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Drill music

August 22, 2023

Not to be confused with drill 'n' bass or UK drill.

Drill is a subgenre of hip hop music that originated in Chicago in the early 2010s. It is sonically similar to the trap music subgenre and lyrically similar to the gangsta rap subgenre.[2] Early drill artists are noted for their explicit, aggressive style of lyricism and association with crime in Chicago, especially the Black Disciples and Gangster Disciples.[3][4][5] The genre progressed into the American mainstream in 2012 following the success of pioneering rappers like Chief Keef, Lil Reese, Lil Durk, Fredo Santana, G Herbo, FBG Duck, Lil Bibby[6][7] and King Louie who had many local fans and a significant internet presence alongside producer Young Chop. Other rappers, such as LA Capone and RondoNumbaNine also contributed to the early drill scene.[8] As the audience grew, media attention and the signing of drill musicians to major labels followed.

Drill
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 2010s, Chicago, United States
Typical instruments
Derivative formsMumble rap[1]
Subgenres
Fusion genres
Jersey club rap
Regional scenes
Local scenes

After the initial momentum of the subgenre subsided, Chicago drill saw a resurgence in the late 2010s and early 2020s with trailblazing artists such as King Von, Polo G, Calboy and a renewed Lil Durk.[9][10][11][12][13][14] Elsewhere, regional subgenres of drill music have gained mainstream popularity. The subgenre of UK drill has influenced regional scenes around the world. Brooklyn drill also gained mainstream popularity in the late 2010s and early 2020s with artists like Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign.[15][16][17]

Chief Keef, in particular, is considered the primary progenitor and popularizer of drill music, responsible for bringing it to the mainstream.[18][19][20][21]

Characteristics

 
Love Sosa – Chief Keef (2012)
Chief Keef's "Love Sosa" produced by Young Chop typifies the genre's style.[citation needed]
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The lyrics of drill tend to be wary and callous. The Guardian's Lucy Stehlik said "nihilistic drill reflects real life where its squeaky-clean hip-hop counterparts have failed."[22] Drill lyrics strongly contrast with the subject matter of earlier Chicago rappers[23] and contemporary mainstream hip hop which at the time of drill's emergence tended to glorify and celebrate a rise to wealth.[24]

Drill lyrics typically reflect life on the streets, and tend to be gritty, violent, realistic and nihilistic. Drill rappers use a grim, deadpan delivery,[25] often filtered through Auto-Tune, influenced by the "stoned, aimless warbling of Soulja Boy (one of the earliest non-local Keef collaborators) and Lil Wayne before him."[26] Atlanta-based rappers Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame were important influences on the drill scene.[27] Though it bears many similarities to trap music, the speed of a drill beat is generally slower, with a moderate tempo, having about 60 to 70 beats per minute.[28][29] Some producers work at double tempo, such as 120 to 140 beats per minute.

Drillers tend to be young; many prominent musicians in the scene started getting attention while still in their teens.[30] One of the genre's most prominent musicians, Chief Keef, was 16 when he signed a multi-million dollar record contract with Interscope,[31] and in an extreme example, Lil Wayne co-signed the 13-year-old driller Lil Mouse.[32] Critics have noted drill rappers' lack of concern with metaphor or wordplay. Chief Keef said that his simplistic flow is a conscious stylistic choice: "I know what I'm doing. I mastered it. And I don't even really use metaphors or punchlines. 'Cause I don't have to. But I could. ... I think that's doing too much. I'd rather just say what's going on right now. ... I don't really like metaphors or punchlines like that."[33] Whet Moser wrote that Keef's songs are "lyrically, rhythmically, and emotionally diminished, which is why they sound so airless and claustrophobic ... It's not even fatalistic, because that would imply a self-consciousness, a moral consideration, that isn't there in the lyrics. It just is, over and over again."[34] A profile on the scene in The New York Times examined the genre's aggression:

With rare exception this music is unmediated and raw and without bright spots, focused on anger and violence. The instinct is to call this tough, unforgiving and concrete-hard music joyless, but in truth it's exuberant in its darkness. Most of its practitioners are young and coming into their creative own against a backdrop of outrageous violence in Chicago, particularly among young people—dozens of teenagers have been killed in Chicago this year—and often related to gangs. (There's a long history of overlap between Chicago's gangs and Chicago's rap.) That their music is a symphony of ill-tempered threats shouldn't be a surprise.[24]

