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Welcome to my sandbox. I am currently working on a split of the Trap music article. Potential Sources: http://www.laweekly.com/music/what-the-hell-is-trap-music-and-why-is-dubstep-involved-2408170 http://www.complex.com/music/2013/03/an-idiots-guide-to-edm-genres/ http://runthetrap.com/what-is-trap-music/ http://runthetrap.com/2013/05/22/future-of-trap-music-trap-evolved/ http://www.djmastercourse.com/edm-dance-music-genres-characteristics-defined/ http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/trap-rap-edm-flosstradamus-uz-jeffrees-lex-luger/Content?oid=7975249

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Trap music (EDM) is a subgenre of EDM that originated in 2012 when a new movement of electronic music producers and DJs began incorporating elements of trap music (hip hop) into their works.

While EDM songs often have multiple build-ups to "drops" with a pounding bass drum in a four on the floor pattern, EDM trap music generally deviates from this formula by incorporating drops that utilize heavier rhythmic bass drum hits that may fall on the offbeats of the beat. This throws off the listener's expectations and tends to create more powerful drops than a typical EDM song might contain.

Characteristics
Trap music incorporates an extensive use of multi-layered hard-lined and melodic synthesizers; crisp, grimy and rhythmic snares; deep 808 sub-bass kick drums or heavy sub-bass lines; double-time, triple-time and similarly divided hi-hats; and a cinematic and symphonic utilization of string, brass and keyboard instruments creating an overall dark, harsh, grim and bleak background feeling for the listener. These primary characteristics would go on to be the signature sound and feeling of trap music originating from producer Shawty Redd. The speed of a typical trap beat has a BPM of 140.

Trap music is also defined by its bleak, gritty and belligerent lyrical content, ominous characteristics which vary widely with the hip hop artist but typical lyrical themes include observations of street life, poverty, violence, and hardship in the "trap" and harsh experiences urban surroundings that the rapper is trying to lyrically portray to the listener.

History


In 2012, new styles and developments of electronic music which incorporated elements of trap music, such as "trap house", "trap-ah-ton", and "trapstep" began gaining popularity. Most of these subgenres combined trap-style drum patterns with EDM synths, creating "dirty, aggressive beats [and] dark melodies." Electronic producers, such as Diplo, TNGHT, Baauer, Flosstradamus, RL Grime, and Yellow Claw expanded the popularity, gaining the attention of electronic music fans.

In the later half of 2012, these new offshoots of trap developed gaining viral popularity and made a noticeable impact on electronic dance music. The music was initially dubbed simply as "trap" by producers and fans, which led to the term "trap" being used to address the music of both rappers and electronic producers, to much confusion among followers of both. Instead of referring to a single genre, the term "trap" has been used to describe two separate genres of hip hop and dance music. The new wave of the genre has been labeled by some as EDM trap to distinguish it from the rap genre. The evolving EDM trap has seen incorporation and stylistic influences from dubstep, in which trap has been hailed as the superseding phase of dubstep during the mid 2010s. The new phase typically plays at 140 BPM with strong bass drops, which has been growing in popularity since 2013.

In 2013, a fan-made video of electronic trap producer Baauer's track "Harlem Shake" became an internet meme, propelling the track to become the first trap song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Five popular EDM trap producers performed at the 2013 Ultra Music Festival in the United States - Carnage, ƱZ, DJ Craze, Baauer and Flosstradamus. The 2013 Tomorrowland festival featured a "Trap Stage".

On February 10, 2013, All Trap Music released their debut compilation album which featured 19 tracks from artists such as RL Grime, Flosstradamus, Baauer, Bro Safari, Buku, 12th Planet, Hucci and UZ. Described by the music press as the first album of its kind it reached number two in the iTunes dance chart with Vibe Magazine stating it was "the world’s biggest selling EDM trap album ever." In 2013, DJ Snake and Lil Jon released the single Turn Down For What, became both a commercial hit charting in several countries and a critical hit. Rolling Stone voted "Turn Down For What" as the 2nd best song of the year 2014, saying that, "The year's nutsiest party jam was also the perfect protest banger for a generation fed up with everything. DJ Snake brings the synapse-rattling EDM and Southern trap music; Lil Jon brings the dragon-fire holler for a hilarious, glorious, glowstick-punk fuck you." Trap music has also found fame internationally, especially in South Korea. In November 2014, the K-pop duo G-Dragon and Taeyang of the South Korean boy band BIGBANG, released their single "Good Boy", where it incorporated strong elements of trap and electronic flavors. The single garnered 2 million views in less than 24 hours and was met with positive reviews from music critics.