Who made the first Trap Beat?

[BigSteve]

I think at some point Three 6 took it to the next level

Just like Toomp, Shawty Redd, and guys like Drumma Boy

Then funky fingers Zaytoven flipped it a bit

Then Lex Luger

Now it's Southside and Metro influencing the game

 

[Prince Cairo]

What about old school Rap-a-Lot?

Balls & My Word era Scarface, etc.

 

[Dank Hill]

triple six or them dudes who produced for master p back in the day. If we talking about the current atl sound then you gotta give shawty redd that credit

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Only one I can think of is Drama

 

[The Emperor]

Only one I can think of is Drama

Thank you bruh...
This is a trap beat...
That sound...

 

[The Emperor]

Only one I can think of is Drama

This song dominated Rap City countdown for weeks just off the best, nobody had really heard anything like that...

 

[Xbox One X]

The Bay started trap in 92
#Fax

 

[Buckeye Fever]

First time i heard those really rapid fire hi hats, which is a mainstay in current trap:




If nikkaz dont pay homage to Triple Six, they need to get dealt wit

 

[H.I.M.]

First time i heard those really rapid fire hi hats, which is a mainstay in current trap:




If nikkaz dont pay homage to Triple Six, they need to get dealt wit

 

[TEH]

That's why I love this forum ... the knowledge being dropped


btw Boyz in the Hood - Easy E would be classified as trap in 2016.

Miami Bass is definitely one of the precursors for trap ... Miami is always forgotten




I'll add this one from the 80's as well ...

 

[The Emperor]

First time i heard those really rapid fire hi hats, which is a mainstay in current trap:




If nikkaz dont pay homage to Triple Six, they need to get dealt wit

It's more than the high hats it's more about these multiple drum patterns.
It's hard to explain...
I'm sure Paul And Juice made one but this isn't a good example...

Like go listen to Juicy J's "Show Out"

 

[The Emperor]

That's why I love this forum ... the knowledge being dropped


btw Boyz in the Hood - Easy E would be classified as trap in 2016.

Miami Bass is definitely one of the precursors for trap ... Miami is always forgotten




I'll add this one from the 80's as well ...

I'm not talking about this...
It ain't about the high hats...
Go listen to The Weeknd's
"Might Not"

 

[MoneyTron]

Only one I can think of is Drama

 

[The Emperor]

Correction:
Zip And A Double Cup is like a definitive trap beat...

And I stand corrected the high hat is a part of a trap beat but it's heavy drums, multiple drums dominant more so than high hat...

And trap beats are generally slower tempo...

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Those hats are slower than the ones i posted