History Main / RapRock

These distinctions, however, were not generally made by the public, so the term "Rap Rock" has often been slapped onto music that would more accurately be described as Rap Metal, Nu Metal or some other unrelated style, and when Nu Metal [[CondemnedByHistory fell out of favor]], Rap Rock fell alongside it by [[TakingYouWithMe sheer association]]. The aforementioned Rap style Punk Rap has frequently been described as a successor to Rap Rock, but Rap Rock itself is generally seen as being dead.

* Music/InsaneClownPosse

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The '90s. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal. Psychedelic Rap, a microgenre of AlternativeHipHop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and {{Soul}}, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated.

This fusion was [[TropeMakers first sketched out]] of the PostPunk experimentation of bands like Music/TheClash, who were influenced by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive on their songs "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash", and Music/PublicImageLtd, who collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa on the song "World Destruction", as well as [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] bands like Music/{{Blondie|Band}} with "Rapture". The more experimental side of HardcorePunk also developed some of Rap Rock's early artists, such as Music/BeastieBoys, who, along with the Hip Hop group Music/RunDMC and the Dutch band Music/UrbanDanceSquad, [[TropeCodifier codified Rap Rock as we know it]] in TheEighties. Music/KidRock was another significant Rap Rock artist in TheNineties, for linking Hip Hop to Rap Rock, due to having started out as a Hip Hop DJ, although he has primarily performed SouthernRock since 2003.

* Music/BloodhoundGang

* [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]] often mixes Rap Rock with Reggae Rock, Punk and Funk Rock; because their overall style is difficult to categorize, they are often categorized as Alternative Rock

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The '90s. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. Psychedelic Rap, a microgenre of AlternativeHipHop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and {{Soul}}, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The '90s. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. Psychedelic Rap, a microgenre of AlternativeHipHop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and {{Soul}}, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The '90s. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. Psychedelic Rap, a microgenre of AlternativeHipHop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The Nineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. Psychedelic Rap, a microgenre of AlternativeHipHop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably with Rap Rock during The Nineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, especially as the latter two terms were used interchangeably during The Nineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

Rap Rock is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during The Nineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

This fusion was [[TropeMakers first sketched out]] of the PostPunk experimentation of bands like Music/TheClash, who were influenced by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive on their songs "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash", and Music/PublicImageLtd, who collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa on the song "World Destruction", as well as [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] bands like Music/{{Blondie|Band}} with "Rapture". The more experimental side of HardcorePunk also developed some of Rap Rock's early artists, such as Music/BeastieBoys, who, along with the Hip Hop group Music/RunDMC and the Dutch band Music/UrbanDanceSquad, [[TropeCodifier codified Rap Rock as we know it]] in TheEighties. Music/KidRock was another significant Rap Rock artist in TheNineties, for linking Hip Hop to Rap Rock, due to having started out as a Hip Hop DJ, although he has primarily performed SouthernRock and Country Rock since 2003.

This fusion was [[TropeMakers first sketched out]] of the PostPunk experimentation of bands like Music/TheClash, who were influenced by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive on their songs "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash", and Music/PublicImageLtd, who collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa on the song "World Destruction", as well as [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] bands like Music/{{Blondie|Band}} with "Rapture". The more experimental side of HardcorePunk also developed some of Rap Rock's early artists, such as Music/BeastieBoys, who, along with the Hip Hop group Music/RunDMC and the Dutch band Music/UrbanDanceSquad, [[TropeCodifier codified Rap Rock as we know it]] in TheEighties.

It is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

These distinctions, however, were not generally made by the public, so the term "Rap Rock" has often been slapped onto music that would more accurately be described as Rap Metal, Nu Metal or some other unrelated style, and when Nu Metal [[CondemnedByHistory fell out of favor]], Rap Rock fell alongside it by [[TakingYouWithMe sheer association]]. The aforementioned rap style Punk Rap has frequently been described as a successor to Rap Rock, but Rap Rock itself is generally seen as being dead.

