"Some channels are 24/7 streams, some operate as sporadic pop-ups who stream for a few hours. But all stations find ways to cater to the lean-back listener, someone looking for endless hours of background music as they clean their house, study for an exam, or just want to chill.
“The whole idea [of lo-fi hip-hop] is sonic nostalgia, but not in an overly aggressive or ironic way like vaporwave or retrowave,” said YouTuber Ryan Celsius, whose lo-fi channel boasts 250,000 subscribers. “It’s usually beat production that can sound undermixed, containing intended or unintended imperfections with a heavy focus on creative sample use and authentic sounding drums kits. It’s usually a tape hiss or some analog distortion set against a simple set of drum loops and an incredible sample selection.”
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