The Source Magazine

Source Film Review: T.I.’s The Birth of Trap Music fuses 808s with the reality of the streets- and a dark lesson in American history

The Birth of Trap Music, directed by Christopher Scholar and executive produced by T.I. and Drumma Boy, arrives at the Atlanta Film Festival this week as both a cultural document and a powerful ...
Naija Gist - Latest

So… What Exactly Is Trap Music? Let’s Break It Down Properly

Trap gets thrown around so casually that almost any rap song ends up wearing the label. You hear someone rapping over a beat with drums? That’s trap. A song has a heavy bassline? Trap. A rapper uses ...
Hip-Hop Wired

A Timeline Of Atlanta’s Sound In Hip-Hop

One of the cities that has been a staple in the music industry for quite some time has not always sounded the way it does ...
Rolling Stone

Inside Latin Trap, the Viral Sound Too Hot for American Radio

In 2015, Jorge Fonseca, a veteran A&R for Sony Music Latin, made a trip to Puerto Rico in search of new sounds. “When you go to the island, the streets speak to you,” he tells Rolling Stone. “You hear ...