[3] Producer Clams Casino has also been credited with pioneering the cloud rap sound as early as 2010 through collaborations with Lil B.
[4] The term was also used in the Space Age Hustle blog's compilation of songs, 3 Years Ahead: The Cloud Rap Tape.
[8] Cloud rap is melodically similar to lo-fi and chillwave but distinguishes itself with distorted, psychedelic samples and the inclusion of trap style drums.
[9] In particular, cloud rap often utilizes looped samples from female singers, and often from those whose voices have an ethereal quality.
[10] With many of the genre's pioneers taking major influences from witch house and chillwave, many artists have producers in common like Clams Casino, 90's Bambino, and SpaceGhostPurrp.
[9] The mixtape consists of common cloud rap elements and themes such as drug use, sex, and self-reflection.