Genres · Hip-hop & R&B
Hip-hop
Rap over beats. Heavy drums, sampled loops, lines everyone shouts back.
- Tempo, BPM
- 85–100
- Where it started
- The Bronx, New York, 1970s
What it sounds like
Rapping over a beat: hard drums, a bassline and a sampled or played loop. In a club it's the songs everybody knows the words to, played loud.
Hear it
The Notorious B.I.G., “Juicy”
A classic: a sampled 80s groove and a story told over it.
1994 · Posted by The Notorious B.I.G. · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- A heavy kick and a snappy snare, slower than dance music
- A loop from an old record, or a synth hook
- Rapped verses and a chorus everyone shouts
Go if
You want to rap along with your friends.
Hear it this week
17 nights- Tonight · 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
Wed
28
- Tonight · DJ nightJust Like That with Mark WestKampai · Mark West, CC +3
Wed
28
- Tomorrow · 8pm · PartyThe Beast Inside Halloween partySanctuary Poblacion · Zia Paola, Louis Vint +4
Thu
29
- Tomorrow · DJ nightKampai Regionals: Free the Robots and Jay RuKampai · Free the Robots, Jay Ru +1
Thu
29
- 7pm · DJ nightDoomsday Halloween Eve partyThe Fun Roof · Arden Formento, Marc Marasigan +3
Fri
30
Nights with a DJ who plays hip-hop, from the venues' posts.
