Acid rap is a subgenre of hip hop music, fusing rock-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death, drug use, evil, paranoia and sex. The term was first coined by Detroit rapper Esham, who defined the genre as analogous to "'modern day blues [or] heavy metal'", Esham has been cited as one of the innovators of the genre, and compared his lyrical content to hallucinations induced by LSD. Esham's music has also been cited as an example of ...
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