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4 days ago · The hip hop, hardcore rap, and trap scenes, alongside their derivative subgenres and subcultures, are most notorious for having continuously celebrated and promoted drug trafficking, gangster lifestyle, and consumption of drugs and alcohol since their inception in the United States during the late 1980s–early 1990s.
May 7, 2024 · Styled as a hardcore hip hop album, Illmatic features multi-syllabic internal rhymes and inner-city narratives based on Nas' experiences growing up in the Queensbridge Houses in Queens, New York City. The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies in its first week. Initial sales fell below expectations and ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and confrontation.
May 1, 2024 · Hardcore hip hop is a subgenre of rap music that developed at the beginning of the 1980s. The genre's aggressive, angry, gangster lyrics tackled the harsh conditions of the urban experience and have resonated with many rap fans. The tenacious beats of hard rap songs add to the intensity.
2 days ago · As of June 2014, DMX became the fifth best-selling rap or hip-hop artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era in the United States, with the sales of 23.3 million albums.
May 2, 2024 · The Very Best Rap Metal Bands. Ranker Music. Updated May 2, 2024139.5K views44 items. Ranked By. 23.5K votes. 4.9K voters. 10 reranks. Voting Rules. Only rap-metal bands, no other types of rap groups or even metal groups should be on here. Latest additions: Clawfinger. Most divisive: Mudvayne.
Apr 23, 2024 · They were the first rappers to have a gold album— Run-D.M.C. (1984)—and the first rap act to appear on MTV, becoming popular with the cable channel’s largely white audience via their fusion of hardcore hip-hop and screaming guitar solos on hits such as “Rock Box” (1984) and a 1986 remake of Aerosmith ’s “Walk This Way” (featuring the song’s hard...
