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[[File:Spencer X - Be Somebody (Beatbox Music Video).webm|thumb|Spencer X performing "Be Somebody" with only vocal beat-boxing]]
'''Beatboxing''' (also, and sometimes, called '''beat boxing''') is a form of [[vocal percussion]] primarily involving the art of mimicking [[drum machines]] (usually a [[Roland TR-808|TR-808]]), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and [[voice]].<ref name="beatboxology">[https://www.humanbeatbox.com/articles/toward-a-beatboxology/ TOWARD A BEATBOXOLOGY], Human Beatbox</ref> It may also involve vocal imitation of [[turntablism]], and other [[musical instrument]]s. Beatboxing today is connected with [[hip-hop culture]], often referred to as "the fifth element" of hip-hop, although it is not limited to [[hip-hop|hip-hop music]].<ref>[http://www.humanBeatbox.com/history The History of Beatboxing], humanbeatbox.com</ref><ref>D. Stowell and M. D. Plumbley, [http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/papers/2008/Stowell08-beatboxvocalstyle-C4DM-TR-08-01.pdf Characteristics of the beatboxing vocal style] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141745/http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/papers/2008/Stowell08-beatboxvocalstyle-C4DM-TR-08-01.pdf |date=2012-02-25 }}. Technical Report C4DM-TR-08-01. 2008.</ref> The term "beatboxing" is sometimes used to refer to vocal percussion in general.

== Origins ==
Techniques similar to beatboxing have been employed in diverse [[Music of the United States|American musical genres]] since the 19th century, such as [[American folk music|early rural music]], both black and white, religious songs, [[blues]], [[ragtime]], [[vaudeville]], and [[hokum]]. Examples include the [[Appalachia]]n technique of [[eefing]] and the blues song ''Bye bye bird'' by [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]].

Additional influences may perhaps include forms of [[African traditional music]], in which performers [[Juba dance|utilize their bodies (e.g., by clapping or stomping) as percussion instruments]] and produce sounds with their mouths by breathing loudly in and out, a technique used in beatboxing today.<ref>{{cite book | last=Duchan | first=Joshua S. | date=April 4, 2012 | title=Powerful Voices: The Musical and Social World of Collegiate A Cappella | series=Tracking Pop | page= 43 | publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLC0VxIKy8sC&pg=PA43 | access-date=July 29, 2017 | isbn=978-0-472-11825-0 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thompson|first=Tok|year=2011|title=Beatboxing, Mashups, and Cyborg Identity|journal=Western Folklore|volume=70|pages=171–193}}</ref>

{{Quote|Vocal percussion [is], "the imitation or approximation of percussion instruments," and beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion but can be described as, "music with your mouth... beatboxing is making and ''being'' the music, not just rhythm." ...Beatboxing is both the rhythm — predominantly through the [[bass drum|bass]] and [[snare drum]]s as well as [[hi-hat]] — while also incorporating various sound effects such as DJ [[scratching]], synthesizers, and [[bass line]]s. Using the mouth, lips, tongue, and voice to make music is thus the beatboxer's equivalent to a pianist's fingers and arms.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Sherman |first=Philip |date=2015 |title=Boots and cats!: Beatboxing from a pedagogical perspective |type=M.A. |chapter=Introduction |page=3 |publisher=Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Department of Music Education |chapter-url=http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A851567&dswid=-2838 |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=McDonald, Brody|date=2012|title=A Cappella Pop|page=81|publisher=Van Nuys|location=California|isbn=9780739095072|quotation=quotes Jake Moulton (of [[The House Jacks]] and [[Mosaic (vocal band)|Mosaic]])}}</ref>}}

