Horrorcore
Horrorcore is a sub-genre of hip-hop . Rap artists who deal with morbid subjects in their texts are assigned to this style . Often the scenarios are borrowed from horror or splatter films and deal with murder , suicide , necrophilia , satanism and / or rape . Songs are often accompanied by music and noise samples typical of horror films. This results in similarities to horror punk . According to their macabre lyrics, horrorcore artists tend to work underground . While the groups used to come mainly from the USA, horrorcore is now also spreading in Europe. Based on the thematic proximity to Death Metal , horrorcore is also known as Death Rap .
The Geto Boys laid the foundation for the subgenre , with topics such as necrophilia and murder. As eponymous for the horrorcore in the early 1990s is the group The Flatlinerz . In addition to Insane Clown Posse and Esham , the early Gravediggaz with RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan and Necro as well as Brotha Lynch Hung are among the most famous horrorcore artists. Some of Eminem's songs , especially on his albums Slim Shady EP , The Slim Shady LP , The Marshall Mathers LP , Relapse and Music to Be Murdered By , also fall into this genre. Horrorcore rappers known in Germany are MC Basstard from the Horrorkore Entertainment label, Kaisaschnitt , Hollywood Hank , as well as Blokkmonsta , Schwartz , Uzi from the Hirntot Records label, which is mainly known for psychokore, and Scheusal und Kunst Fehler from the Hässlich Rap label.
literature
- Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul , p. 823
- Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, John Bush: All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop , pp. 63, 70, 71, 204, 205, 368, 450, 451, 480 , 482 & 506
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Flatlinerz - horrorcoremusic.com (English)
- ↑ The Dark World Of Horrorcore Music - wcco.com ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ a b c POP VIEW; When Rap Meets The Undead - NY Times (English)
- ↑ a b Twisted Tales: Bushwick Bill Asks for and Receives a Bullet in the Eye - spinner.com (English)
- ↑ Underground USA BBC (English)
- ↑ Top Ten Hip-Hop Gimmicks Of All-Time - Stylus Magazine (English)
- ↑ Insane Clown Posse - horrorcoremusic.com (English)
- ↑ Gravediggaz Album review - rollingstone.com (English)
