Line #33 Main/RapRock


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2	Primary Stylistic Influences:
3	+ HipHop, {{Rock}}
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7	Secondary Stylistic Influences:
8	+ FunkRock, HardcorePunk, NewWaveMusic, PostPunk, PunkRock
9	]
10	->''I'm the king of rock, there is none higher\
11	Sucker MC's should call me sire\
12	To burn my kingdom, you must use fire\
13	I won't stop rockin' till I retire''
14	-->-- '''Music/RunDMC''', "King of Rock"
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16	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The fusion of rap and rock]] 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, marking the GenreTurningPoint where Rock fans went from being hostile towards Hip Hop to embracing Hip Hop. 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.
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18	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}}, and Progressive Rap, which is like [[ProgressiveRock Prog Rock]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Meets Rap]], is also sometimes conflated with Rap Rock, though also unrelated.
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20	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]]. Emo Rap and Punk Rap have been described as successors to Rap Rock, but Rap Rock itself is generally seen as being dead.
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23	!!Examples:
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25	[[index]]
26	* [[Music/ThreeEleven 311]] -- also AlternativeRock, [[{{Reggae}} Reggae Rock]] and FunkRock
27	* Music/BeastieBoys -- also HipHop and AlternativeHipHop, previously a HardcorePunk band
28	** 1986: ''Music/LicensedToIll''
29	* Music/BloodhoundGang -- also Alternative Rock and [[ComedyMusic Comedy Rock]]
30	* Music/{{Boondox}} -- also {{Horrorcore}} and CountryRap
31	* Music/DeathGrips -- also {{Industrial}} Hip Hop and PunkRap
32	* Music/{{Flobots}} -- also Alternative Hip Hop, Alternative Rock and PoliticalRap
33	* Music/FortMinor -- also Alternative Hip Hop
34	* Music/FunLovinCriminals -- also Alternative Rock and Hip Hop
35	* Music/GymClassHeroes -- also Hip Hop
36	* Music/InsaneClownPosse -- also Hip Hop and Horrorcore
37	** 1997: ''Music/TheGreatMilenko''
38	** 1999: ''Music/TheAmazingJeckelBrothers''
39	** 2000: ''Music/BizaarBizzar''
40	** 2002: ''Music/TheWraithShangriLa''
41	** 2007: ''Music/TheTempest''
42	** 2009: ''Music/BangPowBoom''
43	* Music/KidRock -- also [[CountryMusic Country Rock]] and Hip Hop
44	** 1993: ''Music/ThePolyfuzeMethod''
45	** 1996: ''Music/EarlyMorninStonedPimp''
46	** 1998: ''Music/DevilWithoutACause''
47	** 2001: ''Music/{{Cocky}}''
48	* Music/KottonmouthKings -- also Hip Hop
49	* Music/LilAaron -- also Alternative Hip Hop
50	* Music/LilPeep -- also TrapMusic and Alternative Hip Hop
51	* Music/LusciousJackson -- also Alternative Rock and Alternative Hip Hop
52	* Music/MachineGunKelly -- also PopRap, PopPunk and Alternative Rock
53	* [[Music/PharrellWilliams NER*D]] -- also Alternative Hip Hop, Alternative Rock and Funk Rock
54	* Music/NewKingdom
55	* Music/PopWillEatItself -- also Alternative Rock and {{Industrial}}
56	* Music/PostMalone -- also Trap, Hip Hop and {{Pop}}
57	* Music/RunDMC -- also Hip Hop
58	* Music/TwentyOnePilots -- also Alternative Hip Hop and Alternative Rock
59	* Music/UncleKracker -- also Country Rock and Country Rap
60	* Music/UrbanDanceSquad
61	* Music/{{Yelawolf}} -- also Hip Hop and Country Rap
62	* Music/ZebraheadBand -- also Pop Punk
63	[[/index]]
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66	!!Tropes
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68	* ClusterFBomb: Not as often as HipHop itself, but many bands feature a lot of swearing.
69	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Music/RunDMC, Music/UrbanDanceSquad and the Music/BeastieBoys pioneered the genre, and, along with Music/KidRock are easily Rap Rock's most respected performers.
70	* GenreMashup: It's rap and rock mixed together, what more could you want? Well, if you have to know, many different artists bring in a variety of influences in the mix. This can range from Funk to Reggae to [[PsychedelicRock Psychedelia]] to Punk.
71	* OutOfGenreExperience: It's not uncommon for rappers working in more conventional Hip Hop styles to suddenly drop a Rap Rock album as an experiment. Music/LilWayne's ''Rebirth'' is a clear example of this.
72	* PissTakeRap: Some vocalists have been accused of this.
73	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Some bands give off this impression, especially if they have turntables.
74	* RatedMForManly: Many bands have a 'tough guy' attitude.
75	* TakingYouWithMe: As mentioned above, the confusion with NuMetal gave this genre a bad image and it died out from the mainstream largely at the same time that Nu Metal did.

Context Main / RapRock