Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. Friday, November 12, The Evolution of Rap. By Clara McNulty-Finn. April 10, Latest Articles. Popular Articles. He could paint the most vivid image of Hell but it was the tone of his voice that made you feel the fire. The voice is the most engrossing element of artistry. Especially once an artist realizes the power of that voice, how it can be used to convey emotion and feeling, how it can be used to command attention and exude presence; the voice is a powerful tool that can be the most crucial element in making sure lyrics, flows, wordplay and delivery is savored by listeners.
The world finally catches up with alternative artist Johnny Drille. He breaks down his journey for Audiomack World. But what I will add is that great rappers are born, not made. The point is, though, all these great rappers—scratch that, great artists—already had that unique vision, that unstoppable determination, that potential for greatness within them. Brent : Speaking from a general standpoint, comfortability is key.
A great rapper can sound comfortable over a variety of sounds and production styles, and that comfort points to a mastery of many necessary skills—delivery, flow, clarity. It also points to awareness, which in a more intangible way is what really makes a rapper great. Probably the most skewed category on the list. What does impact even mean? Go ahead and ask Chuck D, he agrees with him — he famously defended MC Hammer against accusations of selling out back in the day.
An important but underrated category. Good songwriting is what separates the great rappers from the greatest rappers. Another important yet underrated category. The definition of MC is masters of Ceremonies, or as Rakim says, move the crowd. Fuck rappers who get on stage with 15 of their homeboys, stand in one spot for the whole and rap for 30 minutes over their own vocals.
Lil Tracy. Frat rap. Frat rap is carefree and frequently thought-free rap music celebrating the party lifestyle associated with USA college fraternities. Perhaps the most telling thing about it is the way its pioneers distanced themselves from it at the earliest possible opportunity. Asher Roth , whose track I Love College got the genre going back in , never really made another record with quite the same blend of beer-chugging lecherous debauchery.
Mac Miller spent the early stages of his career helping define frat rap and the rest trying to live it down. Others from Hoodie Allen to Sammy Adams and beyond have yet to move on, but still frat rap remains less a long-term plan than a raucous rite of passage. Gangsta rap. Rap music either made by or about gangsters and those affected by gangsterism.
Whether you think gangsta rap is an honest document of street life or an obscene glamourisation of morally dubious lifestyle choices, on sales alone it arguably qualifies as one the most significant hip-hop styles. A form of electronic, mostly harsh and uptempo beat-driven music born from the council estates of early 21st-Century east London.
From early on and to this day, the question of whether grime actually qualifies as hip-hop remains controversial. But a few horrorcore records are essential, notably the entire catalogue of Gravediggaz , from their raging debut album to sound of rapper Too Poetic grappling with his own mortality and the harsh realities of terminal colon cancer on their third and final album Nightmare In A-Minor. Hear it best in: Gravediggaz — Burn Baby Burn.
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