Stehlik called drill production style the "sonic cousin to skittish footwork, southern-fried hip-hop and the 808 trigger-finger of trap."[22] Young Chop is frequently identified by critics as the genre's most characteristic producer.[35][36][37] The sound of trap producer Lex Luger's music is a major influence on drill,[27][36][38] and Young Chop identified Shawty Redd, Drumma Boy, and Zaytoven as important precursors to drill.[37]

History

David Drake of Complex said drill is not defined by any particular production style, but "is about the entirety of the culture: the lingo, the dances, the mentality, and the music, much of which originated in 'Dro City', a gang-defined territory of city blocks in the Woodlawn neighborhood."[39]

In street slang, "drill" means to fight or retaliate, and "can be used for anything from females getting dolled up to all out war in the streets."[40] Dro City rapper Pac Man, considered the stylistic originator of the genre, is credited as the first to apply the term to the local hip hop music.[39][40]

Drake described the drill scene as a major vehicle of the early 2010s rise of Chicago hip hop, and described the scene as a grassroots movement that had incubated in a closed, interlocking system: on the streets and through social media in a network of clubs and parties and amongst high schools.[27] Drill developed on the South Side of Chicago, in the midst of escalating violence and a homicide crisis. Mark Guarino wrote for Salon that the music grew during "a shift from historic feuding between monolithic crime organizations controlling thousands of members each to intrapersonal squabbling and retaliatory conflicts among smaller hybrid groups whose control extends just a few blocks... The toughened reality of living in these neighborhoods is what shaped Drill music."[41] In the drill scene, rap conflict and gang conflict overlap, and many of the young rappers come from backgrounds with experience of violence.[24][42] The Independent's Sam Gould wrote that Chief Keef "represents both a scary strain of current hip hop culture and a seriously alienated group within American society."[32]

YouTube was a platform for many drill rappers to release their music videos on, and ultimately significantly contributed to the genre's popularity.[43] Chief Keef is considered the primary progenitor and popularizer of drill music, responsible for bringing it to the mainstream.[21] In 2011 and 2012, he recorded multiple singles, including "Love Sosa", "I Don't Like" and "Bang", which became viral hits, and was subsequently offered a deal from Interscope Records.[44] Around the same time, King Louie, another drill rapper, was given a record deal from Epic Records.[8]

By late 2012, rappers from other scenes and hip hop stars like Kanye West, Drake and Rick Ross were collaborating with drill musicians.[45] Kanye West remixed "I Don't Like" for the 2012 GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer as "Don't Like", with features from West, Chief Keef, Pusha T, Big Sean and Jadakiss. West cited drill as an influence on his 2013 album Yeezus,[46] and Chief Keef and King Louie had vocals featured on the album.[47]

Drill's subject matter strongly contrasts with that of earlier Chicago rappers such as Kid Sister, Lupe Fiasco, Psalm One, Rhymefest and The Cool Kids.[23]

Older Chicago rappers have been mixed in their reaction to drill's popularity and violence. In a radio interview, rapper Lupe Fiasco said "Chief Keef scares me. Not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents ... The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it—they all look like Chief Keef."[23] After Chief Keef threatened Fiasco on Twitter, Fiasco said he was considering quitting the music scene.[23] Rhymefest tweeted that drill is "the theme music to murder."[48]

Chief Keef's debut album, "Finally Rich", released on Interscope Records in late 2012, was subsequently described as a "classic" album in the genre.[49][50][51] Despite the warm critique, "Finally Rich" only sold 50,000 units and became a flop record which resulted in record labels subsequently losing interest in drill, deeming it a "fad".[8]

While drill music of Chicago fizzled out of mainstream popularity, a new scene was emerging in the UK and by the late-2010s was gaining mainstream popularity, spreading across Europe, influencing the creation of drill scenes around the continent.[52] UK drill music evolved its own distinct style of production compared to Chicago drill with UK drill group 67 often credited for shifting the sound away from the Chicago influences it seemed to heavily draw inspiration from in its early days and foundation and for forming a more homegrown sound,[53] with LD – a member of 67 – being named as the godfather of UK drill.[54][55] The mid-2010s saw the emergence of Chicago-influenced Brooklyn drill artists such as Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel, while the late 2010s saw the emergence of new prominent drill artists from Brooklyn such as Pop Smoke, Sheff G, Fivio Foreign, Sleepy Hallow and 22Gz.[56][57][58][59][60][61][62]

