Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways. All Music Guide defines it as follows:
Alternative Rap refers to Hip-Hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, bass, hardcore, and party rap. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with For the Ice T album see Gangsta Rap (album. Gangsta rap is a term originated by the mainstream media to describe a certain subgenre Miami bass (also known as booty music, a term that may also include other genres such as Dirty rap) is a type of Hip hop music that became Hardcore hip hop is a form of Hip hop music that developed in the late 1980s Instead, they blur genres, drawing equally from funk and pop/rock, as well as jazz, soul and reggae. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s [1]
Stephen Rodrick[2] cites Arrested Development, Basehead, and The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy as examples of such "alternative" hip-hop. Arrested Development is a Grammy Award -winning American Alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a Basehead (known in Europe as dc Basehead) is a hip hop group headed by Michael Ivey, a native of Maryland, United States. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy was an Industrial hip-hop band active during the early 1990s In the mid 90's labels such as Rawkus Records and others had mainstream success with alternative rap acts such as Jurassic 5, Method Man, Brand Nubian, Black Star, Mos Def, Common, Fort Minor, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, Cee-Lo Green, De La Soul, Talib Kweli, Pete Rock, Outkast, DMX, Dead Prez, Nas, Funkdoobiest, Immortal Technique, Skee-Lo, and Pharoahe Monch. Rawkus Records is an American hip hop Record label, known for jump-starting the careers of both Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Jurassic 5 was an American Alternative hip hop group formed in 1993 by rappers Chali 2na, Akil, Zaakir aka Soup, Mark ---- Clifford Smith (born April 1, 1971) better known by his Stage name Method Man, is an American hip hop artist, Brand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle New York, consisting of three MCs Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon March 4, 1966 Black Star is a rap group formed by MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and Actor. Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (born March 13 1972) better known by his Stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense) is an Fort Minor is a Hip hop music side project of Mike Shinoda, vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park. Kanye Omari West (ˈkɑnjɛj born June 8 1977 is a ten-time Grammy Award -winning American Rapper, Record producer and Singer. Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16 1982 better known by his Stage name Lupe Fiasco, is a Grammy -winning American rapper. The Roots are an American hip-hop band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) better known as Talib Kweli, is an American MC from Brooklyn, New Pete Rock (born Peter Phillips, June 21 1970 in Bronx New York) is an American DJ, Record producer, and Outkast (typeset as OutKast) is a Grammy Award -winning American hip hop duo based out of East Point Georgia, a city Dead prez is an underground Political hip hop duo comprised of Stic Nasir Jones, nɑːˈsiər (born September 14 1973 better known by his Stage name Nas, nɑːz formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper Funkdoobiest is a Latin rap group from Los Angeles California. Felipe Coronel, better known as Immortal Technique, is a Hip hop MC and political activist Skee-Lo (born Antoine Roundtree March 5 1973) is a Rapper who was moderately popular in the mid-1990s. Troy Donald Jamerson (born October 31, 1972 in Queens, New York) better known as Pharoahe Monch, is an American hip hop
Rodrick writes that alternative hip-hop has "drawn little more than barely concealed yawns from other rappers and urban audiences". [2] Heywood and Drake[3] counter that "making rap music that appeals to mass audiences isn't simply about selling out", stating that alternative hip-hop is an attempt to counter the association that much of the mass market has between (mainstream) hip-hop music and violence, giving as an example the "Smokin' Grooves Tour" of 1996 (featuring Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, Nas, Ziggy Marley, and Busta Rhymes—all of whom, with the exception of reggae singer Marley, are hip-hop performers who "don't fit the mold of gangsta rap"). Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles California. A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s whose repertoire included elements of soul and Nasir Jones, nɑːˈsiər (born September 14 1973 better known by his Stage name Nas, nɑːz formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born October 17, 1968, Trenchtown, Jamaica) is a four time Grammy -winning Jamaican Trevor George Smith Jr, (born May 20 1972 better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American actor and Musician of Jamaican descent Alternative acts have also begun in Latin America, with the rise of Cuban hip-hop group, the Orishas and Puerto Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13. Calle 13 is a Spanish cable/satellite channel Owned by Universal Studios Networks Spain Calle 13 promotes itself as a channel of suspense and action and its
The Damon Albarn-led Gorillaz project has brought alternative hip hop to worldwide attention, working with producers Dan the Automator and Danger Mouse, and featuring De La Soul, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, and MF Doom. Damon Albarn, ˈdɛɪmən ˈɔːɫbɑːn (b March 23 1968 in Leytonstone, London) is an English Singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead Gorillaz is a Virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the Comic Dan "the Automator" Nakamura (born Daniel Nakamura in San Francisco California in 1967) is an American hip-hop producer. Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his Stage name Danger Mouse, is an American artist and producer. De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Del tha Funkee Homosapien is an Alternative hip hop artist Del was born Teren Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California Daniel Dumile (duːməleɪ is a British born American hip hop artist who has taken on several Stage names in his career most famously MF
References
- ^ allmusic: alternative rap
- ^ a b Rodrick, Stephen (1995). "Hip-Hop Flop: The Failure of Liberal Rap", in Adam Sexton: Rap on Rap: Straight-up Talk on Hip-Hop Culture. New York: Delta, 115–116.
- ^ Leslie Heywood and Jennifer Drake (1997). "Hip-Hop matters", Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism. University of Minnesota Press, 243. ISBN 0816630054.
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