Hip House Gear Used by Hip House Artists
Drawn from the documented rigs of 252 Hip house artists and the Equipboard community — ranked by real usage, not opinion.
Gear That Defines Hip House
Not just popular — disproportionately Hip house. Multipliers compare usage among Hip house artists & fans to usage across all of Equipboard, so gear everyone owns doesn't crowd out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
Shure U2 SM58
Wireless Microphones
2.2× vs site-wide
2
Akai S900 MIDI Digital Sampler
Audio Samplers
2.1× vs site-wide
3
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Mixer
DJ Mixers
2.0× vs site-wide
4
Pioneer CDJ-2000 Nexus
DJ Controllers
2.0× vs site-wide
5
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Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer
Drum Machines
2.0× vs site-wide
6
Pioneer CDJ-2000
DJ Controllers
1.9× vs site-wide
7
Roland TB-303
Synthesizers
1.9× vs site-wide
8
Avid Pro Tools
DAW Software
1.6× vs site-wide
9
Ableton Live
DAW Software
1.6× vs site-wide
The Artists Behind the Data
This page is built from the documented rigs of Hip house artists on Equipboard — a few of the 252:
How We Built This Guide
Documented artist rigs
Every count starts with the sourced, evidence-backed gear of 252 Hip house artists on Equipboard — interviews, photos, and rig breakdowns, not guesswork.
Community signal
Saves and gear-photo tags from players who love this genre add weight, so the lists reflect who actually plays this stuff.
Distinctive, not just popular
We compare Hip house usage to all of Equipboard — so a tuner everyone owns doesn't drown out the gear that makes this genre sound like itself.
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