Many well-known performers used vocal percussion occasionally, even though this was not directly connected to the cultural tradition that came to be known as beatboxing. [[Paul McCartney]]'s "[[That Would Be Something]]" (1970) includes vocal percussion. [[Pink Floyd]]'s "[[Pow R. Toc H.]]" (1967) also includes vocal percussion performed by the group's original lead vocalist, [[Syd Barrett]]. Jazz singers [[Bobby Mcferrin|Bobby McFerrin]] and [[Al Jarreau]] were very well known for their vocal styles and techniques, which have had great impact on techniques beatboxers use today. [[Michael Jackson]] was known to record himself beatboxing on a dictation tape recorder as a demo and scratch recording to compose several of his songs, including "[[Billie Jean]]", "[[The Girl Is Mine]]", and others.<ref name="mjbeatbox-tape">{{cite web |title=Michael Jackson BeatBoxing |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5he8XQCBw  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/5C5he8XQCBw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=YouTube |access-date=2011-01-13 |date=2008-03-27}}{{cbignore}} Jackson beatboxes while explaining how he composed "[[Tabloid Junkie]]", "[[The Girl Is Mine]]", "[[Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)|Who Is It]]", "[[Billie Jean]]", and "[[Bad (album)#Track listing|Streetwalker]]" (song on the ''Bad'' album 2001 Special Edition)</ref> In contrast, the English progressive rock band [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] adopted beatboxing on at least one track on their [[The Jethro Tull Christmas Album|2003 Christmas album]]. [[Gert Fröbe]], a German actor most widely known for playing [[Auric Goldfinger]] in the [[James Bond in film|James Bond]] film ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'', "beatboxes" as Colonel Manfred von Holstein (simultaneously vocalizing horned and percussive instruments) in ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'', a 1965 British comedy film.

== Contribution to hip-hop == <!--Please stop adding non-hip-hop things to this section. BEATBOXING is not the same as all vocal percussion ever! No-one is surprised that people have imitated drums in the past!-->
Modern beatboxing first began as a way to assist or backup the MC. When drum machines were unavailable or unaffordable, communities in the inner city of New York began to mimic the sounds with their voices in ciphers. The term "beatboxing" is derived from the mimicry of early [[drum machine]]s, then known as beatboxes, particularly, and specifically, the [[Roland TR-808]].<ref name="beatboxology"/> The term "beatbox" was used to refer to earlier [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] drum machines such as the [[Roland Rhythm 55|TR-55]] and [[Roland CR-78|CR-78]] in the 1970s.<ref name="old-school">[https://www.humanbeatbox.com/articles/history-of-beatboxing-part-2/ HISTORY OF BEATBOX: OLD SCHOOL], Human Beatbox</ref> They were followed by the TR-808, released in 1980, which became central to [[hip hop music]]<ref name="old-school"/> and [[electronic dance music]].<ref name="beatboxology"/> It is the TR-808 that human beatboxing is largely modeled after.<ref name="beatboxology"/> 

"Human beatboxing" in hip-hop originated in the 1980s. Its early pioneers include [[Doug E. Fresh]], the self-proclaimed first "human beatbox" (and arguably its most famous practitioner);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/doug_e_fresh/artist.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060415175338/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/doug_e_fresh/artist.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2006|title=Doug E. Fresh|work=MTV Artists}}</ref> Swifty, the first to implement the inhale sound technique{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}; [[Darren Robinson (rapper)|Buffy]], who helped perfect many beatboxing techniques;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.humanbeatbox.com/beatboxers/buffy/|title=Darren Buffy Robinson {{!}} HUMAN BEATBOX|website=Humanbeatbox.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-02}}</ref> and [[Wise (Stetsasonic)|Wise]], who contributed significantly to beat boxing's proliferation.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Wise inspired an entire new fan base of human beatboxers with his human turntable technique. Other pioneers of beatboxing include [[Rahzel]] well known for his realistic robotic sounds and for his ability to sing and beatbox simultaneously, [[Scratch (musician)|Scratch]] a beatboxer and musician well known for further revolutionizing the use of vocal scratching in beatboxing, Kenny Muhammad the Human Orchestra, a beatboxer known for his technicality and outstanding rhythmic precision, who pioneered the inward k snare, a beatbox technique that imitates a snare drum by breathing inward, and Emanon, an early protegee of Doug E. Fresh associated with Ice T and [[Afrika Islam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/hip-hop/afrika-islams-personal-copy-of-the-baby-beat-box|title=Afrika Islam's Personal Copy of Baby Beatbox|work=Sotheby's}}</ref> Many refer to beatboxing as the unofficial 5th element of hip-hop.

== Modern beatboxing ==
[[File:Beatboxset1 pepouni.ogg|thumb|An example of modern beatboxing]]
[[Image:Biz Markie at Amager Bio 1.jpg|thumb|[[Biz Markie]] beatboxing]]
The Internet has played a large part in the popularity of modern beatboxing. Alex Tew (aka A-Plus) started the first online community of beatboxers in 2000 under the banner of HUMANBEATBOX.COM. An early example of modern beatboxing was seen in the [[2001 in film|2001]] [[South Korea]]n [[romantic comedy]] film ''[[My Sassy Girl]]''. In 2001, Gavin Tyte, a member of this community created the world's first tutorials and video tutorials on beatboxing. In 2003, the community held the world's first Human Beatbox Convention in London featuring beatbox artists from all over the world.

Beatboxing's current popularity is due in part to releases from artists such as [[Rahzel]], [[RoxorLoops]], [[Reeps One]] and [[Alem (beatboxer)|Alem]]. In the Pacific, American beatboxer of [[Chinese immigration to Hawaii|Hawaii Chinese]] descent Jason Tom co-founded the Human Beatbox Academy to perpetuate the art of beatboxing through outreach performances, speaking engagements and workshops in [[Honolulu]], the westernmost and southernmost major U.S. city of the 50th U.S. state of [[Hawaii]].<ref name="University of Hawaiʻi Alumni">{{cite web|title=Hawai'i's Human Beatbox|url=https://uhalumni.org/kapiolani/story/hawaiis-human-beatbox|access-date=31 October 2019|work=University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Office of Alumni Relations|date=19 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="UH News">{{cite web | title = Kapiʻolani CC alum stays on beat spreading message of perseverance | url = https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2018/12/13/kapiolani-cc-human-beatbox/ |access-date=31 October 2019| work = University of Hawaiʻi News |date=December 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Kapiʻo News">{{cite news|last1=Yamashiro|first1=Lexus|title=KCC Alumnus Inspires Community Through Beatboxing, Motivational Speaking|url=https://www.kapionews.com/index.php/2017/07/19/kcc-alumnus-inspires-community-through-beatboxing-motivational-speaking/|access-date=31 October 2019|work=Kapiʻo News|date=15 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="University of Hawaiʻi at Kapiʻolani Alumni">{{cite web|title=Hawaiʻi's Human Beatbox|url=https://uhalumni.org/news/story/hawaiis-human-beatbox| last= Ching |first= Kapiʻolani |date=December 13, 2018|work=University of Hawaiʻi at Kapiʻolani Alumni|access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name="The International Wave">{{cite web| last = Lim | first = Woojin | title=Jason Tom: Hawaii's Human Beatbox|url=https://medium.com/the-international-wave/jason-tom-hawaiis-human-beatbox-bb55c49e551|access-date=January 23, 2021|work=The International Wave: A Collection of In-Depth Conversations With Artists of Asian Descent|date=January 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Melliennial Magazine">{{cite web|last1=Hulme|first1=Julia|title=Jason Tom: The Human BeatBox|url=http://millennialmagazine.com/jason-tom-the-human-beatbox/|work=Millennial Magazine|access-date=January 23, 2021|date=January 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>Garfield, J. {{IMDb title|qid=Q4959819|title=Breath Control: The History Of The Human Beat Box}}. 2002. ''A documentary on the history of the art form, including interviews with Doug E. Fresh, [[Emanon]], [[Biz Markie]], [[Marie Daulne]] of [[Zap Mama]], Kyle Faustino, and others.''</ref>

Sometimes, modern beatboxers will use their hand or another part of their body to extend the spectrum of sound effects and rhythm. Some have developed a technique that involves blowing and sucking air around their fingers to produce a very realistic record scratching noise, which is commonly known as the "[[Crab (scratch)|crab scratch]]". Another hand technique includes the "throat tap", which involves beatboxers tapping their fingers against their throats as they [[Overtone singing|throat sing]] or hum. 

Engaging different [[Articulatory phonetics|articulators]] like the [[tongue]] and [[Lip|lips]] in rapid succession creates the illusion of hearing multiple sounds performed at once. Beatboxers also utilize the independence of [[larynx]] and other articulators to produce sound with both simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDcpG5BQ3t4 |title=beatbox billie jean HQ |date=2009-11-02 |last=jorge96432 |access-date=2025-04-06 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Modern beatboxing has also evolved with the advent of technology such as live looping. Many beatboxers like [[Beardyman]], [[KRNFX]], and [[Thepetebox|The Petebox]] use modern looping devices such as the Boss RC-505 to sample or layer their beatboxing sounds live on stage, in addition to traditional solo beatboxing. Such adaptation has allowed modern beatboxers to perform entire musical compositions much like DJs but with their mouths.

Today there is an increase in the variety in which we see beatboxing throughout musical culture. People have gone as far as adding beatboxing in with different instruments to create a completely different sound unlike any other. Artist [[Greg Patillo]] goes as far as adding in beatboxing while playing the flute to very iconic songs. Beatbox has become modernized and has even been seen in popular movies such as ''[[Pitch Perfect]]'' and ''[[Pitch Perfect 2]]''. These movies showcase classical songs performed with a cappella covers in which all of the beats to the songs are done completely using the idea and technique of beatboxing to complete the sound capable to imitate the original song.