Later Brooklyn drill production is heavily influenced by UK drill (the latter of which brings production influences from grime and UK garage)[63] with artists such as Fivio Foreign, Sheff G, Smoove'L, Bizzy Banks, 22Gz, and Pop Smoke collaborating with UK drill producers such as 808Melo, Yamaica Productions, Yoz Beats, Tommyprime and AXL Beats.[64][65][66] Pop Smoke's song "Welcome to the Party", produced by 808Melo was a prominent release in 2019 and saw remixes from Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill and British MC Skepta.[56][67][68][69][70] Sheff G's "No Suburban" (released in 2017) and 22Gz's "Suburban" (released in 2016) have been credited for bringing attention to later Brooklyn drill.[59]

Controversy

See also: List of murdered hip hop musicians

In 2022, some people, including New York City mayor Eric Adams,[71] connected the pro-gun content of the genre to real world gun violence on the streets of New York and other major cities, given the violence surrounding a number of drill artists who have been killed such as Tdott Woo,[72] Pop Smoke, Chii Wvttz,[73] and gun violence victim Nas Blixky.[74][75] A shooting by alleged attempted murderer C Blu, who is signed to Interscope Records, also gave rise to concerns, echoing the 1990s era gangsta rap controversy.[76]

In response to the epidemic of death arising out of the diss elements in the scene, in early 2022 a number of prominent New York DJs and music influencers, including DJ Drewski at Hot 97, Joe Budden, Ebro Darden of "Ebro in the Morning" on Hot 97, D Teck, and Power 105.1's DJ Gabe P either vowed to stop playing gang/diss records or re-iterated their refusal to play such content.[77][78][79]

DJ Drewski told Complex that several young artists had told him they themselves did not want to include inflammatory disses in their drill work, being concerned about fueling neighborhood violence, but that such tracks were ultimately what got attention on YouTube.

On February 12, 2022, NYC mayor Eric Adams staunchly criticized drill music, arguing that it is instigating violence.[80] Days later, he met with drill rappers in attempt to come to an agreement about the music.[81]

Influence

Main article: UK drill

UK drill[82][83][84] is a subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards. Borrowing heavily from the style of Chicago drill music, UK drill artists often rap about violent and hedonistic criminal lifestyles.[85][82] Typically, those who create this style of music are affiliated with gangs or come from socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods where crime is a way of life for many.[82] UK drill music is closely related to road rap, a British style of gangsta rap that became popular in the years prior to the existence of drill.[83][84][86] Musically, UK drill often exhibits violent language and provocative lyrics.[85]

