Yeah.
Geto Boys had some of the first set of horrorcore raps too. (Correct me if I'm wrong).
As for the trap "sound" in think that 3 6 mafia sorta helped pioneer that sound in a sense.
I would say the organ synthy church vibe production started with geto boys.
ugk then had the next sorta explosion production and indepth content wise as well.
Plus I feel pimp c's church organ based stylings are overlooked in the origin of trap music's sound.
As well as early geto boys producers in the early 90's.
To even beats by the pound in the mid to late nineties.
This is all regional, in discussion of course.
As pretty much all rap had drug content From its inception.
Yet, to distinctly give the south its own base historically.
We should point to the geto boys, nationally. Who along with scarface pretty much segregated the south into a real recognized region.
Instead of being just originally lumped in with the west coast originally.
Or, most gangsta rap groups were considered west coast artist if they were not from ny, as well.
As originally the geto boy were considered a west coast gangsta rap group.
That later unified and coined the south as a region with Florida.
Which kinda gave luke and Miami bass.
More ability to segregate into being accepted in two circles as part of the culture originally,..miami bass was not thought of as rap at all.
Nor, accepted in hip hop culturally content wise or sonically, either
It was called bootie music, or bass music to be polite.
DJ magic mike, to DJ jimi all were considered pioneers of bass.
Which gave way to DJ jimi, and other southern dj's making tapes.
Which then gave way to screw tapes.
Which soon sorta sprouted into what we call southern production.
Imo,...i feel triple six mainstreamed and gave the south its production scope and ultimate direction. Which imo, is a mash up of early ny 90's call and response anthem chant hook making. Mixed with horrorcore showbiz to gravediggaz to freestyle fellowship/westcoast shop content and DJ uneek of bone style records and production. Which gave it a harder edge and its identifiable horror movie score scope and direction. In what is now considered the main identifiable sound of trap music.
Yet there are hordes of production styles And content bases that birthed or originated in other regions.
I feel southern trap music has gotten its sound from. That is overlooked.
Yet when you look at the influences of a group like triple six.
You can see how closely related they are culturally in origin to rap's essence in hip hop.
I feel even a group like Dayton family although a Midwest act.
Produced records that could be considered early inclusions of what trap music, is content wise, as well. as I feel Dayton family had a distinct flair for making what was similar to geto boys style music. Or southern music before the south was recognized as a region. Plus could easily be interchanged with groups like the geto boys, ugk and the convicts.
plus, other Michigan acts like esham and natas, and even nip.
All made submissions based on horrorcore style gangsta records with heavy violence and drug content. Which also included the horrornovie score style of what would be later identifiable as the prevalent sound of trap music.
As, trap muaic or horror movie score or horrorcore style production starts to become the main staple sonically for rap.
Trap music will soon not just be branded to just the south as a genre.
As we are living in a day and time. When, across the world!
The production, content and scope styling of what is termed trap music.
Has become the prerequisite sound and scope for most of rap music made in this day and age.
Art Barr
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Yall nikkas thinking hard 808's and bragging about selling dope equals trap music. The "trap" is way more than just selling dope and a place 2 sell dope
