Recently it seems like everyone is asking one question: what is trap? Trap music is basically what would happen if a Dutch DJ went to Houston, took Molly and sipped on lean at the same time, and then decided to make some music. It is equal parts hip-hop, dance music and dubstep. The tempo and song structure of the mixes are provided by the rap music, all the synth work and the sampling comes à la EDM (electronic dance music) and the hard-hitting bass is derived from dubstep. The trill vocals and the accessible beats really get you hyped for no reason.

Trap music originally stemmed from southern rap music. Rappers like Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane and Three 6 Mafia would’ve been the first thing you thought of when talking about trap music. The beats had hard 808 bass samples, raspy snares and a clap was almost always thrown in there.

The best thing about trap is that it fuses hip-hop and club bangers without making one or the other corny. You still get the up-tempo, high energy elements of EDM, but with a nitty-gritty, raw feeling to it. The beat still drops. There is less of a buildup, but this isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes when listening to dubstep or house music, during the buildup, it feels like a fairy is about to fall down a cliff. In trap, the bass still bumps, without having to hear the vocals of Gotye remixed in the background.

“I heard about trap from a friend,” said Paola Diaz, an undeclared freshman. “Trap music has more drums in the sounds as compared to just wobbles and straight beats in house or dubstep. It’s less mainstream.”

Artists like Flosstradamus, DJ Sliink and RL Grime — all notorious trap DJs — have been in the trap game for years and have only recently been getting more mainstream attention (sorry to all of you hipsters out there). Still, trap is not about being mainstream, but truly is about conveying a certain feeling through music. It blends the beats that you want from electronic music with the vibe and soul of hip-hop. It’s a genre that you can get hyped to, but also vibe out to whether you’re going to a frat or you’re alone in your room. Trap is super eclectic and appeals to different people.

“I like that everybody can dance to it in a different way,” said Kristine Thomson, an undeclared freshman. “With trap music, it’s not about the drop so much, because a lot of the other stuff is just waiting for something to come up and then you drop it. It’s just the whole beat and the bass the whole time, and you can dance really, really hard the whole time instead of just waiting for it to come up.”

Trap isn’t just about the music, it’s about the feeling. It’s all about the good vibes and getting pumped because you’re in college, dammit.