Miami bass

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Miami bass is a subgenre of hip hop and dance music that emerged in the 1980s in South Florida, characterized by heavy 808 bass, uptempo beats, and party-oriented, often sexually explicit lyrics.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Miami bass canonical 11
Miami bass scene 2
Miami bass movement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dance music subgenre ⓘ
hip hop subgenre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedCulture Southern hip hop scene ⓘ
car audio subculture ⓘ
strip club culture ⓘ
culturalOrigin early 1980s ⓘ
mid 1980s ⓘ
culturalOriginPlace Miami ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ
derivative Baltimore club ⓘ
Brazilian funk ⓘ
Latin bass ⓘ
Southern hip hop ⓘ
booty bass ⓘ
crunk ⓘ
ghetto house ⓘ
distributionFormat 12-inch club mixes ⓘ
cassette tapes ⓘ
vinyl singles ⓘ
hasCharacteristic call-and-response chants ⓘ
club-oriented production ⓘ
emphasis on rhythm and percussion ⓘ
heavy sub-bass frequencies ⓘ
minimalist melodic content ⓘ
often sexually explicit lyrics ⓘ
party-oriented lyrics ⓘ
prominent 808 kick drums ⓘ
uptempo rhythms ⓘ
instrument Roland TR-808 ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ
sampler ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
turntables ⓘ
legalAndSocialImpact contributed to debates on explicit lyrics and censorship ⓘ
involved in U.S. obscenity controversies ⓘ
lyricalTheme dance ⓘ
partying ⓘ
sex ⓘ
street life ⓘ
musicFusionGenre dance music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
notableArtist 2 Live Crew ⓘ
Afro-Rican ⓘ
Bass Patrol ⓘ
DJ Magic Mike ⓘ
Dynamix II ⓘ
Gucci Crew II ⓘ
MC Shy D ⓘ
Poison Clan ⓘ
Techmaster P.E.B. ⓘ
notableProducer Clay D ⓘ
Luke Skyywalker ⓘ
linked to: Luke Skywalker

Mr. Mixx ⓘ
notableSong "Bass Mechanic" ⓘ
"Me So Horny" ⓘ
"Move Somethin'" ⓘ
linked to: Move Somethin'

"Throw the D" ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
region United States ⓘ
soundInfluenceOn Brazilian baile funk ⓘ
Latin American urban music ⓘ
Southern rap production ⓘ
bass-heavy EDM styles ⓘ
early crunk music ⓘ
stylisticOrigin electro ⓘ
electro-funk ⓘ
electronic dance music ⓘ
freestyle music ⓘ
old-school hip hop ⓘ
tempoRange typically 120–140 BPM ⓘ
typicalVenue block parties ⓘ
car audio competitions ⓘ
nightclubs ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DJ Khaled → influencedBy → Miami bass ⓘ
City Girls → influencedBy → Miami bass ⓘ
2 Live Crew → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
MC Shy D → influencedGenre → Miami bass ⓘ
Poison Clan → influencedGenre → Miami bass ⓘ
Afro-Rican → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
DJ Magic Mike → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
DJ Magic Mike → associatedScene → Miami bass scene ⓘ
linked to: Miami bass
Bass Patrol → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
Mr. Mixx → influentialIn → Miami bass scene ⓘ
linked to: Miami bass
Mr. Mixx → partOf → Miami hip hop scene ⓘ
linked to: Miami bass
Throw the D → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
subject linked to: "Throw the D"
Throw the D → hasInfluenceOnGenre → Miami bass ⓘ
subject linked to: "Throw the D"
Me So Horny → genre → Miami bass ⓘ
subject linked to: "Me So Horny"
DJ Laz → influencedBy → Miami bass movement ⓘ
linked to: Miami bass
Deadstar → associatedGenreScene → South Florida rap ⓘ
linked to: Miami bass