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68-476: Billboard editorial director Bill Werde said that " Harlem Shake "'s success prompted them to enact the chart policy after two years of discussions with YouTube". The first number-one song on the chart was " Thrift Shop " by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz on January 19, 2013. Source: Source: This article about a music publication is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Harlem Shake (song) " Harlem Shake "

136-503: A bass line or bass part ) is the term used in many styles of music , such as blues , jazz , funk , dub and electronic , traditional , and classical music , for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played (in jazz and some forms of popular music) by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass , double bass , cello , tuba or keyboard ( piano , Hammond organ , electric organ, or synthesizer ). In unaccompanied solo performance, basslines may simply be played in

204-415: A bluegrass tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass on the root and fifth of each chord on beats one and three (of a 4/4 tune), a bass run may consist of a walking bass line played for several bars. In a psychobilly band, a bass solo will often consist of a virtuosic display of triple and quadruple slaps, creating a percussive, drum solo-like sound. In

272-404: A double bass player. The bassline uses low notes that provide a rhythm while simultaneously setting out the foundation of the chord progression . The bassline bridges the gap between the rhythmic part played by the drummer and the melodic lines played by the lead guitarist and the chordal parts played by the rhythm guitarist and/or keyboard player. In most traditional and popular music styles,

340-437: A double bass ) or instruments (in the case of a marching band) and the bassline are given the forefront. The bass part for a bass run often differs from the usual bass accompaniment style, in terms of the register, timbre , or melodic style that is used, or the number of notes per beat which are played. A bass run may be composed by the performer or by an arranger prior to a performance, or it may be improvised onstage by

408-408: A heavy metal song where the bassist was ordinarily playing low notes without overdrive to accompany, for a solo, they may turn on a fuzz bass pedal and use a wah pedal to create a more pronounced tone (an approach used by Cliff Burton ), and then play an upper register riff or scale run. Some shred guitar -style bassists may do two-handed tapping during a bass solo (e.g., Billy Sheehan ). In

476-417: A pop song in which the bassline consists of notes plucked on the electric bass, a bass run may consist of several bars of percussive slapping and popping . Bass solos and guitar solos are rare in pop. In the rare cases that instrumental solos occur in pop, they are often played by synthesizer or, in some bands, by saxophone . In a EDM , house , dubstep , grime , and related genres , synthesiser bass

544-412: A rock song in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the electric bass, a bass run may consist of a rapid sequence of sixteenth notes in a higher register, or of a melodic riff played in a higher register. In some cases, the bassist will select a "brighter"-sounding pickup or increase the treble response of the instrument for a bass run, so that it will be easier to hear. In

612-458: A " walking bass line". In Latin , salsa music , jazz fusion , reggae , electronica , and some types of rock and metal , basslines may be very rhythmically complex and syncopated . In bluegrass and traditional country music, basslines often emphasize the root and fifth of each chord. Though basslines may be played by many different types of instruments and in a broad musical range , they are generally played on bass instruments and in

680-475: A "four feel"). Walking basslines use a mixture of scale tones, arpeggios , chromatic runs, and passing tones to outline the chord progression of a song or tune, often with a melodic shape that alternately rises and falls in pitch over several bars. To add variety to a walking bassline, bassists periodically interpolate various fills, such as playing scale or arpeggio fragments in swung eighth notes, plucking muted percussive grace notes (either one grace note or

748-407: A "raked" sequence of two or three grace notes), or holding notes for two, three, or four beats. Some songs lend themselves to another type of variation: the pedal point , in which the bassist holds or repeats a single note (often the tonic or the dominant) under the chord changes. Walking basslines are usually performed on the double bass or the electric bass , but they can also be performed using

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816-422: A cello and a double bass are used to play the bassline. In a Baroque era ( c.  1600 –1750) piece accompanied by basso continuo , the accompanying musicians would include a chordal instrument (e.g., harpsichord , pipe organ or lute ) and a number of bass instruments might perform the same bassline, such as the cello, viol , double bass, theorbo , serpent (an early wind instrument), and, if an organist

