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  1. Alternative Hip-Hop · Playlist · 100 songs · 946.1K likes.

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  2. Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap and experimental hip hop) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream.

  3. Listen to the Alternative Hip-Hop Essentials playlist on Apple Music. 100 Songs. Duration: 6 hours, 34 minutes.

    • 'The Low End Theory' The second album from A Tribe Called Quest dialed back the quirkiness of their debut (without erasing it entirely), and embraced a more subdued, jazz-oriented sonic texture.
    • 'Aquemini' OutKast had shattered expectations on their sophomore album ATLiens by foregoing the teenage pimp fantasies of their debut and going in more cerebral direction.
    • '3 Feet High and Rising' From Day 1, Posdnous, Trugoy and Maseo were unapologetically weird. The foundations for alt-rap had been forged by the Ultramagnetic MCs and the Jungle Brothers, but it was De La Soul's masterful debut album that proved that hip-hop's quirkier side could be both commercially viable and sustainable as a subgenre.
    • 'Paul's Boutique' Their departure from Def Jam had been fairly acrimonious, and the Beastie Boys weren't expected to have much of a shelf life without superproducer Rick Rubin and hip-hop's biggest label pushing them.
  4. Alternative Rap refers to hip-hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of rap, such as gangsta, funk, bass, hardcore, and party rap. Instead, they blur genres, drawing equally from funk and pop/rock, as well as jazz, soul, reggae, and even folk.

  5. 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. Instead, they blur genres - drawing equally from funk and pop/rock, as well as jazz, soul, reggae, and even folk. It may sample music f… read more.