It is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop music with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. Making things even more confusing for categorization purposes, many Nu Metal bands have been miscategorized as Rap Rock, Rap Metal ''and'' Rapcore, although Nu Metal is a distinct genre of it's own with origins in Alternative Metal and Post-Hardcore. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

This fusion was [[TropeMakers first sketched out]] of the PostPunk experimentation of bands like Music/TheClash, who were influenced by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive on their songs "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash", and Music/PublicImageLtd, who collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa on the song "World Destruction", as well as [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] bands like Music/{{Blondie|Band}} with "Rapture". The more experimental side of HardcorePunk also developed some of Rap Rock's early artists, such as Music/BeastieBoys, who, along with the Hip Hop group Music/RunDMC, [[TropeCodifier codified Rap Rock as we know it]] in TheEighties.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/RunDMC and the Music/BeastieBoys pioneered the genre, and are easily the most respected.

* TakingYouWithMe: As mentioned above, the association with nu metal gave this genre a bad image and it died out from the mainstream largely at the same time that nu metal did. As with nu metal, it's seen a partial revival in the '10s, but is nowhere near as popular as it used to be.

* Music/KidRock is often noted as a link between HipHop and RapRock, as he started off as a Hip Hop DJ before developing his distinctive fusion of PunkRock, Hip Hop, SouthernRock and CountryMusic.

It is often conflated with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop music with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

It is often confused with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Hip Hop music with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the late 2000s and early 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

It is often confused with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while Punk Rap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Trap music with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/RunDMC and the Music/BeastieBoys pioneered the genre, and are easily the most respected. Today, Music/TwentyOnePilots fits the bill.

* Confrontation Camp - band formed by Music/PublicEnemy's Chuck D, Professor Griff and DJ Lord, and Kyle Jason

* Pop Will Eat Itself (mixed with IndustrialRock)

* Music/RunDMC - Possibly the TropeCodifier.

* [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]]

It is often confused with, but not related to, PunkRap, RapMetal, or NuMetal, as many of these terms were used interchangeably during TheNineties. The key difference between Rap Rock and other genres that contain Rock and Hip Hop elements combined, is that Rap Rock is more closely related to the more experimental sides of Hip Hop, Punk or Rock, while Rap Metal's roots are more closely tied to AlternativeMetal, and while Rap Rock tends to be more {{Funk}} oriented and rooted in a more organic Hip Hop influenced sound, Rap Metal sounds more rooted in HardRock/Alt-Metal and essentially sounds more like a metal vocalist rapping over heavy electric guitars, with the Hip Hop elements of Rap Metal sounding more like they were overdubbed onto Metal songs rather than organically integrated into the music, as Rap Rock had done, while PunkRap tends to be used to describe a very specific form of Trap music with Punk/Hardcore/Metal influences developed by rappers in the 2010s that is more Rap influenced by Rock than Rock influenced by Rap. This term is also confused with "Rapcore", which is sometimes used as a microgenre term to describe Hardcore/Punk bands who mix those styles with Rap, the exact inversion of Punk Rap's fusion. PsychedelicRap, which is a genre of Hip Hop that fuses Rap with PsychedelicRock and Psychedelic Soul, is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated. Nu Metal bands sometimes incorporated Hip Hop or Rap influences, but the genre is also not related directly to Rap Rock.

+ FunkRock, NewWaveMusic, PostPunk, PunkRock

This fusion was [[TropeMakers first sketched out]] of the PostPunk experimentation of bands like Music/TheClash, who were influenced by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive on their songs "The Magnificent Seven" and "This Is Radio Clash", and Music/PublicImageLtd, who collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa on the song "World Destruction", as well as [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] bands like Music/{{Blondie|Band}} with "Rapture". It was [[TropeCodifier codified as we know it]] in TheEighties by the Music/BeastieBoys and [[Music/RunDMC Run-D.M.C]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/RunDMC and the Music/BeastieBoys pioneered the genre, and are easily the most respected. In the '90s, Music/RageAgainstTheMachine was considered to be the best band. Today, Music/TwentyOnePilots fits the bill.