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Boom Bap

Boom Bap

STYE605 · old School Beats · Opher Yisraeli
Love those 90s style Boom Bap and Big Beats. This album takes us back in time to those fun, head bobbing beats that created the Hip Hop and Big Beat movements.
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ReleasedSep 2018

Tracks

10 main mixes
Last Chance
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:49·90 bpm·C#m·2 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Cool

Classic East Coast boom bap at a head-nodding 90bpm, built on a minor-key piano loop, fat bass and turntable scratches with chopped vocal samples for punctuation. The C# minor tonality gives it a cool, slightly shadowy swagger rather than outright aggression, and at 2:48 it has room to ride a full montage.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubCoolEast CoastFashionMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopRagtimeSports
2:49
Hit The Ring
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:10·115 bpm·A·3 versions
UrbanArena, Baseball, Basketball

Faster and brighter than the hip hop cuts here, a 115bpm big-beat sports anthem in A major with guitar riffing over a hard-hitting drum break, driving bass and crowd-style vocal shouts. Short at 2:09 and built for arena energy rather than nuance.

UrbanArenaBaseballBasketballCheeringCrowdUp BeatBig BeatBreakbeatOld School90sSports
2:10
Won't Be Denied
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:33·95 bpm·Am·4 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Cool

A determined 95bpm boom bap groove in A minor pairing piano stabs with brass accents, scratches and vocal samples over a thick bass and drum foundation. The brass lifts it into confident, victorious territory, making it the most triumphant of the slower cuts on the record.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubCoolCrowdEast CoastMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopSportsNew York
2:33
Rats Nest
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:57·90 bpm·Bm·4 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Cool

Jazzy 90bpm boom bap in B minor where a smoky sax line and clean guitar trade over crate-dug drums, walking bass and vinyl scratches. At nearly three minutes it's the loose, late-night city cue of the set — more atmosphere and attitude than hook.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubCoolEast CoastFashionMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopJazzySports
2:57
Puck Fever
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:01·112 bpm·Em·5 versions
UrbanArena, Baseball, Basketball

A compact 112bpm arena rocker in E minor with guitar, organ and horn hits stacked over a big beat and crowd-ready vocal shouts. Two minutes flat and relentlessly energetic, closer to a sports broadcast bumper than a hip hop instrumental.

UrbanArenaBaseballBasketballCheeringCrowdUp BeatBig BeatBreakbeatOld School90sSports
2:01
Alibaba
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:24·100 bpm·F·4 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanClub, Cool, East Coast

A 100bpm F major boom bap cut with sampled-sounding strings and guitar riding a swung beat, round bass and scratch punctuation. The major key keeps it bright and cocky rather than menacing — a strutting, walk-into-the-room groove.

Hip HopUrbanClubCoolEast CoastFashionSexyMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopMiddle EasternArabic
2:24
Crown Heights Boys
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
3:07·90 bpm·Em·6 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanClub, Cool, East Coast

The most exotic cue here: 90bpm E minor boom bap fusing clarinet and zorna snake-charmer melody lines and female chant vocals with guitar, scratches and heavy bass. At 3:07 it's the longest track on the album and the most distinctive in flavour, Eastern-tinged and hypnotic.

Hip HopUrbanClubCoolEast CoastFashionJazzyMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopMiddle EasternArabic
3:07
Fans For Life
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:22·90 bpm·Cm·2 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Cool

Tension-leaning boom bap at 90bpm in C minor, with tight sampled strings circling over a hard beat, deep bass, scratches and vocal stabs. The darkest and most suspenseful of the slow cuts, better for a build-up before the game than the celebration after.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubCoolEast CoastFashionMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopClassicalSports
2:22
Bronx Side
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:42·85 bpm·Em·3 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Cool

The slowest groove on the album at 85bpm, an E minor head-nodder with horn and saxophone lines over guitar, laid-back drums, fat bass and scratches. Loose, soulful and old-school, it sits back in the pocket and leaves plenty of space above the beat.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubCoolEast CoastFashionMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopRetroJazzy
2:42
Give The Drummer Some
STYE605 · Boom Bap · Opher Yisraeli
2:32·95 bpm·D·5 versions
Hip Hop, UrbanBasketball, Club, Comedy

A playful 95bpm D major break-driven cut with horns, flute and guitar bouncing over a prominent drum groove, bass and scratches. The major key and comedic streak make it the lightest, most upbeat track on the record — good for cheeky rather than tough footage.

Hip HopUrbanBasketballClubComedyCoolEast CoastMid TempoBoom BapOld School90s Hip HopRetroJazzy
2:32

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