1980, which became central to hip hop music [9] and electronic dance music. [1] It is the TR-808 that human beatboxing is largely modeled after. [1] "Human beatboxing" in hip-hop originated in the 1980s.
Freestyle is a style of hip hop music where an artist normally improvises an unwritten verse from the head, with or without instrumental beats, in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure.