Well attestedNamed from the place
Miami bass
noun · first attested 1980s
A Florida genre defined by a Japanese drum machine nobody wanted at first.
A fast, sub-bass-heavy style of hip hop built for car stereos, from southern Florida.
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Miami bass
Producers around Miami built the sound on the deep kick of the Roland TR-808, a commercial failure in the early 1980s that became the genre's foundation. The style ran through 2 Live Crew and later fed both Atlanta trap and Brazilian funk carioca.
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