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Old-school hip hop. Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [1] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles. [2]
Alternative Rap refers to hip-hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, funk, bass, hardcore, and party rap. Instead, they blur genres, drawing equally from pop, rock, jazz, soul, funk, reggae, folk, and other genres. Though Arrested Development and the Fugees managed to cross over into the ...
Cloud rap is a subgenre of rap that has several sonic characteristics of trap music and is known for its hazy, dreamlike and relaxed production style. [3] [4] Rapper Lil B and producer Clams Casino have been identified as the early pioneers of the style. [3] [4] The term "cloud rap" is derived from its internet origins and ethereal style.
Mumble rap (also widely known as SoundCloud Rap) is a loosely defined [3] microgenre [5] of hip hop music that largely spread via the online audio distribution platform SoundCloud in the 2010s. [6] The term implies a mumbling or unclear vocal delivery by artists, and has been used to describe rappers who do not share the genre's traditional ...
An attorney with Tupac’s estate, Howard King, sent a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday threatening legal action if the rapper, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, did not take down the ...
Between 1989 and 1999, 173 singles topped the Hot Rap Singles chart, with "Hot Boyz" by Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip being the final number-one single of the 1990s. [7] The single's 18-week reign at the top spot extended into the next decade, and until 2019 it held the record for the most weeks at number one in the chart's history ...
Derivative forms. Trap. Snap music (also known as ringtone rap or snap rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music derived from crunk [2] that originated in southern United States in the 2000s, in Bankhead, West Atlanta, United States. [3] It achieved mainstream popularity throughout the mid-late 2000s, but declined shortly thereafter.
Kendrick Lamar has taken another swipe at Drake with a second diss track arriving just three days after his first, “Euphoria.” The new song, “6:16 in LA,” parodies the titles of Drake’s ...