St. Louis Bounce

St. Louis ("Blues") Bounce, also known as Bounce, is a subgenre of Midwestern hip-hop/Southern hip-hop music that made popular in the first decade of the 2000s by hip-hop artists and musical production teams in St. Louis, Missouri.

The style is distinguished primarily by melodic sing-song rapping over rhythmic bouncy beats laced with strictly-incorporated “bluesy” (or “country”) guitar-tinged riffs and chords. Although St. Louis Bounce borrows pounding basslines from Southern rap styles, it is usually distinguished by fairly strict bluesy (or "country") guitar riffs and chords on top of (or around) infectious bassy or percussive beats, which are sometimes accompanied by whimsical lyrics. Guitar riffs and chords are usually more prominent than piano or keyboard. It is not to be confused with alternative rap (ex. Arrested Development) or country rap.