884-439: A common problem with the amplified double bass. By the 1970s and 1980s, the electric bass was used in most rock bands and jazz fusion groups. The double bass was still used in some types of popular music that recreated styles from the 1940s and 1950s such as jazz (especially swing and bebop ), traditional 1950s blues , jump blues , country , and rockabilly . In some popular music bands, keyboard instruments are used to play

952-617: A friend play it for him and "[getting it] stuck in my head for a while". Plastic Little member Jayson Musson said his line was inspired by a fist-fight that he ended by performing the harlem shake dance move: "This was my first fight and I didn’t know how to properly 'end' a fight, so I just smiled at him and did the Harlem shake, blood gushing from glass cuts on my face. The other kid, I guess not wanting to fight anymore, or maybe not wanting to fight someone who just danced at him, got on his skateboard and took off without his shoes." "Harlem Shake"

1020-468: A hip-hop song, but it is hip-hop-influenced." "Harlem Shake" begins with a sample of a voice shouting "con los terroristas", a Spanish phrase which translates to "with the terrorists" in English. Although listeners assumed it was a female voice, the sample was taken from a remix of the 2006 reggaeton single "Maldades" by Héctor Delgado , who often used the line as a refrain on his other songs. In 2010,

1088-469: A musical subgenre with stylistic origins in EDM and Southern hip hop , featuring Roland TR-808 beats and drops. Ryce felt the song's music "represents the hip-hop contingent of" bass music, which is typified by rolling snares and jerky basslines, finding it "particularly symptomatic of a growing strain of music obsessed with 'trap ' ". By contrast, Jon Caramanica from The New York Times argued that it "isn't

1156-421: A scalar walking bass style, a bass run may consist of a bar of swung eighth notes played using a percussive slap bass style, in which the right hand strikes the strings against the fingerboard. In a swing tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass in a scalar walking bass style, a bass run may consist of a descending chromatic scale played in a higher register. In

1224-438: A simpler bassline. The timpani (or kettledrums) also play a role in orchestral basslines, albeit confined in 17th and early 18th century works to a few notes, often the tonic and the dominant below it. In a small number of symphonies, the pipe organ is used to play basslines. In chamber music , the bassline is played by the cello in string quartets and the bassoon in wind chamber music. In some larger chamber music works, both

1292-425: A single. Gómez called "Harlem Shake" "a clear breaking of intellectual property rights " and said that since Diplo's call, lawyers for Machete Music have been negotiating with Mad Decent over compensation for the sample. Musson received an enthusiastic call in late February from a past member of Plastic Little telling him that his voice was sampled on "Harlem Shake". Musson did not have a problem with Baauer using

1360-463: A tremendous cultural victory for hip-hop or the moment when hip-hop, as a construct , begins to lose meaning." On February 14, 2013, American rapper Azealia Banks released a remix to "Harlem Shake" on SoundCloud , which was then removed at Baauer's request. Banks disparaged Baauer on Twitter in response and claimed to have e-mails sent from him giving her permission to use the song. She then said that Diplo had sent her an e-mail telling her that

1428-502: A variety of peculiar sounds. He later referred to it as "a goofy, fun song". Baauer posted "Harlem Shake", along with several of his other recordings, on his SoundCloud page, and in April, Scottish DJ Rustie featured the song in his Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 . Record producer and Mad Decent label head Diplo heard the song, and released it on May 22 as a free digital download through Mad Decent's imprint label Jeffree's. It

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1496-474: Is a bit of a head-scratcher, simply because it's not all that interesting." Similarly, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times said that, after hearing a minute of it being played during Power 105.1 FM 's mixshow , the song "felt more like a novelty than like part of a strategy." Caramanica felt that its success, along with that of Macklemore 's 2012 song " Thrift Shop ", reflects a "centerless future" for hip hop and stated, "Depending on your lens, this reflects

1564-427: Is a song recorded by American DJ and producer Baauer . It was released as his debut single on May 22, 2012, by Mad Decent imprint label Jeffree's. The uptempo song—variously described as trap , hip hop or bass music —incorporates a mechanical bassline , Dutch house synth riffs, a dance music drop , and samples of growling-lion sounds. It also samples Plastic Little 's 2001 song "Miller Time", specifically

