Underground hip hop
Underground hip-hop (also commonly known as indie hip-hop or underground rap) is an
Style
Underground hip-hop encompasses several different styles of music. Numerous acts in the book How to Rap are described as being both underground and politically or socially aware, these include – B. Dolan[4] Brother Ali,[4] Diabolic,[5] Immortal Technique,[6] Jedi Mind Tricks,[7] Micranots,[8] Mr. Lif,[5] Murs,[5] Little Brother,[3] P.O.S[9] Zion I and Madlib, among others.[10]
Underground artists with critically acclaimed albums include
Additionally, many underground hip hop artists have been applauded for the artistic and poetic use of their lyrics, such as
among others.Some underground artists produce music that celebrates the fundamental elements or pillars of
Early beginnings
In Hip Hop's formative years, the vast majority of the genre was underground music, by definition. Although
In the late 1990s, progressive rap acts such as Black Star and Juggaknots helped inspire and shape the underground hip hop movement that would follow in subsequent decades. [27]
See also
- Alternative hip hop
- Christian hip hop
- Conscious hip hop
- Drill
- Horrorcore
- Mumble rap / SoundCloud rap
- Nerdcore
- Political rap
- Progressive rap
- Rap opera
- Rap rock
References
- ^ "GrowYourFlow.com".
- ISBN 0-252-07201-4.
- ^ a b c d How to Rap, p. 342.
- ^ a b c d How to Rap, p. 317.
- ^ a b c d e How to Rap, p. 325.
- ^ a b c d How to Rap, p. 332.
- ^ a b c d How to Rap, p. 326.
- ^ Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 316.
- ^ How to Rap, p. 333.
- ^ a b How to Rap, p. 334.
- ^ a b How to Rap, p. 315.
- ^ a b How to Rap, p. 322.
- ^ How to Rap, p. 316.
- ^ a b How to Rap, p. 321.
- ^ How to Rap, p. 323.
- ^ a b How to Rap, p. 327.
- ^ "MC TP". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ Chilton, Adam; Jiang, Kevin; Posner, Eric (12 June 2014). "Rappers v. Scotus". Slate.
- ^ "'Toonami': Anime-themed event to feature local musicians and vendors". The Lantern. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ "billy woods" (PDF).
- ^ Price, E "Hip hop culture", ABC-CLIO, 2006. p. 295
- Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Scott, Dana (August 22, 2016). "Stretch and Bobbito Speak on the Greatest Hip Hop Radio Show Ever. Their Own". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ Tobak, Vikki (August 3, 2017). "Stretch and Bobbito: kings of New York City radio". Andscape. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ Bobbito Garcia (director). Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (Documentary). Saboteur Media.
- )
- ISBN 9781351391320.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-226-73527-6.
External links
- Media related to Underground hip hop at Wikimedia Commons