title: Folkhop
text: # Folkhop
  
  A woman playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan) :
  
  Music of India :
  
  Genres :
  
  Traditional
  
  Classical
  
  Carnatic
  
  Odissi
  
  Hindustani
  
  Folk
  
  Borgeet
  
  Baul
  
  Bhajan
  
  Kirtana
  
  Shyama Sangeet
  
  Ramprasadi
  
  Rabindra Sangeet
  
  Nazrul Geeti
  
  Dwijendrageeti
  
  Atulprasadi
  
  Prabhat Samgiita
  
  Thumri
  
  Dadra
  
  Chaiti
  
  Kajari
  
  Sufi
  
  Ghazal
  
  Qawwali
  
  Sikh
  
  Modern
  
  Bhangra
  
  Bhangragga
  
  Blues
  
  Filmi
  
  Bollywood
  
  Ghazal
  
  Qawwali
  
  Goa trance
  
  Dance
  
  Indi-pop
  
  Asian Underground
  
  Jazz
  
  Rock
  
  Bengali
  
  Raga
  
  Hip hop :
  
  Media and performance :
  
  Nationalistic and patriotic songs :
  
  Regional music :
  
  Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
  Andhra Pradesh
  
  Arunachal Pradesh
  
  Assam
  
  Bihar (Maithili)
  
  Chhattisgarh
  
  Goa
  
  Gujarat
  
  Haryana
  
  Himachal Pradesh
  
  Jammu and Kashmir
  
  Ladakh
  
  Jharkhand
  
  Karnataka
  
  Kerala
  
  Madhya Pradesh
  
  Maharashtra
  
  Manipur
  
  Meghalaya
  
  Mizoram
  
  Nagaland
  
  Odisha
  
  Punjab (Folk)
  
  Rajasthan
  
  Sikkim
  
  Tamil Nadu
  
  Ancient
  
  Tripura
  
  Uttar Pradesh
  
  Uttarakhand
  
  West Bengal :
  
  vte :
  
  Folkhop is a genre of music that came about after the decline of bhangra in the mid-1990s. It is diametrically opposed to bhangra music in that it is not live music but instead relies on pre-recorded musical parts with only the vocals being sung live along to a live repetitive dhol drum. The pre-recorded music consists of primarily looped rhythm parts from both eastern and western percussion instruments and little to no melody on instruments. It borrows heavily from hip hop, however it is more traditional than its predecessor, bhangra which rebelled against tradition and authenticity. Traditional folk instruments like dhol and tumbi are central to folkhop productions. Folkhop songs tend to be heavily produced by DJs on computer software. In the beginning, all songs start out as vocal only recordings that the folk singer records in India. This 'vocal only' recording is then sold on websites involved in the buying and selling of folkhop music. The DJs then pay a small sum for the rights to these vocals, and then set the music using looped samples of both hip hop and traditional folk instruments. The quintessential folkhop artist is the bedroom DJ. Folkhop albums typically feature no credits on musicians, instead liner notes simply feature 'big ups' to online friends of the folkhop DJ.
  
  Whereas bhangra music was centered on bands delivering live performances with focus on instrumentation (as evidenced by bhangra videos), folkhop shares with rap and hip hop "common textual aspects, as well as similarities in their onstage and video performance practices: an obsession with materialism, or an expressed desire or boasting of "bling", in the form of jewelry, wealth or clothing"
  
  It also features an obsession with farming and rural lifestyle such as livestock, tractors traditional clothes etc. Many folkhop videos showcase rappers and folk singers in the midst of farms or riding on tractors.
  
  