# The 7 Best Miami Bass Tracks of All Time

Miami in the mid-eighties, where electro was rebuilt around one thing: the 808 kick, tuned low and long enough to move air in a car boot. Fast, filthy, and engineered for a sound system rather than a radio.

- **Origin:** Miami, Florida, 1985
- **Tempo:** 125–145 BPM
- **Also known as:** booty bass, bass music, 808 bass
- **Tracks:** 7
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/genre/miami-bass/

## The list

### 1. [2 Live Crew](https://waxonia.com/artist/2-live-crew/) — [Throw the D](https://waxonia.com/track/2-live-crew--throw-the-d/)

*1986 · Luke Skyywalker*

The record that set the template and started the call-and-response tradition of answer records. Crude by design, and the 808 is mixed louder than the vocal on purpose.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/), [The Eighties](https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/2%20Live%20Crew%20Throw%20the%20D) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IMicDDXU-9c)

### 2. [MC A.D.E.](https://waxonia.com/artist/mc-a-d-e/) — [Bass Rock Express](https://waxonia.com/track/mc-a-d-e--bass-rock-express/)

*1985 · 4-Sight*

Often named as the first Miami bass record proper. A train rhythm, a countdown, and low end that will damage an inadequate speaker.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/MC%20A.D.E.%20Bass%20Rock%20Express) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yGm5w_k79GY)

### 3. [Amos Larkins II](https://waxonia.com/artist/amos-larkins-ii/) — [Planet Rock](https://waxonia.com/track/amos-larkins-ii--planet-rock/)

*1986*

Not the Bambaataa track — a Miami producer's own bass workout, and a good demonstration of how completely the city rewrote what it had inherited.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Amos%20Larkins%20II%20Planet%20Rock) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qwwb8WkrdOM)

### 4. [2 Hyped Brothers and a Dog](https://waxonia.com/artist/2-hyped-brothers-and-a-dog/) — [Doo Doo Brown](https://waxonia.com/track/2-hyped-brothers-and-a-dog--doo-doo-brown/)

*1991*

A rhythm that became a template, then a standard, then a genre in its own right once New Orleans got hold of it. One of bass music's most productive records.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/2%20Hyped%20Brothers%20and%20a%20Dog%20Doo%20Doo%20Brown) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1zRb_WNEeaw)

### 5. [69 Boyz](https://waxonia.com/artist/69-boyz/) — [Tootsee Roll](https://waxonia.com/track/69-boyz--tootsee-roll/)

*1994 · Rip-It*

The dance-craze end, and a top ten hit. Miami bass's habit of pairing an instruction with a beat is the direct ancestor of a great deal of later Southern rap.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/69%20Boyz%20Tootsee%20Roll) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4GyqPnuug)

### 6. [95 South](https://waxonia.com/artist/95-south/) — [Whoot, There It Is](https://waxonia.com/track/95-south--whoot-there-it-is/)

*1993 · Wrap*

Released weeks before Tag Team's near-identical Whoomp, and the resulting confusion sold both. The scene ran on answer records and always had.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/95%20South%20Whoot%2C%20There%20It%20Is) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=N69N09WoBhs)

### 7. [Dynamix II](https://waxonia.com/artist/dynamix-ii/) — [Scarface](https://waxonia.com/track/dynamix-ii--scarface/)

*1987*

The technical end of the city — vocoders, tight programming, and an obvious debt to Kraftwerk that most of the scene had by then abandoned.

Also on: [Miami](https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Dynamix%20II%20Scarface) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Olgn9sXNdl0)

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