Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student assistant Nikoloz (class of 2026) and features phonk, a subgenre of hip hop and trap music which is popular in Russia.
Phonk
Phonk songs, especially Drift phonk, usually use distorted/sampled sounds that most of us are familiar with. Regardless, these phonk songs sound quite different from those melodies you might know and love, to the point where you wouldn’t guess in a thousand years that music pieces that you listen to on a regular basis are used for their creation.
This phonk comes from Russia, however more recent works that become popular are in English (That is, of course, if they have any lyrics at all.)
PLAYAMANE x Nateki – “MIDNIGHT”
SHADXWBXRN, ARCHEZ, KXNVRA – “PRINCE OF DARKNESS”
donttrustthem – “PHONK – all alone”
ONIMXRU x SMITHMANE – “SHADOW”
KORDHELL – “MURDER IN MY MIND”
MC Mazzie – “Ele Te Bota Soca Soca” Feat. Mc RD (DJ Wizard e DJ NpcSize)
Freddie Dredd – “Devil’s Work”
Ezekiel – “help_urself (prod.dyn remix)”
Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZextsRtFgHC_dcqnR0d4GkMm