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A Work intended to be perceivable as a combination of sounds, with or without accompanying
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AlternativeRap |
Fond of crossing the boundaries of a particular genre Alternative Rap artists attempt
to upend the traditional aesthetic of hip hop by combining it with elements of funk
rock jazz or any other genre. It is typically not as popular as other genres of hip
hop though it does lend itself to a crossover audience.
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ChristianRap |
Focused on faith, praise and worship of God. Can sonically resemble many styles of
rap music - no one style dominates.
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ClassicHipHop |
Generally has an upbeat vibe, and typically features a relatively simple vocal cadence
compared to more recent rap. From the 80s and early 90s.
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ConsciousRap |
Primary lyrically focuses on social or political issues. |
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Crunk |
Tends to be at a lower tempo than other styles of hip-hop. It features drum machine
rhythms, layered synths, heavy bass, and shouted vocals. It frequently incorporates
call-and-response. Crunk is a party-focused form of hip-hop, and its lyrics are typically
simple and hedonistic - Crunk rarely addresses the deeper social themes prevalent
in many other forms of hip-hop. Crunk originated in the 1990s in the American South,
and was first played publicly at African-American strip clubs in Memphis, Tennessee.
It was extremely popular throughout the first decade of the 21st century. 'Get Low'
by Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins is an archetypal Crunk recording.
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DirtyRap |
Consists mainly of sexually suggestive lyrical content. Overtly explicit and graphic,
often to the point of either being cartoonish or extremely offensive. Historically,
Dirty Rap contained a distinctly bass-driven sound, reflecting the influence of the
popular Miami bass rap scene.
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EastcoastHipHop |
A highly influential style of Hip Hop that developed in New York City, particularly
in the South Bronx, during the seventies. It's history can be traced back as far as
the Hip Hop genre itself. While East Coast Hip Hop's complex development and endless
permutations can never be summed up by one particular sound, the late eighties and
early nineties specifically saw a number of artists define themselves by hard-hitting,
sample-heavy production, as well as lyricism with both a refined social conscience
and trademark aggression. At its most basic definition, East Coast Rap is rap that
encompasses any artists or music that originated in the eastern seaboard region of
the United States.
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ExperimentalHipHop |
Pushes the boundaries of rap music. |
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FunkCarioca |
Brazilian rap style that combines musical elements of 1980s Miami bass with the explicit
lyrical tropes of gangsta rap. Like Miami bass, beats are typically spare and often
feature 80s-style drum machines and synthesizers. Clave rhythms are often prominent
in the percussion of more recent recordings. Emerged in the mid-1980s in Rio de Janeiro.
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GFunk |
Originating on the West Coast through the work of Dr. Dre with Above the Law, G-Funk
stood in contrast to many of the dominant Hip Hop sounds of the time. Heavily utilizing
P-Funk samples, Dr. Dre and Cold 187um created a form of Rap which sounded much more
relaxed and organic than other forms of rap. This was achieved through limiting the
amount of samples in a track and dressing them up with live instrumentation. By the
mid-1990s, this style proliferated throughout the Midwest and Southern states, becoming,
for a period, the dominant form of Hip-Hop. G-Funk was not as common among East Coast
rap artists, although artists like Redman would adopt its emphasis on funk samples.
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GangstaRap |
Defined by lyrical themes about the 'gangsta' lifestyle. Emerged in the mid-1980s,
and was the commercially dominant form of hip-hop for the late 1980s and much of the
1990s.
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GoldenAge |
As the term implies, the Golden Age is considered to be the heyday of Hip Hop. During
these years, Hip Hop transitioned from regional clusters of musically unique sub-cultures
into a global, multi-platinum, mainstream musical force. Despite their success, Hip
Hop artists of the Golden Age maintained their sense of roots, innovation, musical
diversity, and integrity. Sampling production techniques became an essential ingredient
of the genre and lyrical subject principally focused on underlying themes of black
identity and socio-political consciousness. Golden Age encompasses the monumental
US releases of these years including, Run-DMC's 'Rising Against', Public Enemy's 'It
Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back', Beastie Boys' 'License To Ill' and KRS-One,
Eric B. & Rakim, De La Soul, and A Tribe Call Quest.
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Grime |
British rap style. Mixture of UK garage, drum and bass, hip hop and dancehall. Features
fast 2-step breakbeats, typically around 140 BPM, laid under jagged, choppy synths
and samples, especially and distinctively from 90s video games. Major artists include
Dizzee Rascal, Stormzy, Skepta, and Wiley. Developed in early 2000s London and erupted
into the British mainstream in the mid 2000s.
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HardcoreRap |
Often reflecting the grittiness of urban environments, Hardcore Rap maintains a tough
aesthetic through both its instrumentation and lyrical content. Beats are aggressive
and noisy while lyrics are similarly tough-minded and occasionally menacing. Following
its inception, Hardcore Rap expanded to encompass an array of themes and styles --
from party anthems to Gangsta Rap.
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InstrumentalHipHop |
Beats. The sounds of rap, minus the rapping. |
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MiamiBass |
Miami Bass is a form of hip hop known for an upbeat tempo and heavy throbbing Roland
808-style beats, hyperkinetic rhythms and usually sexually explicit lyrics.
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PopRap |
Fuses the rhythm-based lyricism of hip hop music with pop music's preference for melodious
vocals and catchy tunes. Gained mainstream popularity in the 1990s.
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SouthernRap |
Umbrella term for the rap music of the American South. |
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Trap |
Features fast hi-hats, heavy sub-bass kick drums, layered synthesizers, and a generally
bleak atmosphere. The sound was developed in the American South, particularly in and
around Atlanta, in the late 1990s, and came to be known as trap by the early 2000s.
Popular through the first decades of the 21st century. In the 2010s, the trap sound
came to dominate most commercial rap music, as well as much pop music. The term 'trap'
refers to trap houses - gutted out houses reserved for storing and dealing drugs.
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WestcoastHipHop |
Hip-hop music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States (specifically
California). Though Westcoast Hip-hop has no single distinct sound, it has been a
major contributor to the growth of Hip-hop music and has spawned many styles such
as Gangsta Rap, G-Funk, and Latin Rap. Westcoast Hip-hop’s subject matter usually
includes fame, money, cars & women as well as the gangsta lifestyle and marijuana.
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A Type of genre.
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DDEX Data Dictionary, 19-12-03