808

noun, slang

Hip-hop slang · Rap Dictionary

Definition

1. A Roland TR-808 drum machine; bass drum. 2. Bass sound on a beat.

Examples

1

Turn up the 808 on the beat.

2

Just a snare and a 808" - Lil Wayne, Let the Beat Build.

3

We want them harder beats, that 808 you slipping man"" - Childish Gambino, Shoulda Known.

4

100k a day, trap booming like an 808" - A boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Say A?.

5

Music the bass, swap my heart for an 808" - Erick Arc Elliott, Death.

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