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Hip-Hop Is Looking Back to the '80s for Its Next Sound

Drake Magazine Music Desk · August 12, 2026 · Source: Rolling Stone Canada

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The Brief

Electro, freestyle, synth-funk and Miami bass influences are reappearing across contemporary rap and hip-hop production.

Drake Magazine compiled this report using information from Rolling Stone Canada and other verified sources.

Published August 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET · Last verified August 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET

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