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.
Dark Techy Dubstep, with Grime elements. Dirty Basses. Gloomy and pensive. Also available as a version without the high, blippy synth lead. [Tempo: Slow, Fast / 140 BPM]
Some glitch-funk therapy for your soul! Laid-back funk bass riff twists, turns, warps and breaks into a smooth, chilled-out chorus overlayed with flutes, electric piano and female vocal 'oohs and 'ahs'. Feels like a retro beach party on the west coast of America. Good as music for use in advertising or with motion-graphics and also suitable for gaming or any scene that requires some futuristic funk. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Hip Hop track with a serious edge. Good for drama, thriller, mystery, action/adventure. Sneaking, stakeout and more. [Tempo: Slow / 90 BPM]
A thirty-second instrumental dubstep track with a build up and drop half way through. Skrillex / Nero. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 156 BPM]
Fast and danceable off-beat guitars start off this pop rock tune, followed by a driving chorus occupied with both horns and stacks of power chords. With no synthesizers involved, it sets a unique mood for both dancing and head-banging. [Tempo: Fast / 139 BPM]
Bright and funky Electro Dance Pop. European pop charts style. Emotive / Euphoric. Free flying, melodic synth patterns and strong, hard dance beats. Catchy and spirited. Good for young, exciting, colourful media, dancing and partying, exciting product launches and more. Also good for exercise, workout, aerobics, running, dancercise etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Deep, thumping hip-hop beat. Inner city, gritty and grinding hip hop style. Low-rider / gangsta, gang culture. Slightly off, skewed, psychedelic music. Big electric bass guitar, doomish rhodes licks, psych guitar licks, occasional scratching. Also available as an Underscore version, with only the basic beat, bass and low-level pads. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A modern alternative rock song with polished production about finding the balance in life. The song is radio friendly but not in the vein of top 40. Would fit well on Sirius AltNation. Also available as an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Strong and determined Hip Hop / Trap with heavy brass. B-part a bit trippy. Great for sports, active lifestyle, urban fashion, cool & funky content. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 70 BPM]
A fat and edgy Funk / Breakbeat / Industrial Rock crossover track. Busy, bossy and bold… Unstable, dangerous - and seriously funky. [Tempo: Medium / 126 BPM]
Mysterious, groovy and confident deep house music track and with a hypnotic bass line and bubbling synthesizers. 90’s style chords combined with modern production. Strong sense of movement and drive. Chill / Lounge / Lifestyle Stock Music. [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
A mix of orchestral and electronic elements, bringing a track full of suspense and tension. Underscore track for intrigue, crime, conspiracy and troubled times. Film soundtrack style track, with both a dark and a light side, with a strong foreboding sense of impending conflict. Pensive, dark. [Tempo: Medium / 96 BPM]
Positive, hopeful indie-rock song with guitar melodies. Sound like adventure, liberty, youth. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Mysterious and punchy trap music, with a wiggle hypnotic melodic sample, in the style of Snoop Dogg. [Tempo: Slow / 75 BPM]
Club / R&B track in a 90's House & Garage style, great music for use with fashion, urban and club scenes. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
Downtempo, crips and clean hip-hop groove with a sparse, funky bass line. Subtle scratching enters later. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
A trendy and modern pop / urban / nu-funk music, with dance beats and catchy synths to create a cool and flashy feel. [Tempo: Medium / 118 BPM]
Powerful and doom-laden Hip Hop beat music, with ominous stabs and orchestral elements. Strong stoic feel. Good for sports and epic stuff with an urban twist. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 81 BPM]
A nice and smooth, yet upbeat Ambient / Chill / Drum'n Bass / Dubstep track. Vocal hooks and piano melodies over swirley pads and a fast, but smooth UK Drum & Bass beat. Good for pleasant and vibrant imagery, technology and innovation, movement and progress. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 175 BPM]
Deep and funky house / hip-hop crossover, nice synth arpeggios and beatz. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
She’s the one women want to be: Model, singer, actress all rolled into one. But watch that ego, everything comes with baggage. Cool electro rock with cool bass line, james bond guitar hook drum machine and kicking rock band chorus. Key words: Models, fashion shows, movie stars. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
An energetic and uplifting music track with lush synths and catchy female vocals to create a sense of curiosity and build-up. Elements of Rock, Pop and Hip-Hop music combined. [Tempo: Medium / 95 BPM]
A seriously delicious, warm and sensual, downtempo chill-out electronic groove track. Beautifully understated, slightly mysterious and with a touch of true class. Understated, easy confidence. [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
An energetically grooving EDM piece. A clear female vocal soloist glides confidently over driving electronic instrumental tracks. The vocals set in after about 2 minutes. [Tempo: Fast / 136 BPM]
Heavy-hitting and masculine Trap music featuring scratched phrase, 'I came to get this party jumpin / Party Live' great for urban music and nightlife scenes. Also available without the vocal parts. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 165 BPM]
Dark hypnotic charging bass fueled rhythms biting electric guitars and sneaky synths and military trance like vocals round out this song about being the next big thing. Available as a vocal version and an instrumental version. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Cool and fun pop instrumental music. Sampled saxophone riff and some 808 bass combined with low brass stabs bring freshness and swag to this funky and tongue-in-cheek tune. [Tempo: Medium / 94 BPM]
