The original Trap is now sort of known as Trap Rap, becuase it was just that. It was a subgenre of rap music before any EDM producers got involved.
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ason_jone ... _trap_rap/Really in-depth list.
Before that was published I was working on a set for Trap (which is now what most people call just Trap (minus the rap usually) and with a serious EDM audience. Here's what i had for that set that was unpublished. Some people call Trap, Drubstep, any similar stuff Bass Music but i find that horribly generic.
so here's info:
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Trap Rap is a music genre which originated in the early 2000's from Southern hip-hop, hardcore hip hop, mobb and crunk music. While its sound and influences have undergone a number of developments since its inception, it can often be characterized by its sweeping sub-bass, breaks, crisp snares, scratching, heavy use of 808s, layered synths, repeated samples, and sped up hi-hats. Initially an underground genre, trap music first experienced mainstream exposure in 2003 after the success of a number of landmark albums, including T.I.'s Trap Muzik and Young Jeezy's Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 . In 2010, trap music experienced a renewed success with releases by artists including Waka Flocka Flame, Rick Ross and Gucci Mane.
In 2012 (and earlier), a new movement of electronic music producers and DJs emerged who began incorporating elements of trap music into their works (now known simply as
Trap (or Trapstep to some). Many producers, especially dubstep and moombahton producers, began incorporating trap elements into their sound. This helped expand its popularity among electronic music fans. A number of stylistic offshoots of trap developed, which in the latter half of 2012 gained a rise in viral popularity and made a noticeable impact on dance music."
Rustie - Essential Mix (07/04/12) (2012) [DJ Mix]"Over the course of 2012, the evolution of this sort of trap-meets-internet, polymorphic genre has seen quite a lot of hype. We saw glimpses of a new trend emerging with the massive popularity of a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from Scottish producer Rustie (signed to the long-standing advocate for forward-thinking music, Warp Records), along with a huge internet following of Flosstradamus‘ free Total Recall EP (which, ironically enough, got recalled after a feud occurred between hardstyle DJs and the Floss boys).
With easily incorporated vocal clips (like Trap-A-Holics’ infamous “Damn, son, where’d ya find this?”), recognizable synth and drum patterns, and a shared taste for bass-rattling drops, trap became a style that everyone wanted a piece of. "~djz
Baauer - Harlem Shake ""I don't think you can credibly have a discussion about this whole 'trap' thing without talking about 'Harlem Shake,'" says Owchar. He's right. It became one of the year's most ubiquitous tracks shortly after appearing on Rustie's Essential Mix in April. Its appeal is simple: a cartoonish horn riff honks over pooling quakes of low-end, seizing on the hypnotically repetitive basslines that make Lex Luger's tracks so floor-friendly."~Resident Advisor and that's before it went viral on youtube.
Girl Unit - "Wut" (2010) [EP]"Woah I really can't tell which song I like the most on here, even though they all have a pretty similar sound, they all have something which sounds so good about them. This EP is crazy the way the bass, beats and synths work together so damn well."~Bigfootisreal
"Girl Unit - Wut was a shotgun blast to the knee of Dubstep and ''bass music'' in general. It opened the door for the identikit 'bass music' tracks.. 808 loops, sub bass, plinky plonky winky wonky wanky synths lines and stuttery/weird vocal samples."~Wub
Flosstradamus - B∆NNED (2012) [DJ Mix]
Major Lazer - "Original Don (Flosstradamus Pop That Mix)" "One of the top names in trap music, Flosstradamus presents a mix called Banned. Now I'm only working my way out into the genre, but from what I can tell after listening to this and some other random songs/EP's this can be my kind of thing. For me it's like hyperbolic illbient music with a shitload of hi-hats and snares, ADHD disco music still made out for hip-hop fans. I really like this mix, I like the way it's divided into a clear intro and then it just transforms into this beast that can't control itself. Very recommended, this is just good music!"~aappiinna
araabMUZIK - "Streetz Tonight" - Electronic Dream (2011)"AraabMuzik's formula here is simple. Take classic EDM tracks, replace the house beats with hard-hitting hip hop beats, and top it all off with a hazy, abrasive production. However, electronic music is one musical sphere where it's not merely OK to be formulaic, but often preferable. Electronic Dream is expertly blended, and the sample selection is varied enough to keep the formula from getting old. The artfully messy production is enough to give the tracks a certain badass feeling that is in sync with AraabMuzik's hip hop career, but it leaves just enough of the original trancey gloss that the underlying euphoria always seeps out through the thin shell of machismo.
On Electronic Dream, AraabMuzik is not attempting a backhanded deconstruction of electronic dance music. Rather, he is expressing a sincere love for it by employing his formidable MPC skills to give poppy tracks a darker, more testosterone-fueled vibe. In his mind he's already moved beyond hip hop. "~Meatwad
TNGHT - "Higher Ground" from TNGHT (2012) [EP]"As popular rap has become more synth-focused and club-driven than anything but it's earliest incarnations and the underground mixtape scene has been overrun with producers whipping up variations of the trap music Shawty Redd, Drumma Boy, Zaytoven and Lex Luger have been pioneering over the past half-decade, it's felt inevitable that someone in the EDM scene would try to capitalize.
TNGHT, an overseas collaboration between 22-year old Canadian Luncie and 26-year old Scot Hudson Mohawke, is the project that attempts to calcify this crossroads moment between two formerly distinct movements. Mad Decent producers like Flosstradamus and Dillon Francis have poked at trap music from that label's usual brand of detached goofiness, and ARAAB Muzik's Electronic Dream album is certainly the scene's direct catalyst, but until this TNGHT EP it's been a little difficult to surmise how much of the toe-dipping of guys like Tom Richman and RL Grime is inspired by absurdity and spectacle of trap's initial lure rather than the auspicious beginnings of EDM's most recent future."~Nodima