Afro Trap

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An emergence of cultures

Afro Trap blends trap music from the southern US with Afrobeat music. This pack offers the sound of Afro Trap through a Senegalese lens. The results are unique rhythms wrapped into melodic loops full of depth and emotion. Though the sounds in this pack embrace the ethereal themes of trap music, they’re lined with a brightness found in Afro-pop, maskandi, and mbhaqanga.

Ismaila (Iss 814) grew up in the suburbs of Dakar, in Baye Laye, Guediawaye. Music there, more specifically rap, is omnipresent. The “hip hop galsen” movement embraces the community’s daily life and engages itself towards developing it politically and socially.

With three of his older brothers being rappers as well as true role models, Ismaila naturally aspired to follow in their steps as he watched them evolve in this expanding movement. Younger, he followed them everywhere, inevitably determined to contribute to their music and the local scene. This drove him to self-learn music production and rapidly make a breakthrough thanks to the quality of his productions and assertive rap. And now you can use his signature Dakar Trap beats and the sounds of traditional Senegalese instruments in your productions.

Companion Packs

Afro Dancehall with Iss 814

Afro Dancehall is more than a genre of music. To borrow words from OkayAfrica.com, it’s “the ongoing musical conversations between West Africa, Jamaica, and the Caribbean.” E...

Afro Dancehall Vol 2

Led by producer, Iss 814, Splice Sessions: Afro Dancehall Volume 2 is the final release in our Senegal series. It explores the regional take on Afro Dancehall. ISS 814 create...

Dakar Trap with ISS814

This pack was born from the Senegal edition of Splice Sessions. The producer Iss 814 (born Ismaila Talla) used some of the raw material from those sessions recorded in Dakar ...

Afro Drill

Splice Sessions is excited to present another release in partnership with producer ISS 814 (Ismaila Talla), who worked on Dakar Trap and Afro Trap with us. All of the foundat...

Afro Boom Bap

Artist and producer ISS 814 (Ismaila Talla) returns with yet another Splice Sessions release, this time trying his hand at producing classic ‘90s boom bap stylings. These sou...

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