Top 6 trap tracks SINDEN UZ Dillon Francis
later they are so successful. If you work your ass off and stay true to yourself, you’ll always succeed.”
edm embrace Though a chunk of the electronic music scene may have
a detached relationship with trap, over the last year the rap game has been casting its eye towards the EDM scene. And contrary to dubstep’s protectiveness about their scene when it began expanding, the rap world is thrilled to have a chance to introduce their music to a new fanbase. Most of the OG trap producers had never left the South, let alone America, yet trap has now exploded in cities beyond their wildest imagination. “A whole new other world is involved now,” Trap-A- Holics laughs. “I have a team at
LiveMixtapes.com that premiere all of my mixtapes. Artists [like Flosstradamus] that were also putting out tapes on there were using my drops — like...” He does an impression of the characteristic ad lib found on all of his mixtapes. “‘Damn son, where’d you find that?’ It showed me that they’re messing with what we’re doing also. It’s really the beginning stages.” He continues, “The EDM music is dope. We had our own lane and they created something new with it. I’m loving it so far. They’re embracing me and I’m embracing them right back.”
Drumma Boy is equally as enthusiastic. “In 2010 I started hearing a lot of people talking about EDM and dub at the same time. Both of those things were different realms. But EDM and dub were both something I aligned with
instantly — hence the name Drumma Boy, you know what I’m saying? I’ve been speaking with a whole ton of people in EDM — Flosstradamus, Skrillex, David Guetta. I’m definitely looking forward to tapping more into that world; we’ve just been playing around with it, taking the sound of trap with the sound of EDM and the sound of R&B.”
“I’m happy with how it has evolved,” Paul Devro comments. “The top artists are being really smart about their output to the scene. There are so many imitators, but that happens with every form of every genre.” “I hate to put titles on different genres,” Drumma adds. “It’s all about dope music. With the right instrumentation, the right vocals, the right arrangement and structure, regardless of if it’s a dub beat or a trap beat, it’s not gonna matter. As long as you express yourself, it’ll be good.”
1. LIL BOOSIE ‘Swerve (featWebbie)’
‘Swerve’ was the big track off of [Lil Boosie’s] ‘Gangsta Musik’ (with Webbie) and featured on the ‘Hustle & Flow’ soundtrack. Hearing the Trill Entertainment stuff made me love southern rap even more.”
2. GUCCI MANE X OJ DA JUICEMAN ‘Make Da Trap
Say Ayyyeee’
“Gucci & OJ’s ‘Make The Trap Say Aye’ is a really early trap record. It’s OJ’s first record, with that Icey Zaytoven production. He always seems to bring the best out in Gucci.”
3. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME ‘No Hands’
“Waka’s ‘No Hands’ is one of the best rap records of the last five years. Producer Drumma Boy (along with Zaytoven etc) really is true ‘trap’ if you wanna trace it back. A benchmark record.”
4. MELÉ ‘Beamer’ “Bridging the gap between Scouse house and rap.
Kano got onboard to take it to the next plateau.”
5. GUCCI MANE ‘Gucci Time (Feat Tinchy Stryder)
(Sinden Remix)’
“My remix of Gucci Mane is an official one and taken from the mixtape ‘Sinden Presents Free Gucci 2’ that I put together a couple of years back. It put Atlanta’s Gucci alongside some of the most talented artists in the UK.”
6. SINDEN & 5KINANDBONE5
‘Coin Power’
“This is a collab with 5kinandbone5 that came out on UTTU. The aim was to straddle the line between southern rap with UK grime.”
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