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Playlist · Alternative Hip-Hop · 100 items · 953.8K likes.
Listen to the Alternative Hip-Hop Essentials playlist on Apple Music. 100 Songs. Duration: 6 hours, 25 minutes.
Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap and experimental hip hop[2]) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream.
Playlist · Alternative Hip Hop & Rap (New Music 2024) · 1140 songs · 908 likes
- '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.
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.
Aug 26, 2021 · Alternative hip-hop, or alternative rap, is a subgenre of hip-hop music that incorporates elements of funk, soul, punk, and alternative rock. The subgenre does not follow the tenets of mainstream hip-hop, gangsta rap, or trap music and instead blurs the lines to create a unique combination of sounds set to an array of lyrical content.