1632-453: Is notated an octave higher than it sounds, when cellos and basses play the same bassline, the line is performed in octaves, with the basses an octave below the cellos. By the end of the Classical period, with Beethoven's symphonies, cellos and double basses were often given separate parts. In general, the more complex passages and rapid note sequences are given to the cellos, while the basses play

1700-401: Is used (along with kickdrums ). In a funk song in which the bassline already consists of percussive slapping and popping, a bass run may consist of a virtuosic display of rapid slapping and popping techniques combined with techniques such as glissando, note-bending, and harmonics. In a jump blues tune in which the bassline consists of low-pitched quarter notes played on the double bass in

1768-646: The Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes ): [REDACTED] Other walking bass lines can be heard in the opening movements of Joseph Haydn 's Symphony No. 22 (nicknamed "The Philosopher"), Anton Bruckner 's Symphony No. 5 and Edward Elgar 's Symphony No. 1 . Walking bass often alternates quarter notes: giving rise to the term. Many boogie-woogie basslines are walking bass lines: [REDACTED] Walking bass often moves in stepwise (scalar) motion to successive chord roots , such as often in country music : [REDACTED] In this example,

1836-555: The Minimoog and the Roland TB-303 , or virtual , such as Sytrus and ZynAddSubFX . In hip-hop , producer Rick Rubin popularized the technique of creating basslines by lengthening the bass drum decay of the TR-808 drum machine and tuning it to different pitches. Chinese orchestras use the zhōng ruǎn (中阮) and dà ruǎn (大阮) for creating basslines. Other, less common bass instruments are

1904-584: The Hot 100 in its second week, when it sold 297,000 digital units. It also received more airplay after being promoted to radio by Warner Bros. Records , who had agreed to a deal with Mad Decent on February 26 to distribute the song worldwide. "Harlem Shake" topped the Hot 100 for a third week and sold 228,000 units, despite a decline in YouTube streams. By March 10, it had reached sales of one million digital units. On March 12, Sean Michaels of The Guardian reported that

1972-529: The US Billboard Hot 100 . It also reached number three in the United Kingdom and number one in both Australia and New Zealand. During the song's chart run, Billboard enacted a policy that included video streams as a component of their charts. "Harlem Shake" was well received by music critics , who viewed it as an appealing dance track, although some felt that it was more of a novelty song . After

2040-575: The United Kingdom, "Harlem Shake" reached number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart during the week of the meme's phenomena. By the end of the chart week, the single had climbed nineteen spots to number three. Martin Talbot, the Official Charts Company 's managing director, said that the single's climb on the chart "underlines just how quickly this track has turned into a bone fide phenomenon. At

2108-577: The bass line. In organ trios , for example, a Hammond organ player performs the basslines using the organ's pedal keyboard . In some types of popular music, such as hip-hop or house music , the bass lines are played using bass synthesizers , sequencers, or electro-acoustically modeled samples of basslines. Basslines are important in many forms of dance and electronic music , such as electro , drum and bass , dubstep , and most forms of house and trance . In these genres, basslines are almost always performed on synthesizers , either physical, such as

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2176-409: The bass player is expected to be able to improvise a bassline which they base in the chord progression of a song. When a bassist is playing a cover song , they may play the bassline that was originally used on the recording. A session bassist playing in a music studio is expected to be able to read a bassline written in musical notation . Bass players also perform fills in between the phrases of

2244-401: The basslines are played by the double basses and cellos in the string section , by bassoons , contrabassoons , and bass clarinets in the woodwinds and by bass trombones , tubas and a variety of other low brass instruments. In symphonies from the Classical period, a single bassline was often written for the cellos and basses; however, since the bass is a transposing instrument , and it

2312-488: The examples above, from C to F and back in the second, and from root to seventh and back in the first. In bebop jazz, the walking bass has a stabilising effect, offsetting and providing a foil to the complexity of the improvised melodic lines, for example in Sonny Rollins ’ “Blue Seven” . A bass run (or "bass break") is a short instrumental break or fill in which the bass instrument (such as an electric bass or

2380-435: The fifth note), which helps to define a song's key. Basslines align or syncopate with the drums. Other rhythm instruments join in to create a more interesting rhythmic variations. The type of rhythmic pulse used in basslines varies widely in different types of music. In swing jazz and jump blues , basslines are often created from a continuous sequence of quarter notes in a mostly scalar, stepwise or arpeggio-based part called

