This is our place for music aimed at city youth, inner city subcultures and urban culture. In the U.S., the word 'urban' usually refers to black culture / African American culture. But for us, Urban Culture also represents UK / European youth movements, the UK underground club scene, inner city life, as well as urban issues and problems such as gangs and more. The music represented here will often be in the genres of Hip-Hop, Funk, Dance, Trip-Hop, Drum'n Bass, Dubstep and related styles.
A high intensity, unrelenting drum and bass piece. Multiple synth and drum tracks race to the end in an energetic frenzy. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 170 BPM]
Smooth and jazzy Hip Hop beat in the style of Pete Rock, J Dilla, 9th Wonder etc. Great for young, urban retail and in-store use, films, TV, commercials and websites. Features muted trumpet, guitar, electric piano, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
An upbeat, driving indie pop rock track in the style of Foster The People, Neon Trees, Phoenix, The Black Keys, Weezer, The Killers, Young The Giant, The Shins, and The Kills. Twangy and swirling distorted guitars with vintage drums meant for an indie movement and hipster revolution. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 136 BPM]
Progressive Tech / House. Repetitive, somewhat minimalistic. A sense of future, technology, cutting edge. Groovy and hypnotic. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 129 BPM]
An electronic hip hop track, with a solid, grooving drum beat and gliding synthesizers. [Tempo: Medium / 116 BPM]
This track is a chill, downtempo / deep house track with a nice ambient atmosphere. It's chic, late night, and elegant and would work nicely for fashion, nightclub scenes, commercials and promos, as well as reality clips and web video. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Essentially an dustup track slightly altered by the addition of a filtered guitar line. Starts with a sense of foreboding that builds into dustup drop. Breaks down into some lighter elements before building back up to the monstrous drop. Great for extreme sports and energetic action sequences as well as general mayhem and destruction. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Orchestral rap / hip-hop instrumental with a strong and powerful cinematic vibe. Piano, strings and orchestral percussion elements over a driving hip hop beat. Think New York City skyline, or a fly by a huge city at night. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 91 BPM]
A slamming, aggressive, forward moving Rock / Breaks track with a slight 80's feel breaks down into a sweet and light picked electric guitar section before blasting off for home again. Also features electro dance synth elements. Great for use with extreme sports and almost any type of action scenes or sequences. [Tempo: Fast / 130 BPM]
Funky and slightly dark Electro-Tech / Progressive Tech track with Dubstep influenced wobbly synth squelches. Interspersed with spacey / cosmic type sounds and moods. Edgy / youth movement / dance club scene. [Tempo: Medium / 127 BPM]
A nice laid back chilled-out trance tune. Has a very nice tranquil flow to it whilst mixing qualities of positivity, energy and motivation. Great song for chilling out or even if you’re ready to get up and get going. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A dynamic indie pop/rock song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 104 BPM]
A dynamic electro-pop song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 156 BPM]
Retro breaks and Blues riffs in the style of Beastie-Boys / Fat Boy Slim featuring scratching & vocal refrain, 'The beat don’t stop when the baseline drop (Check the rhythm, check the flow)'. Also available without the vocal parts. [Tempo: Slow / 82 BPM]
Head-bopping and funky beats with gospel vocals and a 1970's funk music vibe. Works great with community, dance and urban scenes. Party music feel. Also available without the vocals. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
This is an upbeat and energetic hip-hop / pop / R&B track about a girl partying. Will work well with fun footage. [Tempo: Medium / 93 BPM]
A dreamy, trippy LoFi hip-hop / indietronica song that explores the mind state of achieving the creative “flow state”, with lush chords behind a slow beat and vocal stylings ala Brandon Boyd (Incubus). Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 102 BPM]
A massive electronic track, a big room house tune with a lot of distorted saw bass synths. Great track for club scenes, people celebrating, party scenes etc. will also work great in edgy commercials, car and electronics commercials. Dutch influenced EDM / Trance / House / Tech. [Tempo: Medium / 130 BPM]
Relaxed, somewhat smoky deep house track with a slight jazz feel and tasteful drum groove. Contains funky bass guitar riffs that are later expanded by a synth bass, Rhodes piano, lush pads and minimal vocals. All loops, 30- and 60-second versions have no vocal samples. [Tempo: Medium / 123 BPM]
Gritty and funky hip-hop. Fat, slamming beats. Mangled sound, a little bit on the edge. Scratching and synth bass. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
This modern R&B track feels funky and cool, slow and sexy. You’re out on the town having fun. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
An upbeat electro tune with uplifting melodies and plenty of punch. This track is energetic and positive in the breakdowns while the drops are groovy and full of kick/bass punch. Influenced by the popular main room house sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A slow Hip Hop / Urban beat. Very dramatic, the piece brings a sense of triumph and heroism. A strongly catchy melody, authentic drums. Good for urban and street scenes, perhaps fighting between rival gangs. Also good for corporate and commercial uses, tv shows with an urban appeal. [Tempo: Slow / 73 BPM]
Upbeat electro house music track with uplifting melodic chords and a driving bass drop. Lots of synth switch ups and funky bass drops give this track a playful and cheerful feel. Dance / Energetic / Party Music. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 127 BPM]
An old school reggae/ska vibe combines with heavy dubstep elements to create this laid back but dark EDM groove. [Tempo: Slow / 70 BPM]
This song is about overcoming adversity and taking a stand about who you are and what you believe in. It is full band and would be great for any sort of sports video games, sports shows, or fighting shows. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast / 153 BPM]