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Not to be confused with drill n bass or UK drill Drill is a subgenre of hip hop music that originated in Chicago in the early 2010s It is sonically similar to the trap music subgenre and lyrically similar to the gangsta rap subgenre 2 Early drill artists are noted for their explicit aggressive style of lyricism and association with crime in Chicago especially the Black Disciples and Gangster Disciples 3 4 5 The genre progressed into the American mainstream in 2012 following the success of pioneering rappers like Chief Keef Lil Reese Lil Durk Fredo Santana G Herbo FBG Duck Lil Bibby 6 7 and King Louie who had many local fans and a significant internet presence alongside producer Young Chop Other rappers such as LA Capone and RondoNumbaNine also contributed to the early drill scene 8 As the audience grew media attention and the signing of drill musicians to major labels followed DrillStylistic originsHip hoptrapgangsta rapfootworkCultural originsEarly 2010s Chicago United StatesTypical instrumentsVocalssynthesizersampleraudio editing software digital audio workstation drum machine Roland TR 808 Derivative formsMumble rap 1 SubgenresBrooklyn drill UK drillFusion genresJersey club rapRegional scenesUnited KingdomUnited StatesIrelandAustraliaCanadaLocal scenesChicagoNew York CityLondonAfter the initial momentum of the subgenre subsided Chicago drill saw a resurgence in the late 2010s and early 2020s with trailblazing artists such as King Von Polo G Calboy and a renewed Lil Durk 9 10 11 12 13 14 Elsewhere regional subgenres of drill music have gained mainstream popularity The subgenre of UK drill has influenced regional scenes around the world Brooklyn drill also gained mainstream popularity in the late 2010s and early 2020s with artists like Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign 15 16 17 Chief Keef in particular is considered the primary progenitor and popularizer of drill music responsible for bringing it to the mainstream 18 19 20 21 Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 3 Controversy 4 Influence 5 ReferencesCharacteristics Edit Love Sosa Chief Keef 2012 source source track Chief Keef s Love Sosa produced by Young Chop typifies the genre s style citation needed Problems playing this file See media help The lyrics of drill tend to be wary and callous The Guardian s Lucy Stehlik said nihilistic drill reflects real life where its squeaky clean hip hop counterparts have failed 22 Drill lyrics strongly contrast with the subject matter of earlier Chicago rappers 23 and contemporary mainstream hip hop which at the time of drill s emergence tended to glorify and celebrate a rise to wealth 24 Drill lyrics typically reflect life on the streets and tend to be gritty violent realistic and nihilistic Drill rappers use a grim deadpan delivery 25 often filtered through Auto Tune influenced by the stoned aimless warbling of Soulja Boy one of the earliest non local Keef collaborators and Lil Wayne before him 26 Atlanta based rappers Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame were important influences on the drill scene 27 Though it bears many similarities to trap music the speed of a drill beat is generally slower with a moderate tempo having about 60 to 70 beats per minute 28 29 Some producers work at double tempo such as 120 to 140 beats per minute Drillers tend to be young many prominent musicians in the scene started getting attention while still in their teens 30 One of the genre s most prominent musicians Chief Keef was 16 when he signed a multi million dollar record contract with Interscope 31 and in an extreme example Lil Wayne co signed the 13 year old driller Lil Mouse 32 Critics have noted drill rappers lack of concern with metaphor or wordplay Chief Keef said that his simplistic flow is a conscious stylistic choice I know what I m doing I mastered it And I don t even really use metaphors or punchlines Cause I don t have to But I could I think that s doing too much I d rather just say what s going on right now I don t really like metaphors or punchlines like that 33 Whet Moser wrote that Keef s songs are lyrically rhythmically and emotionally diminished which is why they sound so airless and claustrophobic It s not even fatalistic because that would imply a self consciousness a moral consideration that isn t there in the lyrics It just is over and over again 34 A profile on the scene in The New York Times examined the genre s aggression With rare exception this music is unmediated and raw and without bright spots focused on anger and violence The instinct is to call this tough unforgiving and concrete hard music joyless but in truth it s exuberant in its darkness Most of its practitioners are young and coming into their creative own against a backdrop of outrageous violence in Chicago particularly among young people dozens of teenagers have been killed in Chicago this year and often related to gangs There s a long history of overlap between Chicago s gangs and Chicago s rap That their music is a symphony of ill tempered threats shouldn t be a surprise 24 Stehlik called drill production style the sonic cousin to skittish footwork southern fried hip hop and the 808 trigger finger of trap 22 Young Chop is frequently identified by critics as the genre s most characteristic producer 35 36 37 The sound of trap producer Lex Luger s music is a major influence on drill 27 36 38 and Young Chop identified Shawty Redd Drumma Boy and Zaytoven as important precursors to drill 37 History EditDavid Drake of Complex said drill is not defined by any particular production style but is about the entirety of the culture the lingo the dances the mentality and the music much of which originated in Dro City a gang defined territory of city blocks in the Woodlawn neighborhood 39 In street slang drill means to fight or retaliate and can be used for anything from females getting dolled up to all out war in the streets 40 Dro City rapper Pac Man considered the stylistic originator of the genre is credited as the first to apply