2448-400: The label had been "more than cooperative during this". In April, Diplo told The Huffington Post that he had reached an agreement to clear the samples. However, in an August interview with Pitchfork , Baauer said that he has not made any money from the song, despite Diplo's reported agreement: "I'm meeting with my lawyer ... so I'm gonna find that out. I think it's mostly because of all

2516-416: The last two quarter notes of the second measure, D and E, "walk" up from the first quarter note in that measure, C, to the first note of the third measure, F (C and F are the roots of the chords in the first through second and third through fourth measures, respectively). In both cases, "walking" refers both to the steady duple rhythm (one step after the other) and to the strong directional motion created; in

2584-477: The legal shit. I didn't clear the samples because I was in my fucking bedroom on Grand Street. I wasn't going to think to call up [Delgado], I didn't even know who it was who did that [sample]; I knew the Jayson Musson [sample]. So I found myself in that fucking pickle. Legal letters and shit. Ugh. Lawyers. So exposure-wise it was fantastic, but everything else..." Pitchfork journalist Larry Fitzmaurice labelled

2652-461: The low register of a piano , Hammond organ , tuba or other instruments. They can also be sung, as is done by some a capella vocal groups. While walking bass lines are most commonly associated with jazz and blues, they are also used in rock , rockabilly , ska , R&B , gospel , Latin , country , and many other genres. Walking bass in the pedal keyboard part of Baroque organ music (J.S. Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland , BWV 659, from

2720-545: The lower register of any instrument while melody and/or further accompaniment is provided in the middle or upper register. In solo music for piano and pipe organ, these instruments have an excellent lower register that can be used to play a deep bassline. On organs, the bass line is typically played using the pedal keyboard and massive 16' and 32' bass pipes. Basslines in popular music often use "riffs" or " grooves ", which are usually simple, appealing musical motifs or phrases that are repeated, with variation, throughout

2788-418: The lā ruǎn (拉阮), dī yīn gé hú (低音革胡), and da dī hú (大低胡) developed during the 1930s. Russian balalaika orchestra use bass balalaika and contrabass balalaika. Australia's indigenous music and some World music that is influenced by Australian music uses didjeridus for basslines. In classical music , the bassline is always written out for the performers in musical notation . In orchestral repertoire,

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2856-535: The magazine's director of charts, said in an interview for The A.V. Club that their timing was coincidental and came after a period of negotiating the chart policy and its logistics. However, because it lacked major label promotional support, the single registered low in airplay . It also debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and became 1000th number-one song since Australia began compiling charts in 1940. "Harlem Shake" remained at number one on

2924-503: The other parts in their original essence. Thomas Campion 1967:327 A walking bass is a style of bass accompaniment or line, common in Baroque music (1600–1750) and 20th century jazz , blues and rockabilly , which creates a feeling of regular quarter note movement, akin to the regular alternation of feet while walking . Walking basslines generally consist of unsyncopated notes of equal value, usually quarter notes (known in jazz as

2992-403: The other parts, since one builds them upon it. [The bass part is] the foundation of harmony. In many genres of modern traditional music (ranging from folk rock to blues) and popular music (ranging from rock and pop to reggae to funk), the bassline is generally played by an electric bass player. In rockabilly , psychobilly , traditional blues and bluegrass music , the bassline is played by

3060-516: The performer using scales, arpeggios, and standard licks and riffs . In some cases, a bass run may incorporate a display of virtuoso techniques such as rapid passages or high notes. During a bass run, the main vocal or melody line usually stops, and in some cases, the percussion or drums may also stop. The technique originated in the marches of the " Sousa school", though its resemblance to call and response techniques familiar to African American musicians indicates an earlier origin. In

3128-405: The range roughly at least an octave and a half below middle C (roughly the range of the bass clef ). In classical music such as string quartets and symphonies, basslines play the same harmonic and rhythmic role; however, they are usually referred to as the "bass voice" or the "bass part". Most popular musical ensembles include an instrument capable of playing bass notes. In the 1890s, a tuba

