A quiet rebellion in beats. These sketches of mine sit somewhere between boom bap’s backbone and trip hop’s shadow—dusty, swung, and sample-heavy, but never nostalgic for the sake of it. It’s music that feels lived-in: MPCs, late-night edits, and drums that don’t ask for attention but get it anyway.

Built for those who still listen front to back, who hear the space between the kicks.

Boom Bap and Underground Hip Hop Instrumentals

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DJ Zero One | Boom-bap drums × cosmic synths | Long Beach, CA

From the sun-bleached corners of Long Beach, DJ Zero One has spent 25 years fusing hard-knocking boom-bap with astral synth lines and genre-bending flair—think J Dilla meets Kaytranada with a West-Coast grin. His credits run deep, with originals and remixes for underground legends like Edo G, Dizzy Dustin (Ugly Duckling), 2Mex, Ill Camille, Declaime, and more. Steeped in the energy of L.A.’s storied beat scene, Zero One keeps reshaping sound for the future—spinning everything from dusty soul flips to future-funk edits that move bodies and minds alike.

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