

History Origins and first mainstream wave Zaytoven, whose beats heavily influenced emergence of plugg music

Other names for the genre include descriptive terms such as "new wave" and "smooth jazz" (not to be confused with new wave and smooth jazz genres). At first, their tag used the word "Plugs!", but later they shortened it to "Plug!" īoth variants "plugg" and "plug" are used to describe the genre. As MexikoDro claimed, either StoopidXool or someone else from Beatpluggz recorded the vocals for the tag. The genre got its name from the infamous "Plug!" producer tag used by the members of BeatPluggz collective. Rapping flows, used in plugg, range from aggressive to relaxed and mellow. Vocally, plugg ranges from instrumental beats without vocals, to songs with either rapping or mellow singing. the way it’s intended: as a day-long trance in your isolated abode". As described by a critic, plugg is best intended to be heard alone, " experience. Instead of hi-hats in mainline trap, plugg drumming mainly employs beat skips, crash cymbals and punctuated accent snares on half-beats.

Unlike mainline trap, which is defined by bombastic production and rattling hi-hat drum patterns, plugg is said to be dreamy, laidback, atmospheric, spacey, airy, minimal and catchy, described as having overall lush and jazzy atmosphere, ethereal multi-instrumental harmonies and melodies, sparse, disjoint and relaxed drum programming with few hi-hats. Plugg (also spelled plug ) is a subgenre of trap music, that stems from the production style of Zaytoven, later polished and expanded by beatmakers from Beatpluggz collective, mainly by MexikoDro, StoopidXool and PoloBoyShawty in the mid-2010s via online distribution on platform SoundCloud.
