Over the last few weeks, Gary Richards' Los Angeles-based party imprint HARD, has been slowly trickling out the earliest details of what should be one of this festival season's most diverse, genre-blending lineups. Slowly tantalizing eager fans with sporadic additions to the massive two-day roster on the festival's website, HARD Summer has already announced a handful of … [Read more...]
gLAdiator Comes Through With New EP ‘Assembly Line’
LA-bred, 'trap music' duo gLAdiator has dropped off their brand new "Assembly Line EP", out now via A-Trak's Fool's Gold Records imprint. The EP features blending laser-focused riffs, industrial grade percussion, and elbow-throwing party vibes as only as the GLA dudes do it. The five-track EP is a love letter to their #SQUAD of devoted fans across the country, a diverse … [Read more...]
Ultra 2014 Is Capped Off With Controversy, Next Year’s Location Unknown
Everyone who was glued to their computer screens eating up every second of Miami's larger-than-life Ultra Music Festival this past weekend may have missed some serious rumors circulating about the massive event's fate next year. Although the eye-catching spectacle has consistently grown each year, pulling the biggest names in dance music to the limelight, this year, it may seem … [Read more...]
Flosstradamus ft. Travis Porter – Drop Top [Stream]
The HDYBYZ have enlisted the help of hip-hop trio Travis Porter for a 5-man trap music heater that simply speaks for itself. For their latest track, Flosstradamus brings their signature brand of gritty, hard-knocking trap on "Drop Top" along with in-your-face lyrical cuts from dance music's go-to rap stars. After a successful pairing with Diplo on his twerk anthem "Biggie … [Read more...]
Party Favor Teams Up with Zooly For ‘Meow’ [Video]
Los Angeles based producer, Party Favor, has been making some serious waves lately. Delivering party-primed remixes and warping electro-house into festival heaters, along with his out-of-bounds Trapped Mix series, Party Favor is on the wrecking path. For his latest release, Party Favor is teaming up with young-gun bass producer, Zooly who is making a name for himself with a … [Read more...]
RIP Biggie Smalls, Your Legacy Lives On
Trap music's roots are undoubtedly bred in hip-hop. Taking rap culture's diverse artistic potential to the electronic spectrum, trap music has reinvented a brand of hip-hop with a gritty 21st century flavor. The trap movement we know today wouldn't exist without hip-hop's heavy hitters, as they are without question, the core influences for trap producers in today's … [Read more...]
Run The Trap Exclusive Interview: 12th Planet
Recently, I had the pleasure of catching up with John Dadzie over the phone just before his show that night in Washington. Better known as 12th Planet, The Godfather of American Dubstep took some time to shed some light on what he and his crew have been up to in 2014. Currently, 12th Planet and key players on his iconic Smog Records imprint are on the Smog City tour. Featuring … [Read more...]
DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat (Party Favor Remix)
In 1974, Kool & The Gang dropped "Hollywood Swinging" and since then, the unmistakably catchy disco tune has been reworked and re-imagined through a developing hip-hop frame since the 80's. Most famously, DJ Kool sampled the iconic disco selection with his crowd-rattler, "Let Me Clear My Throat" in 1996, and now we are seeing the evolution of the song reach the electronic … [Read more...]