the term to the local hip hop music 39 40 Drake described the drill scene as a major vehicle of the early 2010s rise of Chicago hip hop and described the scene as a grassroots movement that had incubated in a closed interlocking system on the streets and through social media in a network of clubs and parties and amongst high schools 27 Drill developed on the South Side of Chicago in the midst of escalating violence and a homicide crisis Mark Guarino wrote for Salon that the music grew during a shift from historic feuding between monolithic crime organizations controlling thousands of members each to intrapersonal squabbling and retaliatory conflicts among smaller hybrid groups whose control extends just a few blocks The toughened reality of living in these neighborhoods is what shaped Drill music 41 In the drill scene rap conflict and gang conflict overlap and many of the young rappers come from backgrounds with experience of violence 24 42 The Independent s Sam Gould wrote that Chief Keef represents both a scary strain of current hip hop culture and a seriously alienated group within American society 32 YouTube was a platform for many drill rappers to release their music videos on and ultimately significantly contributed to the genre s popularity 43 Chief Keef is considered the primary progenitor and popularizer of drill music responsible for bringing it to the mainstream 21 In 2011 and 2012 he recorded multiple singles including Love Sosa I Don t Like and Bang which became viral hits and was subsequently offered a deal from Interscope Records 44 Around the same time King Louie another drill rapper was given a record deal from Epic Records 8 By late 2012 rappers from other scenes and hip hop stars like Kanye West Drake and Rick Ross were collaborating with drill musicians 45 Kanye West remixed I Don t Like for the 2012 GOOD Music compilation Cruel Summer as Don t Like with features from West Chief Keef Pusha T Big Sean and Jadakiss West cited drill as an influence on his 2013 album Yeezus 46 and Chief Keef and King Louie had vocals featured on the album 47 Drill s subject matter strongly contrasts with that of earlier Chicago rappers such as Kid Sister Lupe Fiasco Psalm One Rhymefest and The Cool Kids 23 Older Chicago rappers have been mixed in their reaction to drill s popularity and violence In a radio interview rapper Lupe Fiasco said Chief Keef scares me Not him specifically but just the culture that he represents The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who s doing it and perpetrating it they all look like Chief Keef 23 After Chief Keef threatened Fiasco on Twitter Fiasco said he was considering quitting the music scene 23 Rhymefest tweeted that drill is the theme music to murder 48 Chief Keef s debut album Finally Rich released on Interscope Records in late 2012 was subsequently described as a classic album in the genre 49 50 51 Despite the warm critique Finally Rich only sold 50 000 units and became a flop record which resulted in record labels subsequently losing interest in drill deeming it a fad 8 While drill music of Chicago fizzled out of mainstream popularity a new scene was emerging in the UK and by the late 2010s was gaining mainstream popularity spreading across Europe influencing the creation of drill scenes around the continent 52 UK drill music evolved its own distinct style of production compared to Chicago drill with UK drill group 67 often credited for shifting the sound away from the Chicago influences it seemed to heavily draw inspiration from in its early days and foundation and for forming a more homegrown sound 53 with LD a member of 67 being named as the godfather of UK drill 54 55 The mid 2010s saw the emergence of Chicago influenced Brooklyn drill artists such as Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel while the late 2010s saw the emergence of new prominent drill artists from Brooklyn such as Pop Smoke Sheff G Fivio Foreign Sleepy Hallow and 22Gz 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 Later Brooklyn drill production is heavily influenced by UK drill the latter of which brings production influences from grime and UK garage 63 with artists such as Fivio Foreign Sheff G Smoove L Bizzy Banks 22Gz and Pop Smoke collaborating with UK drill producers such as 808Melo Yamaica Productions Yoz Beats Tommyprime and AXL Beats 64 65 66 Pop Smoke s song Welcome to the Party produced by 808Melo was a prominent release in 2019 and saw remixes from Nicki Minaj Meek Mill and British MC Skepta 56 67 68 69 70 Sheff G s No Suburban released in 2017 and 22Gz s Suburban released in 2016 have been credited for bringing attention to later Brooklyn drill 59 Controversy EditSee also List of murdered hip hop musicians In 2022 some people including New York City mayor Eric Adams 71 connected the pro gun content of the genre to real world gun violence on the streets of New York and other major cities given the violence surrounding a number of drill artists who have been killed such as Tdott Woo 72 Pop Smoke Chii Wvttz 73 and gun violence victim Nas Blixky 74 75 A shooting by alleged attempted murderer C Blu who is signed to Interscope Records also gave rise to concerns echoing the 1990s era gangsta rap controversy 76 In response to the epidemic of death arising out of the diss elements in the scene in early 2022 a number of prominent New York DJs and music influencers including DJ Drewski at Hot 97 Joe Budden Ebro Darden of Ebro in the Morning on Hot 97 D Teck and Power 105 1 s DJ Gabe P either vowed to stop playing gang diss records or re iterated their refusal to play such content 77 78 79 DJ Drewski told Complex that several young artists had told him they themselves did not want to include inflammatory disses in their drill work being concerned about fueling neighborhood violence but that such tracks were ultimately what got attention on YouTube On February 12 2022 NYC mayor Eric Adams staunchly criticized drill music arguing that it is instigating violence 80 Days later he met with drill 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