==Notation==
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As with other musical disciplines, some form of [[musical notation]] or [[transcription (music)|transcription]] may sometimes be useful in order to describe beatbox patterns or performances. Sometimes this takes the form of [[ad hoc]] phonetic approximations, but is occasionally more formal. {{IPA|{{bracket|[[voiced bilabial stop|b]]}}}} is usually the bass drum, {{IPA|{{bracket|[[voiceless velar stop|k]]}}}} is usually the snare drum, and {{IPA|/[[voiceless alveolar affricate|ts]]/}} ({{IPA|[t͡s]}}) is usually the hi-hat (in {{music|time|4|4}}: 𝄆b-ts-k-ts-b-ts-k-ts𝄇).

[https://www.humanbeatbox.com/articles/standard-beatbox-notation-sbn/ Standard Beatbox Notation] (SBN) was created by Mark Splinter and Gavin Tyte<ref>TyTe. [http://www.humanbeatbox.com/forum/content.php?370-Standard-Beatbox-Notation "Standard Beatbox Notation"]. ''HumanBeatBox.com''.</ref> of [http://www.humanbeatbox.com Humanbeatbox.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910112954/http://www.humanbeatbox.com/ |date=2009-09-10 }} in 2006<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Marian |title=Beatboxing: An oral history; Hip-Hoppers Turn to Voice-Based Rhythms |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/10/beatboxing-an-oral-history/ |work=San Jose Mercury News, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116030544/https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/10/beatboxing-an-oral-history/ |archive-date=2017-01-16 |quote=2007-01-04}}</ref> as an alternative to [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA) transcription, which had been used sparingly before then.

In a research study published in 2013 and based on real-time [[MRI]] imaging of a beatboxer, the authors propose a notation system which combines the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] with musical [[staff notation]], in part motivated by their observation that many beatboxing sounds can be adequately represented by the IPA.<ref name="Proctor2013">{{cite journal|author=Proctor, M.I.|author2=Bresch, E.|author3=Byrd, D.|author4=Nayak, K.|author5=Narayanan, S.|name-list-style=amp|title=Para-Linguistic Mechanisms of Production in Human "Beatboxing": a Real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study|journal=[[Journal of the Acoustical Society of America]]|volume=133|issue=2|pages=1043–1054|doi=10.1121/1.4773865|year=2013|pmc=3574116|pmid=23363120|bibcode=2013ASAJ..133.1043P }}<!--|access-date=6 February 2013--></ref>

== Phonology ==
Each beatboxer can produce a very large number of unique sounds, but there are three distinct linguistic categories of sound within beatboxing. [[Ejective consonant|Ejectives]] are the strong puffs of air from the [[Larynx|voice box]] that give intensity to percussive sounds. The "p", "t", and "k" sounds can all be made into ejectives,{{dubious|reason= According to [[Ejective consonant#Types]] what appears to be voiced ejectives is either not voiced, or not ejective.  Perhaps [[Implosive consonants]] should be added?|date=June 2021}}. "Ch", typically represented as [t͡ʃ], and "j", usually [d͡ʒ], are some examples of (ejective) affricates.

Nonstandard [[Fricative consonant|fricatives]] are the mechanical sounds such as snare drums, cymbals, and other buzzing noises in beatboxing that are made with fricatives. Certain sounds, such as velar lateral fricatives, bilabial lateral fricatives, and linguolabial fricatives, and velar trills<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWQkwmj_riQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/sWQkwmj_riQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Voiceless Velar Trill|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2FkJVj2hj4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/B2FkJVj2hj4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The elusive Velar Trill|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUbUXqQ0SOI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/UUbUXqQ0SOI| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Shouldn't there be a velar trill in the IPA?|access-date=20 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> are all judged impossible according to the IPA but technically possible, and they are sounds that are commonly used in beatboxing.<ref name="FromkinRodman2018">{{cite book|author1=Victoria Fromkin|author2=Robert Rodman|author3=Nina Hyams|title=An Introduction to Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pa9EDwAAQBAJ&q=velar+lateral&pg=PA199|date=1 January 2018|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-337-55957-7|page=199}}</ref>

[[Coarticulation]] is the act of controlling a sound in two places at once. A common example of this is the sound that is created when a rolled [r] sound and a [v] sound are simultaneously said and pronounced. This is called a voiced alveolar trill with labiodental articulation. Similarly, [[epenthesis]] is the sound created when beatboxers sing or rap and make percussion sounds at the same time. Contrary to what the sound suggests, their tongue is not in two places at once. This effect is done by placing percussive sounds in the middle of words or lyrics.<ref name="Proctor2013"/>

==Multi-vocalism==
Multi-vocalism is a form of vocal musicianship conceptualized by British beatboxer and vocalist [[Killa Kela]]. It describes beatboxers who incorporate other vocal disciplines and practices into their routines and performances such as [[singing]], [[rapping]], sound mimicry and other vocal arts. [[Beardyman]] is a well known multi-vocalist.

==World records==
According to the [[Guinness World Records]], the current record for the largest human beatbox ensemble was set by [[The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups]], with  6,430 participants, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the [[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]] on 26 June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/2000/largest-human-beatbox-ensemble|title=Largest human beatbox ensemble|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2023-06-07}}</ref>

Prior to this, the record was set by [[Booking.com]] employees with 4,659 participants. It was achieved by Booking.com employees together with beatboxers at the RAI Amsterdam in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], on 10 December 2013 during their annual company meeting.<ref name="Largest">{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/2000/largest-human-beatbox-ensemble|title=Largest human beatbox ensemble|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2012-03-27}}</ref>

The previous largest human beatbox ensemble involved 2,081 participants and was achieved by Google (Ireland), Shlomo (UK) and Testament (UK) at The Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland, on 14 November 2011.<ref name="Largest"/>

Before Shlomo's record, the previous record for the largest human beatbox ensemble involved 1,246 participants and was achieved by [[Vineeth Vincent]] and [[Christ University]] (India) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, on 5 February 2011.<ref name="Largest"/>

==Selected discography==
This list is a selected discography of commercial releases which are mostly/entirely beatbox-based or are otherwise notable/influential records in the history of beatboxing and its popularization.
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===1980s===
*[[Michael Winslow]] – ''[[Police Academy (film)|Police Academy]]'' (1984)
*[[Fat Boys]] – "Human Beat Box" from ''[[Fat Boys (album)|Fat Boys]]'' (1984)
*[[Doug E. Fresh]] – "[[The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)|The Show]]" & "[[La Di Da Di]]" (1985)
*[[UTFO]] - "[[Bite It (UTFO song)]]" (1985)
*[[Stephen Wiley]] - "Rappin for Jesus", "[[Damiyon Everly]] sound effects Human beat boxer" (1986)
*Emanon – "The Baby Beatbox" (1986)
*[[Roxanne Shante]] & [[Biz Markie]] – "Def Fresh Crew / Biz Beat" 12" (1986)
*[[Just-Ice]] – ''[[Back to the Old School]]'' (1986)
* [[The Skinny Boys|Skinny Boys]]- Jockbox (1986)
*[[T La Rock]] - Three Minutes of BeatBox (1987) "[[Greg Nice]] Beatboxer"
*[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince|Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]-[[Rock the House (album)|Rock the House]] [[Ready Rock C]] -Beatboxer (1987)
*[[Wise (Stetsasonic)|Wise]] – Just Say Stet (1985), Faye (1986) & Stet Troop 88 (1988)
*[[Biz Markie]] – [[Goin' Off]] ''(includes beatbox track "Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz")'' (1988)
*[[Vanilla Ice]] – [[Havin' a Roni]] – from [[To the Extreme|''To The Extreme'']] (1990)
*[[Snap!]] – Only Human – B-side on Mary Had A Little Boy 12" (1990)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mary Had A Little Boy 12|url=https://www.discogs.com/Snap-Mary-Had-A-Little-Boy-Only-Human/release/200756|website=Discogs|date=October 1990 |access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>

===1990s===
*[[Rahzel]] – ''[[Make The Music 2000]]'' (1999)

===2000s===
*[[Scratch (musician)|Kyle "Scratch" Jones]] – ''The Embodiment of Instrumentation'' (2002)
*[[Killa Kela]] – ''The Permanent Marker'' (2002)
*[[Esham]] – ''Out Cold'' (2003)
*[[Justin Timberlake]] – "[[Rock Your Body]]" (2003)
*[[Rahzel]] – ''[[Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs]]'' (2004)
*[[Björk]] – ''[[Medúlla]]'' (2004)
*[[Joel Turner (musician)|Joel Turner]] – "[[These Kids]]" (2004)
*[[Matisyahu]] – "[[Live at Stubb's (Matisyahu album)|Live at Stubb's]]" (2005)
*[[Biz Markie]] – ''[[Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz]]'' (2006)
*[[Poizunus]] – ''A.D.D.'' (Active Dreaming Disorder) (2007)
*[[Kid Beyond]] – ''Amplivate'' (2004)
*[[Blake Lewis]] – ''[[A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)]]'' (2007)
*[[Dub FX]] – "Everythinks a Ripple" (2009)

