Trap drum patterns.

1. 1980s

   1. 1982
      

      Planet Rock

      Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force

      Root: Arthur Baker built the record around TR-808 beats; that machine's long kick and crisp hats became trap's core kit

2. 1990s

   1. 1997
      

      Landmark

      Tear da Club Up '97

      Three 6 Mafia

      Memphis blueprint: DJ Paul and Juicy J's dark, lo-fi 808 production and chanted hooks, a sound Atlanta trap later drew on

3. 2000s

   1. 2003
      

      Landmark

      24's

      T.I.

      DJ Toomp's lead single from Trap Muzik, the album T.I. says named the genre; hard 808 hits under a melodic loop
   2. 2005
      

      Icy

      Gucci Mane ft. Young Jeezy

      Zaytoven's beat for Gucci's debut single; his sparse keys-over-808 style, later cited by Young Chop as a drill precursor
   3. 2005
      

      Trap or Die

      Young Jeezy ft. Bun B

      Shawty Redd production from Thug Motivation 101; his minimal, horror-tinged synths and 808s helped set the core trap sound

4. 2010s

   1. 2010
      

      Landmark

      Hard in da Paint

      Waka Flocka Flame

      Lex Luger's breakout: brassy synths, rolling hi-hats and snare rolls over booming 808s, the template for 2010s trap
   2. 2012
      

      Bandz a Make Her Dance

      Juicy J ft. Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

      Mike WiLL Made-It's spare, bouncing 808 beat; the strip-club hit that relaunched the Three 6 Mafia co-founder
   3. 2012
      

      Higher Ground

      TNGHT

      Hudson Mohawke and Lunice's lead single: rapid-fire trap hats, claps and brass stabs that fed festival EDM trap
   4. 2012
      

      Harlem Shake

      Baauer

      Mad Decent free download whose 2013 meme run hit US No. 1, putting EDM trap's 808 drop and hat rolls in front of millions
   5. 2013
      

      Landmark

      Versace

      Migos

      Zaytoven-produced debut single credited with taking the triplet 'Versace flow' mainstream over a spare 808-and-hat grid
   6. 2016
      

      No Heart

      21 Savage & Metro Boomin

      Savage Mode single: Metro's brooding, eerie minimalism of heavy 808s and sparse percussion
   7. 2017
      

      Mask Off

      Future

      Metro Boomin loops the flute from Tommy Butler's 1976 'Prison Song' over sparse 808s; Future's first top-five hit
   8. 2017
      

      XO Tour Llif3

      Lil Uzi Vert

      TM88 and JW Lucas sped up an older beat in FL Studio; psychedelic minor-key trap that became an emo-rap signature
   9. 2017
      

      Magnolia

      Playboi Carti

      Pi'erre Bourne's New Orleans-bounce beat with rattling low end; his bright, game-like style later seeded rage
   10. 2018
       

       Look Alive

       BlocBoy JB ft. Drake

       Tay Keith's Memphis beat of skittering hats and booming 808s; a US top-five hit that was widely remixed

5. 2020s

   1. 2020
      

      Stop Breathing

      Playboi Carti

      Whole Lotta Red cut by F1lthy, Lukrative and Ssort; the album's blown-out 808s and chaotic synths became rage's base
   2. 2021
      

      Miss the Rage

      Trippie Redd ft. Playboi Carti

      Loesoe-produced hit whose title named rage: looping, widened synth leads over basic, high-energy trap drums
   3. 2024
      

      Like That

      Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar

      Metro folds 'Everlasting Bass' and 'Eazy-Duz-It' samples into trap drums, pulling 80s LA electro-rap into a US No. 1

Press play to loop each record's busiest two bars. Patterns are machine-detected from the recordings, not verified transcriptions.