3196-548: The recorded phrase was used by Philadelphia DJs Skinny Friedman and DJ Apt One, on a remix of Gregor Salto's dance track "Con Alegría". Baauer said he found the vocal sample from an unidentified source on the Internet. The sampled voice is followed by building synths and snares, and a syncopated sub-bass sound before another voice commands listeners to "do the Harlem shake". The line was sampled from Plastic Little 's 2001 hip hop song "Miller Time", which Baauer sampled after having

3264-456: The remix was removed because they would rather have rapper Juicy J on it. On February 16, Banks shared a music video for her remix on Vimeo , and revealed a purported e-mail from Baauer saying he liked the remix. Baauer responded in an interview for The Daily Beast , saying that they had planned to release a version of the song with Banks, but felt that her verse did not meet their expectations: She laid something on 'Harlem Shake' and it

3332-547: The same name . The 30-second video showed people dancing to the song and was parodied more than 3,000 times in other user-submitted videos. Billboard magazine cited "Harlem Shake" as "the biggest viral sensation since PSY 's ' Gangnam Style '". Baauer and Mad Decent generated income from both the user-submitted videos and Baauer's original audio post on YouTube because of the site's Content ID service, which allows artists, labels, and publishers to monetize songs. According to MSN Money , they earned $ 6 for every 1,000 views of

3400-543: The sample without his permission and found the song's production "phenomenal". He subsequently called Baauer to thank him for "doing something useful with our annoying music". However, he felt that the allusion to the dance was "peculiar" and outdated: "I was like, Who the fuck is rapping about the Harlem Shake in 2012?" Musson said in an interview in March that he and Mad Decent were in negotiations regarding compensation, and that

3468-516: The song "Best New Track" upon its release in May 2012 and called it a "disorienting banger" with an "irresistible appeal" that "owes almost everything" to its "menacing, world-smashing bassline". Fitzmaurice wrote in conclusion, "Along with this purely visceral pleasure, it's hard not to marvel at how awesome those growling-lion samples sound." Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times said that he liked

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3536-415: The song and viewed it as a "syrupy instrumental" that foreshadows "the convergence of hip-hop, dance and rock". Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor gave "Harlem Shake" a rating of three-and-a-half out of five and found its musical climax "admittedly satisfying—that is, until it resumes flailing like a novelty track ", writing that "it's not hard to see why the track is well-liked, but its snowballing ubiquity

3604-430: The song became a hit, Mad Decent label head Diplo reached an agreement with the artists of the song's samples, which had not been contractually cleared before its release. However, according to Baauer, he has not received any of the money the song made because of the legal issues from not having properly cleared the samples. American rapper Azealia Banks released a remix to "Harlem Shake" on her SoundCloud page, which

3672-492: The song had earned more than £ 50,000 from YouTube. "Harlem Shake" remained at number one for five consecutive weeks on the Hot 100. The tale of how an obscure dance track containing possible copyright violations rose to the top of pop charts illustrates not only the free-for-all nature of underground dance music but also the power of an Internet fad to create a sudden hit outside the major-label system. — James C. McKinley Jr. Neither vocal sample used on "Harlem Shake"

3740-585: The song. After releasing his version, Jones claimed in an interview that "Harlem Shake" was a song he originally recorded one year ago for an album by Pauly D , but that they ultimately scrapped it: "When I started to hear the 'Harlem Shake' and heard the beat, I was like damn, I had the record for a year. So I just put the record out." Digital download Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Bassline Bassline (also known as

3808-400: The song. "The bass differs from other voices because of the particular role it plays in supporting and defining harmonic motion. It does so at levels ranging from immediate, chord-by-chord events to the larger harmonic organization of a [ sic ] entire work." Bassline riffs usually (but not always) emphasize the chord tones of each chord (usually the root note, the third note, or

3876-565: The start of the week, it wasn't even selling enough to make the Top 20—but it is now one of the UK's most popular tracks." The following week, "Harlem Shake" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to number one on the Dance/Electronic Songs, while selling 262,000 units. It was the first instrumental track to top the Hot 100 since Jan Hammer 's 1985 Miami Vice theme . It

