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 pure drum track. A somewhat jazzed-up pop-rock beat performed live in a studio, by professional drummer Silvio Centamore. This beat features a lot of syncopations, twists and turns, funky breaks, jazzy twists. This drum track has an edgy and confident feel, with a very urban flair. A sense of something happening, something going down, something coming up. For when you need something different, cool and hip - maybe a little daring, audacious, and provocative. Jazzy and complex, urban feel. [Tempo: Medium / 90 BPM]
Soundtrack to funky future cyborgs in the club doing the 'Robot Boogaloo'. Great for nightlife and urban scenes, sports music, action, machinery, futuristic clubbing and advertising. [Tempo: Medium / 0 BPM]
A dark and ethnic / exotic Hip-Hop / Trap beat with an Oriental / Far East feel. Where ancient Eastern culture meets modern urban & western beats. Tough, dramatic Hip Hop, with Koto / Eastern. [Tempo: Slow / 76 BPM]
Ambient Drum & Bass. Atmospheric, deep, rich and with a nicely flowing DnB groove. Good for technology, innovation, future, discovery and much more. Also available in a version without the drums & bass (No Drums Bass version), making it a really nice ambient music track in its own right. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 170 BPM]
Relentless electronic drum and bass tune with lots of attitude. The track opens with a growling acid synth that squeels under distortion and compression. Heavy hitting drums are commanding with a deep thumping kick. The first drop is a wobbly drum and bass beat that's rhythmic and fast paced. The breakdown re-introduces the growling synth that builds up with a big growl before the main drop. Off beat rhythm and funky snappy drums create a really energetic beat. This track will work great in car chases, racing videos, extreme sports, fight scenes and many more. [Tempo: Fast, Very fast / 160 BPM]
Mixing elements of Hip-Hop, Classical and R&B in a serious, downtempo, urban street track, similar to recent HBO urban series. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Dramatic hip-hop style with an orchestral element and a spy mystery feel. Deep bass line, dramatic string section and a pounding hip-hop beat gives a 'rough' urban sound and the marching snare gives it a serious edge. Good for inner city, street drama, police, investigation, suspense and action thriller etc. Also great for multimedia, branding and more. [Tempo: Medium / 101 BPM]
Minimal, downtempo hip-hop beatz, works great as an instrumental. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Deep and funky house / hip-hop crossover, nice synth arpeggios and beatz. [Tempo: Medium / 81 BPM]
Hip Hop styled theme to the urban underworld. Groovey beats combine with plucked strings, synth pads and leads to make a hypnotic and unnervingly atmospheric soundscape. Don't look behind you. [Tempo: Slow / 90 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]
Chilled beats with swirling, odd, cranky moods. Interwoven grooves in strange aural landscapes. The old meets the new. [Tempo: Medium / 87 BPM]
Cool and fresh Hip-Hop track in the style of MTV 'Cribs' etc. Downtempo, phat drums, deep funky synth-bass. [Tempo: Slow / 80 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]
Hip Hop track with a serious edge. Good for drama, thriller, mystery, action/adventure. Sneaking, stakeout and more. [Tempo: Slow / 90 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 dark, mysterious / mystical and slightly sinister Hip Hop / Urban funk beat. Hip-hop drums and deep sub-bass with dark Rhodes licks and swirly guitar. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 123 BPM]
Have you ever been the underdog? Get Mine is the anthem for everyone who has ever had to pick themselves up and make it happen. A fast moving track laced with high brass, bells and airy synths are the backdrop of this anthem. Note! This track contains some deliberate "glitches", slow-downs, skips and rhythmic oddities. (For example, at 0:57). This is deliberate and is not a problem with the file. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 78 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]
A Sexy R&B track good for film, background music, sexy movie, rappers to vocal, mixtape, intro, tv, radio, any project. The song has a modern R&B flavor that is elegant and sassy. Think of this as a great music bed for fashion, stylish cars and products, or any media project that needs "bad girl" type attitude [Tempo: Medium / 82 BPM]
Up-beat and funky music, glitched and groovy dance track with a chillwave music disco feel. Works with gaming, advertising and animation. [Tempo: Medium / 115 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]
A punchy and bass heavy electro music. A weird and funky bassline has a marching 4/4 feel. The music track breaks down into a plucky synth melody, and returns to the repetitive bass drop. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 130 BPM]
A techy electro music with fat analog bass, vocal effects and a dramatic breakdown. Groovy electro bass, plucky melodies, and trippy synth effects create a unique atmosphere for this music track. Has a crunchy groove and a bit of a mean streak. [Tempo: Medium / 130 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]
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]
Angry and grungy slow rock song where the narrator regrets the choices he's made and wonders about the point of existence. Electric guitars, bass, drums, harmonies. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 72 BPM]
A blossoming slice of Electronic Music that unfolds from a kick drum & bassline to a huge floating mass of colourful sound, light and space. A long, building music track. [Tempo: Medium / 120 BPM]
A driving, persistent and forward moving synth and piano based theme that builds over time to a satisfying climax featuring strings and guitars. Optimistic / Confident / Forward-Looking [Tempo: Medium / 125 BPM]
Energetic EDM tune with big synth pads and punchy drums. The track switches between 4/4 rhythm and a dubstep broken beat sections. High, uplifting melodies and upbeat rhythm bring hype and positive energy to this electronic tune. Sparking and Crunchy. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 135 BPM]
Driving electronic beat with acid synths and broken drum beat. The track drops into a punchy 4/4 electro beat and later switches to a high energy drum & bass part with pitched up synths and big buildups. Sounds of a siren and vocal sample 'drive' suggesting a race or a chase. Also available without the vocal sample and the siren sound. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 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]
Funky Disco House track great for use with fashion, sport, gaming and advertising, as well as upbeat party scenes. Fresh, uplifting and stompin'. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 122 BPM]
Minimal, sparse hip hop groove, slightly yearning, totally futuristic. Great music for advertising, sport, technology, gaming and urban / youth culture. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 80 BPM]
Fast-paced and urban, nasty breakbeats and synths featuring vocal refrain 'Like a freak on the Beat'. Ideal for extreme sports, gaming and advertising. Also available without the vocal parts. [Tempo: Fast / 140 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]
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]
Exotic and passionate Orchestral Tango mixed with a driving Funk groove. Features strings, piano, vibraphone, bass and drums. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 105 BPM]
Elegant and tasteful groovy fashion house track, a bit similar to fashion-tv like music. Great for commercials and all type of fashion - lifestyle projects, party and events videos and reports, etc. Confident, determined and driving [Tempo: Fast / 130 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]
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]
Bold and determined Hip-Hop music, with a heavy hip hop groove and pulsing strings that create an energetic and uplifting music mood. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 65 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]
Gutsy, punchy, epic Hip Hop. Great for sports, action, swat team, police operation, crime in progress and more. Macho / Strong / Determined. [Tempo: Medium / 109 BPM]
Edgy and gritty Hip-Hop / Trap. Funky, determined, attitude. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 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]
Doom-laden, strong, determined, epic Hip Hop / Trap. [Tempo: Slow, Medium / 75 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]
Minimal Funk with attitude, bass and summer pianos, peppy house grooves. Works with nightlife and youth scenes, game design and fashion, workout and exercise, cool and funky ideas, etc. [Tempo: Medium, Fast / 125 BPM]
Emotional, intimate and dreamy Trip-Hop track featuring atmospheric harmonies, chill soft drums and eerie female vocals. Emotional / Flowing / Swaying. [Tempo: Slow / 83 BPM]