New Muzik Monday (week 2)

Greetings and Salutations,

To all my music lovers world-wide...It's New Muzik Monday! 

The song for this week is a mix of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) and Hip-Hop. It's called Higher Ground Flow. The title comes from the track Higher Ground by Hudson Mohawke x Lunice. I love the original song! Much respect to Hudson Mohawke x Lunice for making a versatile club banger for me to flow to. I used to listen to it while working out in the gym. Back then I would think how dope the tune would be if it had an emcee spitting a few verses. I decided to take up the challenge.

Originally the song was recorded for my mixtape "Kingdom of Shadows." I stopped working on the mixtape to finish recording the album. The mixtape was an eclectic mix of hardcore Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, and two dance tracks. Higher Ground was one of those dance tracks. Since the mixtape is on hold for the immediate future perhaps it will be release one of these Monday's at a later date. Higher Ground Flow, is forty-eight bars of hard rhymes over a banging EDM tune.

Check out the song if you like it tell a friend to tell a friend. if you hate it tell everyone to listen and critique how terrible the music is. Whether you're a fan or a hater...take a listen. I'm already cooking up hot tunes for next week. Until then, Peace and keep listening. 

Trap Music

There's a new type of music that's gaining popularity by the minute. It's called "Trap Music." The style is similar to dance except it has more bass and usually a catchy vocal loop.

"Dance Trap" is different than Southern Trap music which is a genre of Hip-Hop which describes drug dealing in a risky environment. The sound of the music is a mix of southern beats and Crunk. That style was championed by artist like T.I., Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Project Pat and numerous others.

The new trap music is something completely different. This music is melodic, fast paced and designed to make people move. Some people say it sounds like Dubstep or House...but it doesn't. Trap has it's own unique blend of sounds and instruments. I've been listening different Trap producers over the last few weeks and found most use some type of catchphrase that's repeated.

Baauer is currently one of my favorite Trap producers because all his songs have bass lines I can rhyme too. His song "Harlem Shake" which is a tribute to the early 2000 dance is getting global exposure. People from all walks of life are recording themselves and friends making short videos to the song. 

Below I posted a few Trap songs to get you familiar with the style. After that are videos of people buggin out to the "Harlem Shake."