Hardcore rap
Hardcore rap is a genre of rap that often uses swearwords on faster beats. It forms the East Coast counterpart to gangsta rap in the western and southern states of America. The lyrics deal with violence, drugs, weapons and women. The publications are often subject to censorship . The extent to which hardcore rap is interwoven with the emergence of gangsta rap is debatable. Some authors see the arrival of commercially undiscovered East Coast musicians such as T-Razor or Mykel-Chyk in Los Angeles in the early 1980s as the cause and formative for the gangsta rap that was emerging.
The defining characteristic of hardcore rap is the beats. Speeds of over 100 bpm, mostly very short and, above all, many loops that are mixed together, are decisive for this style. An example is NWA and the Bomb Squad productions with lyrics by Chuck D or Ice Cube . Another feature of hardcore rap are the selected samples, which deliberately sound dirty and sometimes annoying, such as B. Mowing noises from brushcutters, interference from transmitters, or the screaming of viewers of ancient live recordings such as in "Louder Than A Bomb" by Public Enemy . Lyrically, hardcore rap is also often more political and socially critical (see Conscious Rap ) instead of, like gangsta rap, simply glorifying a criminal lifestyle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eithne, Quinn (2004); Nuthin 'but a "G" Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap. Columbia University Press. P. 24-27