Lo-fi hip hop

A type of chill music genre that is, by and large, copyright-free. It is widely encountered as the background music of almost every YouTube video or Twitch stream. Lo-fi hip hop started off as a unique genre which grew popular in 2016, but has now become rather mainstream, with more and more amateur producers trying to replicate that quintessential mellow lo-fi vibe, and more and more content creators depending on this music. To achieve the lo-fi hip hop vibe, you will need all of the following: 1) Vinyl and/or ambiance background loops 2) Lo-fi drum samples (primarily found on splice.com) 3) Continuing, a hip hop beat with a large amount of swing applied 4) Mellow sounding instruments like a Rhodes piano, Kalimba or acoustic guitar 5) Amping and distortion for that fuzzy effect 6) Various mellow-sounding foley sounds (e.g. leaves crunching, gentle footsteps) 7) Some musical creativity (this is all dependent on your knowledge on music theory and your familiarity with good-tasting music in general)