Topic summary
Lofi
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Lo-fi music.
2010s: Lofi hip-hop
In the late 2010s, a form of downtempo music tagged as "lofi hip-hop" or "chillhop" became popular among YouTube music streamers. It combines hip-hop beats with elements of chill-out. Several of these YouTube channels attracted millions of followers. The genre tends to be deliberately unpolished and features audio imperfections, distorted sound quality, and less professional audio equipment. Lofi hip-hop originated within the underground beatmaking hip-hop scene of the 2000s, particularly after the advent of Roland SP-303 and Roland SP-404 samplers, each of which featured the "lo-fi" effect as a separate button.