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Genre
boom bap
Parent Genre: hip hop

Boom bap is a subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the 1990s and is characterized by its gritty, sample-based production and hard-hitting drum patterns. The genre is known for its emphasis on lyricism and storytelling, often featuring socially conscious themes. Boom bap has seen a resurgence in recent years, with artists incorporating modern production techniques while staying true to the genre's roots.


Top artists of boom bap genre

Westside Gunn
Benny The Butcher
Boldy James
Conway the Machine
Roc Marciano
Mach-Hommy
Stove God Cooks
Rome Streetz
Billie Essco
38 Spesh
DJ Muggs
Meyhem Lauren
Ransom
Estee Nack
Armani Caesar
Griselda
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boom bap music timeline

Explore boom bap history by listening to songs from every decade. Click on the decade to view songs.

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boom bap playlist created by Chosic

Enjoy this playlist of popular boom bap music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.

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List of boom bap artists

Here is a list of boom bap artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the boom bap genre. You can find out what boom bap genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Westside Gunn
65 0 47 68 32 58 111 375870
2
Benny The Butcher
63 0 59 74 25 55 106 324684
3
Boldy James
62 0 43 54 47 44 110 139133
4
Conway the Machine
60 4 56 66 33 54 118 251737
5
Roc Marciano
53 0 47 65 55 55 124 129277
6
Mach-Hommy
53 4 49 70 48 55 108 90480
7
Stove God Cooks
48 0 0 0 0 0 0 26307
8
Rome Streetz
48 0 55 73 19 61 99 39084
9
Billie Essco
48 1 49 73 62 66 100 2934
10
38 Spesh
47 0 50 78 15 43 126 46358
11
DJ Muggs
47 45 75 47 44 74 91 77960
12
Meyhem Lauren
47 0 61 81 26 68 103 59201
13
Ransom
45 0 45 80 23 64 82 38937
14
Estee Nack
44 0 0 0 0 0 0 10359
15
Armani Caesar
44 0 58 66 24 45 109 27140
16
Griselda
43 0 66 82 30 47 108 137790
17
Your Old Droog
43 0 60 73 33 62 97 76744
18
Tha God Fahim
43 0 58 69 45 43 83 33487
19
Jae Skeese
42 0 55 74 33 74 127 5488
20
Black Soprano Family
42 0 0 0 0 0 0 18629
21
V Don
42 0 0 0 0 0 0 18259
22
Big Ghost Ltd
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 19394
23
Planet Asia
41 1 55 74 28 55 122 60629
24
Termanology
41 0 54 81 23 69 98 48049
25
A.G.
41 0 0 0 0 0 0 7264
26
Nicholas Craven
40 46 49 56 32 47 85 17287
27
Elcamino
40 1 55 64 23 54 114 33079
28
Fly Anakin
40 0 55 73 23 48 130 21559
29
Flee Lord
39 0 49 73 6 51 128 28383
30
Heem B$F
39 0 0 0 0 0 0 5521
31
Willie The Kid
39 0 59 63 53 47 120 57612
32
RJ Payne
38 0 58 76 20 65 119 18709
33
Skyzoo
38 0 53 80 17 59 115 85631
34
Elzhi
38 0 60 77 10 59 97 79179
35
Chris Crack
37 0 53 76 33 65 104 20623
36
Rick Hyde
37 0 49 72 44 69 114 7499
37
Che Noir
37 0 63 75 23 69 99 21989
38
Illa Ghee
36 1 63 76 35 73 90 6306
39
Real Bad Man
36 0 0 0 0 0 0 5662
40
Chase Fetti
35 0 63 75 16 68 76 3133
41
Nowaah The Flood
35 0 0 0 0 0 0 8050
42
Ill Conscious
35 0 56 70 16 76 99 6472
43
CRIMEAPPLE
35 0 52 69 37 50 103 27860
44
Hus KingPin
34 0 57 67 33 59 96 20547
45
Ka
34 3 46 61 53 49 107 53438
46
EL Maryacho
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1345
47
Daringer
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 8887
48
Eto
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 12471
49
Rockness Monsta
33 0 68 71 4 59 103 4935
50
Jay Royale
33 0 71 71 44 56 87 4582
51
Ruste Juxx
32 0 63 82 11 54 131 17701
52
Mickey Diamond
32 0 48 77 26 70 102 5130
53
Futurewave
32 0 0 0 0 0 0 3282
54
Napoleon Da Legend
31 0 84 64 52 87 110 6519
55
Big Twins
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 20893
56
Al Divino
31 0 0 0 0 0 0 3832
57
Camoflauge Monk
31 91 60 71 0 68 82 14760
58
Stu Bangas
31 69 45 77 69 55 82 8209
59
Raz Fresco
31 0 49 75 11 52 133 7673
60
Daniel Son
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 11682
61
Dark Lo
30 0 57 74 18 61 94 17851
62
The Musalini
30 0 0 0 0 0 0 4717
63
Monday Night
29 0 46 74 24 72 122 2933
64
Knowledge the Pirate
29 0 51 75 30 55 118 9996
65
Rasheed Chappell
28 0 70 72 16 63 91 6718
66
Hermit and the Recluse
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 16820
67
DJ Skizz
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 3629
68
Vic Spencer
27 0 68 68 40 59 161 7038
69
Buckwild
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4889
70
ANKHLEJOHN
27 0 51 68 58 59 94 14535
71
Ufo Fev
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 5943
72
Masta Ace & Marco Polo
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 5475
73
All Hail Y.T.
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2256
74
Koncept Jack$on
26 0 47 92 54 81 158 6192
75
Jamal Gasol
26 0 61 66 65 61 134 3906
76
LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON
26 0 55 73 45 59 100 5262
77
Recognize Ali
26 0 44 94 19 53 178 4711
78
Jay Nice
26 0 53 69 11 51 84 3609
79
Graymatter
26 95 61 56 22 44 128 1596
80
Rigz
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 6018
81
Machacha
26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1295
82
J Scienide
26 8 56 57 95 73 107 2374
83
SmooVth
26 0 70 65 64 46 91 6423
84
Peter Rosenberg
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 5650
85
Khrysis
25 43 61 59 6 57 172 7049
86
RU$H
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2031
87
Spanish Ran
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1905
88
J. Arrr
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1505
89
Big Kahuna Og
24 0 0 0 0 0 0 4029
90
al.divino
23 0 48 84 26 63 108 1889
91
Lord Juco
23 0 55 61 76 70 103 3772
92
Mooch
23 0 61 72 13 40 117 3481
93
SUBSTANCE810
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011
94
緑
23 0 0 0 0 0 0 5533
95
Milano Constantine
23 0 63 85 6 68 90 4263
96
Tone Spliff
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2307
97
Xp The Marxman
22 0 49 78 30 66 122 2483
98
RLX
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1454
99
Conductor Williams
22 48 57 73 57 65 122 5328
100
Rahiem Supreme
22 0 52 47 35 64 160 2834
101
Michaelangelo
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1556
102
Wais P
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1933
103
Spit Gemz
21 0 52 77 14 58 120 2071
104
Vino La Mano
21 0 57 77 11 58 93 1784
105
Ty Farris
21 0 70 76 22 46 168 4187
106
Left Lane Didon
