Flosstradamus at Paradise: Show Review

The high-energy crowd roared at the Paradise Rock Club last Saturday night as the kings of trap, Flosstradamus, came back out onstage for what was said to be “one last song”. The hard hitting night was filled with heavy trap beats, crowd surfing, and all out mayhem throughout the Paradise, causing an absolutely amazing show. As Floss threw down on stage, it was easy too see how they were feeding off the beautiful energy of the Boston crowd packed into such a small venue. After claiming to have one more song left too play, the dynamic duo went on to play a long, 20 minute to half hour encore, finishing an already

amazing show on a great note. For their last song, Floss got on the mic and informed that crowd that last year when they came, it got so rowdy that the table with their mixer was flipped over into the crowd, and that "for this last drop", they wanted everyone to get rowdy like that once again. As the bass dropped, the duo dove off stage as the packed crowd carried them around the venue, and the beats were almost muffled by the roar of the crowd.
Read the rest of the review and watch our videos after the jump:

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The Masked UZ is Back

By Kyle D:

The mysterious UZ is back at it again. Last week, UZ dropped his new “Balltrap Vol. 1” mix-tape, which is an interesting experiment bringing together both the worlds of trap and hip-hop.



Hear the mix tape after the jump:

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Trap Music Explored

We feel like everyone and their mother is talking about Trap music.  However, we think it is an amalgamation of everyone from hip-hop finding traction in a new genre and music bloggers trying to stay fixated on the next "new thing".

Whatever the fixation we found the above video interesting because who do they use for source material??? Non other then EDMBoston.com. you can see a screen shot of our site at the 2:51 mark.  We encourage you to read our explanation on What is Trap Music here

PS does the voice over not sound like the voice from Inside Jails tv show?

(youtube) Certified Trap is a revolutionary web series on Trap music and it's growing influence on other genres. Our goal was to reach out to influential players on both sides of the fence utilizing key relationships from the two most credible brands in the business, LiveMixtapes.com (Hip Hop) and Mad Decent (EDM) to explore the possibilites. Episode 1 bridges

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Running The TRAP: What is Trap Music?

 By: Kyle

Recently there has been a surge in EDM culture and a new sub-genre has emerged onto the scene.  It's name: Trap.  As with recent trends in the electronic dance music world, many will jump to the conclusion to say that “trap” music is the new “moombahton” or “dubstep,” but that is not necessarily the case.  So you ask "What is trap Music"? Trap music was born in the south and has been a part of the Hip-Hop scene for a while.  Most notably, producer DJ Screw, who was known for inventing the “chopped and screwed” style which became popular among rap musicians paved the way for artists like T.I. , Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame to break into the rap game. I must admit there was a time where I went through a period of listening to Gucci Mane “Trap-a-holics” mixtapes.  There was something about the 808 drops and grimy feel that I liked about southern rap and one can see why similar style music is gaining popularity among EDM fans and DJ’s alike. 

Trap music has become the step-sibling of dubstep and moombahton which are all part of the ever growing EDM genre.  Will trap be welcomed to the family with open arms or will it be shunned out like your ginger cousin at the family bar-b-q? Only time will tell, but the fact that every major dubstep DJ has been playing “trap” in their sets is a major indication that it is...

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