Hot Trap tune, also referred to as Bass Music, this track is fresh and current, with a pounding 808 bass drum and cool drum machine rolls. After an exciting build-up a sampled "Are You Ready" vocal delivers the bass drop. Perfect as club music, or for urban related media. Trap Pop beat, in the style of Tropkillaz, Diplo, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Lil Wayne, Iggy Azalea and Drake. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
Energetic, Dark and Dramatic Hip-Hop / Rap Music track featuring synthesizers, percussion and claps in the powerful beat and orchestral staccato strings. Great as a background for rapping, for workout videos and films featuring rappers and urban scenery. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 100 BPM]
High energy hip hop beat. Authentic sounding, fresh, with a high sense of movement. Slightly dark. Synths, busy drums, exotic flute and a deep bass. In the lieks of 50 cent, Eminem & Snoopy Dogg. Urban, sexy, street gangs. Perfect for use in extreme sports, fight scenes, motor sports, adult content. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 76 BPM]
This Hip Hop track has an infectious hook that will catch the attention from the very beginning. With influences from Flo-Rida's "Low", it is a goodly crafted beat with heavy drums and bright synths. Good for night scenes, young people, parties. Modern, fresh and uplifting. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
A dark and hypnotic lofi rock instrumental that features driving bass and drums, tremolo guitar riffs and echoing lead guitar melodies. Menacing / Tense / Atmospheric. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 0 BPM]
This is laid back Hip/Hop track with comical lyrics that also tie in an emotional side. The track can be relative to the “Emo Culture”. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 BPM]
Quirky, positive pop rap with lyrical themes about overcoming hard times and keeping the vibe high. Available as a Vocal version and an Instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 82 BPM]
A punchy and powerful electro / trance track with a good forward drive, but a moderate tempo. Suitable for many types of media including sports, fashion, urban/youth related projects and more. [Tempo: Medium / 129 BPM]
This track begins with a screaming vocal intro and attacks in with heavy drums a driving rhythmic guitar riff. The choruses are layered with strummed chords and guitar leads. The bridge offers a electronic feel with digital drums and vocal augmentations that lead into a breakdown outro. The Lyrical content looks at the idea of where our joy and happiness comes from. We have to stay in synch with our passions and our callings, even though it doesn't make sense to those around us. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 116 BPM]
Aggressive Punk rock track with energetic guitar riffs, drums and solid bass, great for action movies and videos. [Tempo: Fast / 143 BPM]
A Pop track with influences from Electro, House, Dance Music and RnB. Gliding bass, deep and uplifting drums, and animated synth lines. Similar in style to Lady Gaga and Ke$ha. Very good for exercise and workout, club and night club scenes, young people, high tech and science. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 115 BPM]
Upbeat electropop song. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 134 BPM]
A funky, upbeat hip hop song that features drums, guitar, bass, and male vocals. It is in the vein of Pharrell, Daft Punk, and Robin Thicke. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 124 BPM]
This is an energetic and exciting electro track that is reminiscent of artists such as Justice, Skrillex, Deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner. It has a funky and infectious main section that has touches of the 80s and an uplifting and memorable chorus featuring an auto tuned vocal hook. It's exciting, extreme and fashionable. It would work nicely in tv, video games, film, in store music or a phone on hold track that will have your customers dancing. [Tempo: Fast / 127 BPM]
Soulful female vocal line over heavy drumloops & swooping chords. Vocal repeats the line ‘I could fly, like a bird, in the sky, so high’. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Slow / 86 BPM]
A hip-hop track with a strong India / Bollywood / Eastern / Oriental music / Middle East feel. Modern-day Eastern city. World fusion / U.S. / Eastern combination. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
Indian music with authentic instruments and all kinds of modern elements. Edgy and hot. [Tempo: Medium / 92 BPM]
Catchy and dynamic hip hop beat. Very creative and fresh, this piece uses modern production techniques to create a slamming, authentic urban track with pop and electronica influences. Inner city, gritty and grinding. Low-rider, gangsta, gang culture. Suitable for any fresh and cool media. [Tempo: Medium / 115 BPM]
Steady and funky dance beats with varied and melodic synth parts. Groovy and positive, with an uplifting and sprightly feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An uplifting hybrid orchestral / dance royalty free music track with positive feel and electronic elements. The track opens with a simple guitar melody which builds up with addition of string melodies and pads. The main drop is a straight 4/4 electronic beat with strong present bass with a positive synth melody and an uplifting feel. This track will work great in college commercials, positive outlook videos or scenes of celebration and joy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
Sexy and groovy R&B beat, with a somewhat jazz feel to it. Destiny's Child and early Beyonce type of instrumental. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 86 BPM]
As the name suggests this is a track in the style of French mega stars Daft Punk. Leaning most towards "Da Funk" and combining retro vocal stabs with nardy 303 synths to emulate that sound we have all come to know and love. Great for use in party sequences or any scene that needs an injection of "Cool". [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
Feelgood Electro / Tech House / Grooves. Quirky sounds with a fat house beat flowing in and out. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 127 BPM]
Huge choir vocal intro with tympani like drums and acoustic guitars. Light airy female vocals with light marching drums leads to a soaring chorus about loves confusing signals. In style of The Cranberries, Kelly Clarkson. Keywords: Heartbreak, lost love, loneliness, betrayal. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 90 BPM]