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2534
107
SadhuGold
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2055
108
Sauce Heist
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1665
109
Snotty
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 516
110
TooBusy
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 630
111
Starker
21 0 57 68 70 78 83 1988
112
Al-Doe
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1310
113
Step Brothers
20 0 51 81 28 49 107 9446
114
Chris Orrick
20 1 70 63 32 49 132 7167
115
Grubby Pawz
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1039
116
Asun Eastwood
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 6337
117
Body Bag Ben
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2084
118
Bub Styles
19 0 55 90 28 62 146 1567
119
Mil Beats
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1100
120
Rim
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1269
121
The Bad Seed
19 0 57 85 6 60 105 1562
122
Trillmatic Goods
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1122
123
Beneficence
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5132
124
LMD
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 1278
125
Agallah
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 13644
126
Da Flyy Hooligan
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3066
127
Jericho Jackson
18 0 55 72 2 59 121 11492
128
El Gant
18 0 51 64 3 46 114 1142
129
Trust Army
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3001
130
Observe Since 98
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1677
131
Pro Dillinger
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1838
132
Josiah the Gift
17 0 63 76 28 64 103 1612
133
Primo Profit
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1349
134
Falcon Outlaw
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 923
135
Gensu Dean
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4262
136
TIMELESS TRUTH
16 0 77 65 72 67 90 2420
137
Vanderslice
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2067
138
Rob Gates
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1187
139
Madhattan
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1390
140
Supreme Cerebral
15 0 52 73 27 55 115 2068
141
Eddie Kaine
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1696
142
G4 Jag
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1448
143
Rigz
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 866
144
John Jigg$
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2211
145
Stack Skrilla
14 0 36 74 42 54 89 1495
146
Kill Em All
14 0 72 60 16 60 76 1527
147
DirtyDiggs
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1553
148
Durag Dynasty
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1890
149
Bane Capital
13 30 80 62 14 66 127 1145
150
Mondo Slade
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 455
151
Neek The Exotic
13 0 62 80 8 73 137 4613
152
Starvin B
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1421
153
Nolan The Ninja
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4987
154
Pounds448
12 0 45 73 8 45 127 2495
155
Dirt Platoon
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2933
156
Ty Da Dale
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 307
157
Saipher Soze
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 899
158
Jamo Gang
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1958
159
Nyce Da Future
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1066
160
Mav
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1933
161
SageInfinite
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 266
162
DJ Brans
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1479
163
Waterr
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1235
164
Tree Mason
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 932
165
Fel Sweetenberg
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1212
166
Al Divino
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1113
167
Bloo Azul
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 514
168
The Real Ice Lord
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 792
169
Rozewood
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1013
170
Da Buze Bruvaz
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 707
171
Reckonize Real
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 755
172
Shortfyuz
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 434
173
Bozack Morris
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 972
174
DJ Rude One
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 776
175
Dom Dirtee
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 690
176
Passport Gift
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 824
177
FastLife
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1194
178
Black Geez
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1549
179
cvv.vino
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 681
180
Fizzyology
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 626
181
36 Cypher
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 401
182
Slim One
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 400
183
Scott G
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 293
184
Billie Dave Hart
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 516
185
Family Gang Black
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 385
186
Spoda
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 535
187
Vinyl Villain
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2044
188
Raticus
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 853
189
Dnte
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 282
190
Juelz White
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
191
John Creasy
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 260
192
Saipher Soze
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1049
193
Planit Hank
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 744
194
Phyba
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 289
195
Da Villins
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 519
196
Heem Stogied
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 858
197
Therman Munsin
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 650
198
Shaz Illyork
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 841
199
ChanHays
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 430
200
Heist Life
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 358