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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 popularized in the later part of the 1980s by...
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  Alternative hip hop

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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 the songs to have raunchy subject matter, but on...
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  Jazz-funk

  Jazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers. The integration of Funk, Soul, and R&B; music and styles into jazz resulted in the creation of a genre whose spectrum is...
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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 realistic urban life on the ghetto streets, Mafioso...
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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 KRS-One and Kool G Rap, it is generally characterized by an aggressive sound and confrontational lyricism, while the...

• Hip hop soul

  Hip hop soul is the second major subgenre of contemporary R&B.; The term generally describes a style of music that blends soulful R&B; singing and raw hip hop production. The genre served as the middle point between two other hip hop/R&B; blends, new jack swing and neo soul, and while it was most...

• Rapcore

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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 Puerto Rican father and a Cuban mother who was...

• 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 a number of artists in the early 1990s. The Geto...