3944-583: The video. The late-week media response to the meme helped the single sell 12,000 units on iTunes in the week ending February 10, according to Nielsen SoundScan . It consequently entered the US Dance/Electronic Digital Songs at number nine and the Dance/Electronic Songs at number twelve. Mad Decent's manager Jasper Goggins said that "Harlem Shake" was the "biggest thing" they have released, "and it's happened within six days." In

4012-462: The vocal "then do the Harlem shake", which is an allusion to the dance of the same name . Baauer added a variety of peculiar sounds to the song so that it would stand out. The single did not begin to sell significantly until February 2013, when a YouTube video set to its music developed into an Internet meme of the same name . The media response to the meme helped increase the single's sales, as it charted at number one for five consecutive weeks on

4080-475: The vocal melody, and they may also perform bass runs or bass breaks, which are short solo sections. Rhythmic variations by the bass, such as the introduction of a syncopated figure can dramatically change the feel of a song, even for a simple groove. "In any style, the bass's role in the groove is the same: to keep time and to outline the tonality. When developing bass lines, these two things should always be your goal" [One] may view in it [(the bass part)] all

4148-421: Was Baauer's debut single . "Harlem Shake" features harsh snares , a mechanical bassline , samples of growling lions, and Dutch house synth riffs . It has a high tempo characteristic of hip hop and a dance music drop . According to Andrew Ryce from Resident Advisor , "Harlem Shake" is a hip hop and bass song, while both David Wagner of The Atlantic and Khal from Complex described it as trap ,

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4216-440: Was also the twenty-first song in the Hot 100's history to debut at number one and was aided by 103 million weekly video streams , which was announced that week by Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan as a new component of their charts. According to Billboard ' s editorial director Bill Werde, "Harlem Shake"'s success prompted them to enact the chart policy after two years of discussions with YouTube. However, Silvio Pietroluongo,

4284-403: Was contractually cleared with Héctor Delgado or Jayson Musson, who were both shocked to hear the song after it became a hit. In February, Delgado was told by his former manager Javier Gómez that he heard his voice on the song and wanted to take legal action. According to Gómez, Diplo subsequently called Delgado and told him that he was unaware "Harlem Shake" sampled his voice when it was released as

4352-424: Was often used. From the 1920s to the 1940s, most popular music groups used the double bass as the bass instrument. Starting in the 1950s, the bass guitar began to replace the double bass in most types of popular music, such as rock and roll, blues, and folk. The bass guitar was easier to transport and, given that it uses magnetic pickups, easier to amplify to loud stage volumes without the risk of audio feedback ,

4420-417: Was present, the lower manual of the organ and the low-pitched pedal keyboard . In 2000s-era performances of Baroque music, the basso continuo is typically performed by just two instruments: a chordal instrument and one bass instrument (often harpsichord and cello). [The bass part is] the groundwork or foundation upon which all musical composition is to be erected. [The bass part is] the base and foundation of

4488-480: Was released commercially in June 2012. Mad Decent commissioned a music video for the single at the time, but were not satisfied with the result and shelved it. It gradually received listens online, and was re-released as a single on January 8, 2013. However, it did not begin to sell significantly until February, when a YouTube video, uploaded by Filthy Frank and featuring the song, developed into an Internet meme of

4556-726: Was so/so. Didn't love it. And that was a little while ago, and since all this video stuff happened, our plans all changed. Because of that, we decided to just release the song on its own with no vocal version. So we told her, 'Please don't release your version.' And she said, 'Well, I'm going to put it online anyway.' And we said, 'Please don't. We'd really like it if you didn't.' And she did. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times cited Banks' remix as one of her best songs, while Chris Martins of Spin wrote that she delivers "fire-hot verse after fire-hot verse" and facetiously remarked that "Banks raps all over your dumb 'Harlem Shake' meme". Pitbull and Jim Jones also recorded freestyle raps over

4624-470: Was subsequently removed at Baauer's request and led to a dispute between the two. In 2011, Baauer rededicated himself to music after studying at City College and began to practice making beats. He recorded "Harlem Shake" in 2012 in his bedroom studio in Brooklyn , New York . With the song, he wanted to record a high-pitched, Dutch house synthesizer over a hip hop track and make it stand out by adding

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