Trap music, also known as Dirty South, is one of the main branches and sub-branches of hip-hop, which was first created in the early 1990s in the South of the United States. The name of this music is taken from the slang word trap.
Note that this style of music is a very popular and innovative style of hip-hop music that has many fans around the world. Very famous singers follow this style of music. Lil Jon was one of the inventors of trap music. In the early 2010s, rap music became one of the most popular genres of music in the United States, with many artists working in the field of singing. Hamed Shirbeygi
This new branch of hip-hop is a growing genre of melodic and dance music. However, many people may think that the popularity of this type of music indicates the short life of the background of this type of music. But note that there is a very long history behind this type of music.
Trap Music, as we said before, was created in the southern states of the United States. This type of music has its own sounds and melodies and has its own characteristics. We are going to talk more about this type of music with you.
The formation and initial period of trap music (from the early 1990s to 2003)
“Lil Jon” who lived in Atalanta, the capital of Georgia, can be mentioned as the first producers of trap music. The term terp also has its roots in Atalanta. As mentioned, the trap was called a place where drug deals were done. Also, “Mannie Fresh” from New Orleans and “DJ Paul” from Memphis were other producers who started their activities in trap style with “Lil Jon” at that time.
At that time they worked with artists such as “Dungeon Family”, “Outkast”, “Goodie Mob”, “Three 6 Mafia”, and Ghetto Mafia. The song “Cocaine in the Back of the Ride” by “UGK” from the album “The Southern Way” is one of the first recordings and broadcasts of the trap style in 1992. Also, in 1992, they played the song “Pocket full of Stones”, which became very popular, and in 1993, it was also played in the movie “Menace II Society”.
The song “Mr. “Ice Cream Man” by “Master P” in 1996 is also one of the other popular trap songs of those years. Audiences and critics introduced the rappers of trap style as rappers whose main theme of their lyrics was “buying and selling drugs”. In the early 2000s, trap was not a style, but a real place, and after a while, this term was used to describe the music that was made about that place.
The growth period of rap music in mainstream music (from 2003 to 2015)
Trap music was able to take a bigger place in the mainstream in the early 2000s from 2003, 2004 with singles and albums released with content around “drugs” and “struggle for success”.
Usually, the rappers who used the trap style also had a sales personality, such as “T.I.”, “Young Jeezy”, “Gucci Mane”, “Boosie Badazz”, “Young Dolph”, “Lil Wayne”, and “Rick Ross”.
They were among the rappers of the south, they produced and presented many songs in the trap style, which were very effective in the spread of the trap style and the popularity of this style in those years.
After that, the trap style was also broadcast on some radio stations outside the south, which was also considered to be the reason for the growth of this style at that time.
Also, prominent artists such as “DJ Toomp”, “FatBoi”, “Drumma Boy”, “Zaytoven”, “D. Rich” and “Shawty Redd” were working in trap style at that time.
At the end of the 2000s and the beginning of the 2010s, the second wave of trap artists started and more and more new artists began to work in the trap style and even managed to take high positions in the music charts.
One of the most active and famous producers at that time is “Lex Luger” who produced more than 200 songs in 2010 and 2011. Hamed Shirbeygi
The songs produced by “Lex Luger” usually consisted of heavy 808 basses, snares, fast hi-hats, synthetic tunes, regular and orchestrated brass, strings, woodwinds and keyboards. Most of the sounds used by “Lex Luger” were also used by other hip hop music producers to experience his success.
Since the 2010s, other progressive producers in rap music such as “808 Mafia”, “Sonny Digital”, “Young Chop”, “DJ Spinz”, “Tay Keith” and “Metro Boomin” have gained popularity.
Some producers also expanded their work scope and had activities in genres such as R&B and Electronic Music, such as “Mike Will Made It” and “AraabMuzik”.
In 2011 and 2012, trap music was able to maintain the strong and superior position it had gained in the mainstream with the works of rappers such as “Young Jeezy”, “Chief Keef” and “Future”.
Also, rap music had a strong influence on artists outside of hip-hop, so that some of them, such as “Beyonce” and “Lady Gaga”, wrote songs in the trap style, such as “Drunk in Love”, “Flawless”, “7/11” and “Jewels”. ‘n Drugs” presented. Hamed Shirbeygi
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