===2010s===
*[[Beardyman]] – ''[[I Done a Album]]'' (2011)
*[[Hopsin]] – "Lunch Time Cypher" (2013)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA5dGh-oOKo |title=Hopsin - Lunch Time Cypher ft PASSIONATE MC & G Mo Skee |date=2013-11-24 |last=Hopsintv |access-date=2025-04-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
*[[Reeps One]] – "Move" (2013)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5ty3Kucz4&pp=ygUOcmVlcHMgb25lIG1vdmU= |title=REEPS ONE // 'MOVE' |date=2013-10-16 |last=Reeps One |access-date=2025-04-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
*[[Berywam]] - "Berywam" (2017)
*[[Beatbox House#Neil "NaPoM" Meadows|NaPoM]] – "Lips" (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swissbeatbox.com/napom_lips/|title=NaPom - Lips|website=swissbeatbox.com|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2018-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404134512/http://swissbeatbox.com/napom_lips/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2020s===
*Show-Go - "Silver" (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT3_vLQ3jbM|access-date=2023-09-24 |title=SHOW-GO - Silver (Beatbox) |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
*D-low - "LanigirO" (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsoL3c0FdQg|access-date=2023-09-24 |title=D-low &#124; LanigirO (Beatbox Video) |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
*Stitch - "Stay With Me" (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVyswMdlCEY|access-date=2023-09-24 |title=Stitch - Stay with Me (BEATBOX) |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
*Den - "Moments I had" (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUe2ymg1RHs|access-date=2023-09-24 |title=DEN vs Zer0 &#124; Moments I had &#124; #bbu22 Top 16 |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
*Wing - "Dopamine" (2025)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlrpeYdm9Ec&pp=ygUJV2luZyBkb3Bh |title=WING - Dopamine (Official Video) (BEATBOX) |date=2025-02-12 |last=BEATPELLA HOUSE |access-date=2025-04-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
When asked to beatbox, [[Siri]] will repeat the phrase "Boots and Cats" to mimic beatboxing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnet.com/au/news/siri-drops-sick-beats-when-you-ask-her-to-beatbox/|title=Siri drops sick beats when you ask her to beatbox|date=13 January 2016|publisher=CBS Interactive|work=CNET}}</ref> ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' called it "perhaps the most entertaining mid-day pick-me-up ever created."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/iphone-siri-beatbox|title=iPhone's Siri Can Totally Beatbox – Teen Vogue|author=Kate Dwyer|work=Teen Vogue|date=13 January 2016 }}</ref> [[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton: An American Musical]] used some beatboxing in "Aaron Burr, Sir".

Beatboxing can often be seen in national advertisements. A [[GEICO]] [[GEICO advertising campaigns|radio commercial]], featuring a supermarket employee beatboxing various announcements over a store intercom ("Cleanup on aisle 14" with beats interspersed), won the [[Westwood One]] Sports Sounds Awards Media Choice Award for best commercial heard during the radio network's coverage of [[Super Bowl LII]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/motel-6-geico-win-westwood-one-s-sports-sounds-awards/article_a8f1e804-0b88-11e8-ab1e-bb0e63b33ed3.html|title=Motel 6, GEICO Win Westwood One's Sports Sounds Awards.|website=Insideradio.com|date=6 February 2018 |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> A 2021 national [[M&M's]] commercial seen in Times Square features American beatbox looping champion [[SungBeats]].

==See also==
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*[[List of beatboxers]]
*[[Grand Beatbox Battle]]
*[[Beatbox Battle World Championship]]
*[[Mouth drumming]]
*[[Konnakol]]
*[[Scat singing]]
*[[Puirt a beul]]
*''[[Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box]]''
*[[Beatrhyming]]
*[[Incredibox]]
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==References==
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Beatboxing-Communities supporting the scene for more than 10 years:
* [http://swissbeatbox.com Swissbeatbox.com] - World's largest Beatbox Platform.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160423223935/http://beatboxbattle.tv/ Beatboxbattle.tv] - Organizer of the World Beatbox Championship.
* [https://humanbeatbox.com Humanbeatbox.com]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - One of the first Beatboxing Online-Communities.

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