Boom bap
Boom bap is a sub-genre of hip-hop music. The name can be traced back to the KRS-One record Return of the Boom Bap from 1993. The boom bap experienced its heyday in the 80s and 90s in the USA and musically differs significantly from today's commercially successful hip-hop productions. Nowadays, boom bap is mostly published by niche artists and labels and rarely reaches the general public. Well-known artists of the subgenre are z. B. SSIO , EPMD or Del Tha Funkee Homosapien .
Musical characteristics
Boom bap describes certain production techniques rather than rap itself. It is often characterized by a hard kick (bass drum) followed by a high snare drum . Hence the name boom bap , which is to be understood onomatopoetically for this type of drum kit . Traditionally, samplers are used and different music styles from e.g. B. Records sampled and recombined. The use of digital synthesizers, as it is widespread in hip-hop today, is largely avoided.