
The trap sound first emerged in the early 2000s as an enclosed scene in rough-edged neighborhoods in America’s Southern region. But its vast history spans back over a decade, coming from a very different place than its current buzzword status in electronic music. In the case of the 808-heavy, epic-feeling rap sound of trap music (or its affectionate nickname, “real trap shit”), it may seem like the genre popped up out of thin air in 2012. Similar to the rhetoric question about a chicken and its offspring, it’s sometimes hard to gauge what came first: the genre or the hype. A love story at heart, Tyler delivers his most dynamic project to date with the likes of Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Pharrell, among others, providing assistance on the impressive outing from the former Odd Future frontman.Is trap music in a trap? The question conjures images of a dog chasing its own tail, or the idea that pop music will eventually eat itself.

Tyler, The Creator followed his Grammy-winning 2019 Igor album with Call Me If You Get Lost, in June, a bucket list project with DJ Drama. Powered by a rollout that saw Cole actually sign to professional basketball team in Africa, Jermaine did not disappoint on the 12-song album, which features him breaking from his normal formula of no features and enlisting the likes of 21 Savage, Lil Baby, Morray and more. Cole bounced back with his sixth solo album, The Off-Season, in May. After not dropping an album since 2018’s KOD, J. While 2020 lacked some star power, this year features the return of some of the biggest names in hip-hop. 2021 has been a solid year for rap releases. If there's one thing that hip-hop artists did in 2021 it was make up for lost time.
