Boom Bap

Boom Bap: 45 upcoming festivals, including 18 with tickets on sale.

Boom Bap is a style of hip-hop characterized by its raw, gritty sound, featuring prominent, often dusty, drum breaks with a heavy kick ("boom") and sharp snare ("bap"), deep basslines, and intricate sampling from jazz, soul, and funk records. Emerging from the East Coast in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, particularly in New York, it developed as a foundational sound of hip-hop, influenced by the burgeoning DJ culture and a desire for hard-hitting, rhythmic complexity. Iconic artists like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and A Tribe Called Quest are synonymous with the genre's golden era. Its distinctive sound laid the groundwork for much of subsequent hip-hop production and remains a revered subgenre for its authentic, unpolished aesthetic.

Parent genreHip-Hop