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East Coast hip hop
East Coast hip hop is a form of hip hop music that originated and developed in New York City, USA during the 1970s and early 1980s. The style emerged as a definitive subgenre after artists from other regions of the United States emerged with different styles. East Coast hip hop has been noted as...
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Alternative hip hop
Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a sub-genre of hip hop music that is defined in greatly varying ways. Allmusic defines it as follows:
Alternative Rap refers to Hip-Hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional...
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Gangsta rap
Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid 1980s by rappers such as Schooly D and Ice T, and was...
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- The Playa Rich Project, Vol. 2 ,
- Snoop Dogg Presents The Big Squeeze ,
- Against Tha Grain Tha E.P. ,
- The Infamous Archives
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Latin rap
Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Hip-Hop music recorded by artists of Latino origin.
According to B.Boy Omega, a writer for The Source, the first Latino in hip hop music was DJ Disco Wiz, a product of a...
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Rapcore
Rapcore is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with punk rock, often hardcore punk. Rapcore shares traits with rap rock and rap metal, and music often overlaps between the categories. These styles...
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- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Colon the Soundtrack ,
- Double Wide ,
- Insomnia ,
- Ozzfest 2002
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Mafioso rap
Mafioso rap, or "Crime Rap" is a hip hop sub-genre which first started in the late 1980s and later flourished in the mid-1990s. It is the pseudo-Mafia extension of East Coast hardcore rap.
In contrast to "Conscious rappers", who tended to depict...
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Jazz rap
Jazz rap is a sub-genre of hip hop which incorporates jazz influences, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentricity, and general positivism. Allmusic writes that the genre "was an...
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Hardcore hip hop
Hardcore hip hop, also referred to as hardcore rap, is a sub-genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Army of the Pharaohs,Stawners #1 FTP!,Schoolly D, Boogie Down...
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Horrorcore
Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. While the style is underground in popularity, some performers have sold well in the mainstream scene.
The stylistic origins of horrorcore can be traced to...
Pop-rap
Pop rap (sometimes referred to as hip pop) is the name given to a style of hip hop that has a strong pop music influences. In the pop rap sound, the rougher elements of hip hop music are removed and hooks are used in order to achieve a crossover...
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Hip Hop
Hip hop as a cultural movement manifest in B-boying (breakdancing), graffiti writing, DJing and MCeeing is an artistic commitment to seize freedom from oppressive social conditions. This artistic commitment inherent in hip hop culture expresses a...
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Pop rap
Pop rap (or hip-pop) is hip hop with a pop music influence. The style became popular in the early 1990s, as hip hop music found commercial success. Pop rappers were more radio-friendly than artists in other hip hop genres. It was not uncommon for...
