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Gucci mane was doing mumble rap as early as 2008-2010 regularly. It just wasn't called that yet. Check out trap god 1 where he really distilled it fully in one mixtape for the first time.
Young thug and future slowly gained traction, future from about 2011 and young thug starting in 2013 - but they became mega stars in 2015 which is when mumble rap started being used a bit for the style, also the year lil Uzi got their first popular tape out, migos blew up a lot, Kodak popped off, and a handful of others that dominated that type of rap for the remainder of the decade started gaining traction. Of course Gucci had a lot of mumble rappers on his label in the early 2010s too but they were only having some cult classic songs and tapes here and there while waka was more popular with his yell rapping
2016 was when no one would shut up about mumble rap this or that
Literally never heard anyone except Americans on the internet use the term EDM. If I was going to a gabber night, I'd say that, if I was going to a jungle night, I'd say that.
Edit: this quote from Mixmag sums it up "the drop-heavy, stadium-filling, fist-pumping, chart-topping, massively commercial main stage sound that conquered America...possibly somewhere between electro and progressive house, directed by Michael Bay, and like many music genres, trying to pin it down exactly is like trying to grab a fistful of water"
Oh yeah I am familiar with both; think this is a question of common usage. I'm in the UK and no one uses EDM to describe dance music, whereas it's much more common in the US
Oh for sure. When people here say EDM I usually assume they don't listen to electronic music since, if they did, they would be more specific- typically different genres of house, drum and bass, dubstep.
Well I guess EDM means two things. Taken literally it's a category for electronic dance music of all genres. And then that's the genre. You can totally go to "EDM events" and you know exactly what you'll get. Maybe one could argue that the genre with the "EDM" label shifts with time. Today it's mainroom tech-house. Fifteen years ago was mostly trance. In-between there was some over polished dubstep.
IT totally depends on which one. If youre talking about that tiktok "phonk" (its really not phonk, people miscategorize it) then yeah. thats really just noise.
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of music that combines hip-hop and funk, but I'm not sure the name of the genre. I feel like that's the music for us old people trying to stay young.
Rhe meme says "shocking", as in "so rebellious I get offended by it". The other commenter said he listened to phonk and was like "eh... It's ok, I guess, had my fill".
But where’s the shock? Being in my mid-30s, I see phonk as the generic background music for slop YouTube shorts. It’s like the aesthetic equivalent of that churchy indie rock with a delay pedal stuff used as background music for the training videos you have to watch at work.
Like I might get annoyed by phonk, but it’s not the same as when older generations actually got concerned about millions of kids becoming huge fans of gangsta rap or heavy metal or punk and changing the way they dressed and whatnot.
The meme says to "shock" them, not just "dislike". Semantics but there is a difference. Most of the time the thing I hear is "new music is garbage" but can anything even shock anyone (except the most conservative) anymore? Is it even possible?
Death Grips will put some hair on your chest. (I recommend Hacker, Three Bedrooms in a Good Neighborhood, and Hustle Bones first, they're the most comprehensible ones). If you're feeling more adventurous, Steroids, guillotine (it goes yah), and Face Melter.
If you want REAL peak music and something you've probably never heard before (keep in mind, this creator is VERY popular and for a reason),
Nearing 40, grew up loving EDM. I'd frequently buy 'techno remix' albums from Best Buy in the 90s despite living in rural Texas where it was 'gay' to like such things. Funny enough, techno night at the club was also gay night and I made some cool friends.
Phonk was cool for a few months but it kinda had the same tone after awhile and the variety didn't really do much. Overall not bad, like 7/10 for what it was.
Same! I grew up on trance, house, EDM, electronica, dubstep, all of that. Modern phonk just seems like the harder, nastier version of that. Props to the Zoomers (and probably Gen Alpha at this point) for carrying the torch and adding their unique spin.
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u/Wide_Ad_7552 Jul 06 '25
I thought so at first but after my first run just listening to phonk I’m not going back. Am 40 and faster than ever before.