Music Styles

Nobody is neutral about a genre.

Most poopular · Hip-Hop & R&B

Public votes set the order. #1 is the most pooped.

Afrobeats Hip-Hop & R&B

West African pop with layered percussion and melodic vocals — not the same thing as Fela Kuti's Afrobeat, despite the name.

Boom bap Hip-Hop & R&B

Hard drums and chopped samples, with the name coming from how the kick and snare sound.

Dancehall Hip-Hop & R&B

Reggae's faster descendant, built on digital riddims that many different artists record over.

Drill Hip-Hop & R&B

Sparse, dark beats with sliding 808s, developed in Chicago and reshaped in London.

Hip hop Hip-Hop & R&B

Rapped vocals over a beat, with the culture around it covering DJing, graffiti and dance as much as the music.

Lo-fi hip hop Hip-Hop & R&B

Instrumental beats with tape hiss and vinyl crackle left in, made to be background rather than foreground.

R&B Hip-Hop & R&B

Sung rather than rapped, built on groove and vocal technique, and continually reshaped by whatever hip-hop is doing.

Trap Hip-Hop & R&B

Rolling hi-hats, heavy 808 bass and sparse melodies, now the default sound of a lot of mainstream pop.

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