Pop rap
Pop-rap is a style of hip-hop music that combines rap with elements of pop music .
history
Pop rap originated in the late 1980s when rap music reached the mainstream through artists such as the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J. This paved the way for rappers such as Tone Lōc , Young MC and the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince , who mainly produced happy songs using the storytelling method and thus achieved great chart success in the United States of America . At the end of the 1980s, Falco also celebrated great success with Rock me Amadeus .
Thanks to this breakthrough, this type of hip-hop quickly found many imitators, but most of them remained one-hit wonders . MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice finally complemented the style with almost unchanged samples of well-known songs. As a result, pop-rap was sometimes mocked by musicians of other genres or even sued for copyright infringement. Still, the style remained relevant through the 1990s, particularly through successful singles from Coolio , Salt 'n' Pepa, and Sir Mix-a-Lot . After that, the boundaries between pop rap and other styles of hip hop became increasingly blurred, as artists who were thematically more gangsta or hardcore rap increasingly allowed melodic elements of pop, R&B and soul to flow into their music.
features
Pop-rap consists of hip-hop beats that are rapped to. This is complemented by melodic hooklines , which are mostly used as choruses .
Pop-rap is usually less aggressive and has a less complex rhyme structure than other styles of hip-hop. Lyrically, light everyday topics such as parties or flirting are primarily processed, which are brought closer to the listener via storytelling .