Super-retro funky jam in Texas funk/jazz style. Features soulful trombone with a jammin groove that's all fun and funk. [Tempo: Medium / 98 BPM]
Progressive Tech / Dance with a Funky feel. Positive, fresh, uplifting. Mechanical, a bit robotic. Good for hi-tech, fresh and sparkling presentations, as well as for exercise, workout and more. Good, moderately high energy level. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
An other-worldly hybrid D&B track featuring distorted sirens and swirling synths builds and drops into a snarling dubstep type bass line. Fat sounding and epic yet snappy and fast moving, suited to gaming cut-scene type videos, Japanese anime, fast edits and also space wars and fantasy, extreme sports and dangerous adventures. Edgy and dangerous. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Gritty synth and kick drum kicks off this music piece, followed by some high, light percussive melody. Kicks up a notch with rhythm guitar and layers of synth and strings. An intense, driving piece that gets down to business immediately, making you want to become part of the game, a player in whatever is going on, even if it’s not entirely being a good guy. This music might be used for high-action or fast-moving scenarios, sports, extreme anything. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Progressive Tech / House. Relentless, solid beat. Technology / Sci-tech feel. Infectious, groovy, trance feel. Exciting, Invigorating. Good for science, technology, future / sci-tek; also for workout / exercise with a rough / determined feel. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
A nasty electro-breaks / glitch-hop track with a main synth bass that warps and glitches into an industrial-rock sounding payoff section. Forthright and triumphant, suited to fast editing, ideal for gaming videos, motorsport, mechanics and hi-octane action scenes and also works great with extreme sports and more. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 110 BPM]
An electronic drum and bass royalty free music track from hell. A huge build up with massive risers in the opening drops into a proper nasty bass track. Mind twisting basslines and synth stabs are prominent in the first drop. A middle breakdown builds with dissonant risers and pitched synths to a second drop. The second drop is even more gritty with the addition of a pitching up synthesiser that adds a sense or rush and urgency. This track is suitable for extreme sports videos, car commercials, video game commercials, thrillseeker videos etc. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
Minimal, downtempo hip-hop beatz, works great as an instrumental. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Electro-tech / Progressive tech track with a somewhat dark sound and a slight Dubstep influence. [Tempo: Medium / 110 BPM]
A fast paced high impact piece of music. Could work well in racing scenes, fight scenes and action scenes. Great for futuristic action scenes and gaming. Powerful and effective. [Tempo: Fast / 140 BPM]
This track combines elements of Dubstep and Drum'n Bass, with melodic electronica and a good, positive, forward drive. Nice and energetic, in a positive way. Good for sports, exciting events, lively visuals etc. The Underscore version would work great in high tech, fast movements, swirley moves, fast tracks, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
A seriously noisy Heavy Metal / Industrial Rock / Breakbeat mash-up. 'Nuff said. [Tempo: Fast / 125 BPM]
An indie rock style guitar and bass riff combine with disco style drums. It's got attitude, flair and style. Influences include Franz Ferdinand, Blur, White Stripes etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 132 BPM]
Exotic and passionate Orchestral Tango mixed with a driving Funk groove. Features strings, piano, vibraphone, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Cool, mid-tempo, urban beatz. Determined, monotenous, mechanical, groovy. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Minimalistic indie hip hop music beat, combining a quirky set of body percussion sounds, like claps, finger snaps and mouth noises. Cool and simple, yet authentic and playful music. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
An aggressive dubstep / drumstep track is a contemporary cue reminiscent of artists such as skrillex, Knife Party and Nero. It's energetic, driving and gritty. It has a funky danceable groove, screaming wobble bass that stands up and grabs your viewers attention, and a reggae influenced chord progression that is a nice blend of dub and progressive dance. It's exciting, extreme and fashionable and would work nicely in advertising, extreme sports and athletic video, automotive promos, video games, tv and film and as hi energy in store or a phone on hold track. [Tempo: Slow, Medium, Fast / 175 BPM]
Engaging and playfully sinister, this Latin-infused music track is melodramatic and fun. Horn stabs create tension over a grooving bed of Latin percussion, synth strings, acoustic bass and a Hip Hop beat. This track would fit well within comedies, dramas, commercials, and travel programming. [Tempo: Medium / 155 BPM]
Progressive Tech / Deep House track with a somewhat futuristic, technological feel, yet also with some ethereal, trippy, almost wistful elements. Good for futuristic / edgy productions, space, etc. [Tempo: Medium / 124 BPM]
A modern, busy electro track with monster beats, powerful bass and edgy synths. Funky and swag. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 128 BPM]
Phat drum beats, phunky bass line and cool synth licks in an upbeat, fresh hip-hop / urban track with an inner-city or futuristic feel. [Tempo: Medium / 100 BPM]
A-tonal Techno stabs and synths dance over a grooving bass line, mechanical and wonderfully weird, great with technology, sports music, urban / streets, extreme sports, funky machinery and much more. [Tempo: Medium / 107 BPM]
Fast powerful college punk rock track. Puts you in a good mood! [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 188 BPM]
