Rap metal
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2023-04-12
An Introduction to Rap Metal
If you're looking for a unique sound that combines the best of both worlds, rap metal is the perfect genre for you! This fusion genre blends the hard-hitting drums and chugging riffs of heavy metal with the lyrical flow of rap music. It's an exciting and eclectic mix that has been captivating listeners since it first emerged in the early 1990s. Let's take a closer look at this captivating genre!
Rap Metal Origins
The origins of rap metal can be traced back to acts like Anthrax, Faith No More, and 24-7 Spyz who blended rap music into their heavy metal sound in the late 1980s. However, it wasn't until the early 1990s when this unique style truly began to take off. Bands like Rage Against The Machine, Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Linkin Park pushed this new sound into mainstream consciousness with their debut albums. These bands popularized what would become known as 'nu-metal', which was a combination of alternative metal and hip-hop elements.
Rap Metal Elements
The defining element of rap metal is its combination of heavy distortion guitar riffs and intense drum beats with hip-hop inspired vocal delivery. Many rap metal songs feature alternating passages of singing and rapping over a groove-oriented rhythm section (sometimes referred to as 'groovemetal'). Additionally, many acts incorporate turntable scratching or sampling into their music which gives it an extra layer of texture. Rap metal often also features politically conscious or socially aware lyrics dealing with topics such as social justice or class struggle.
Rap Metal Today
Though the nu-metal craze may have dissipated in the 2000s, rap metal still lives on today! There are plenty of modern artists carrying on this unique blend such as Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and more! Whether you're a fan of classic acts like Linkin Park or Rage Against The Machine or prefer more contemporary offerings from groups like Bring Me The Horizon or Of Mice & Men—there's something for everyone in the world of rap metal!
Whether you're a long time fan or just discovering this vibrant genre for yourself, there's no denying that rap metal has been captivating audiences everywhere since its inception in the early 1990s. With its fusion of hard rock instrumentation and hip hop lyricism it provides an unbeatable listening experience that will leave any listener wanting more! So if you haven't already added some rap metal to your playlist then what are you waiting for? Give it a try today! You won't be disappointed!
Rap Metal Origins
The origins of rap metal can be traced back to acts like Anthrax, Faith No More, and 24-7 Spyz who blended rap music into their heavy metal sound in the late 1980s. However, it wasn't until the early 1990s when this unique style truly began to take off. Bands like Rage Against The Machine, Limp Bizkit, Korn, and Linkin Park pushed this new sound into mainstream consciousness with their debut albums. These bands popularized what would become known as 'nu-metal', which was a combination of alternative metal and hip-hop elements.
Rap Metal Elements
The defining element of rap metal is its combination of heavy distortion guitar riffs and intense drum beats with hip-hop inspired vocal delivery. Many rap metal songs feature alternating passages of singing and rapping over a groove-oriented rhythm section (sometimes referred to as 'groovemetal'). Additionally, many acts incorporate turntable scratching or sampling into their music which gives it an extra layer of texture. Rap metal often also features politically conscious or socially aware lyrics dealing with topics such as social justice or class struggle.
Rap Metal Today
Though the nu-metal craze may have dissipated in the 2000s, rap metal still lives on today! There are plenty of modern artists carrying on this unique blend such as Papa Roach, Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, and more! Whether you're a fan of classic acts like Linkin Park or Rage Against The Machine or prefer more contemporary offerings from groups like Bring Me The Horizon or Of Mice & Men—there's something for everyone in the world of rap metal!
Whether you're a long time fan or just discovering this vibrant genre for yourself, there's no denying that rap metal has been captivating audiences everywhere since its inception in the early 1990s. With its fusion of hard rock instrumentation and hip hop lyricism it provides an unbeatable listening experience that will leave any listener wanting more! So if you haven't already added some rap metal to your playlist then what are you waiting for? Give it a try today! You won't be disappointed!
Tag: rap metal, 90s, crossover, Linkin Park
2023-03-25
The post-1980s heavy metal and hip hop: rap metal!
Rap-metal is a genre that fuses hardcore rap with heavy metal. It became one of the most famous genre of the ‘90s, sticking its head out of the heavy metal scene during those years. Since 1986 there were attempts to mix rap and hard-rock guitars, like the collaboration between Aerosmith and Run-DMC for the remake of the former’s famous song Walk This Way, which Run-DMC included in the record Raising Hell.
The Beastie Boys, with their record Licensed to Ill, represent another excellent and very peculiar example of the genre. The collaborations spread among this new music scene, ranging from Public Enemy and Slayer in the record It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back where Slayer’s guitar were sampled. The comic Anthrax single I’m the Man marked the official beginning of the genre, in 1987. The song combined heavy guitar riffs (actually, the riffs came from the song Hava Nagila) with rapping.
RHCP and Faith no More started experimenting with this new sound, too. In the ‘90s, another Anthrax song Bring the Noise, a cover of a Public Enemy song (featuring some elements of Public Enemy), is considered as a milestone of the genre. Many of these bands decided to focus on the use of shouted lyrics to convey their feeling of urban decay and violence, avoiding too much melodic study and typical rapping devices, with the exception of the Rage Against the Machine. In the second half of the decade, many bands started to mix alternative metal elements and MC’s singing about juvenile humor and introspective angst.
The genre was further experimented by the rapper Ice-T, who founded the band Body Count, drawing inspiration from the Black Sabbath and the heavy metal. Some bands like Korn just included in their songs hip-hop rhythms (the rap-metal band has a rapper as frontman), but other bands contributed to the development of the genre, like Deftones, Limp Bizkit, P.O.D. and, recently, Hollywood Undead.
The Beastie Boys, with their record Licensed to Ill, represent another excellent and very peculiar example of the genre. The collaborations spread among this new music scene, ranging from Public Enemy and Slayer in the record It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back where Slayer’s guitar were sampled. The comic Anthrax single I’m the Man marked the official beginning of the genre, in 1987. The song combined heavy guitar riffs (actually, the riffs came from the song Hava Nagila) with rapping.
RHCP and Faith no More started experimenting with this new sound, too. In the ‘90s, another Anthrax song Bring the Noise, a cover of a Public Enemy song (featuring some elements of Public Enemy), is considered as a milestone of the genre. Many of these bands decided to focus on the use of shouted lyrics to convey their feeling of urban decay and violence, avoiding too much melodic study and typical rapping devices, with the exception of the Rage Against the Machine. In the second half of the decade, many bands started to mix alternative metal elements and MC’s singing about juvenile humor and introspective angst.
The genre was further experimented by the rapper Ice-T, who founded the band Body Count, drawing inspiration from the Black Sabbath and the heavy metal. Some bands like Korn just included in their songs hip-hop rhythms (the rap-metal band has a rapper as frontman), but other bands contributed to the development of the genre, like Deftones, Limp Bizkit, P.O.D. and, recently, Hollywood Undead.
Tag: rapmetal, ghetto, satanrage, hiprock
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