Rap metal
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Rap metal is a fusion genre that combines hip hop with heavy metal. It usually consists of heavy metal guitar riffs, funk metal elements, rapped vocals and sometimes turntables.
HistoryEdit
Origins and early development (1980s–early 1990s)Edit
Rap metal's roots are based both in hip hop acts who sampled heavy metal music, such as Beastie Boys,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cypress Hill,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Esham<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Run-DMC,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and rock bands who fused heavy metal and hip hop influences, such as 24-7 Spyz<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Faith No More.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Scott Ian of Anthrax (who helped pioneer the genre) believes Rage Against the Machine invented the genre.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1987, the heavy metal band Anthrax fused hip hop with heavy metal for their extended play I'm the Man.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The next year rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot teamed up with Metal Church for his 1988 single "Iron Man", from his debut album Swass, loosely based upon the Black Sabbath song of the same name.<ref name="Henderson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rap metal can be found in a track from the industrial metal band Ministry in their 1989 album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste on the track "Test" for which they hired rappers The Grand Wizard (K. Lite) and The Slogan God (Tommie Boyskee) to perform vocals. In 1990, the rapper Ice-T formed a heavy metal band called Body Count, and while performing at the 1991 Lollapalooza tour performed a set that was half rap songs and half metal songs. Stuck Mojo and Clawfinger, both formed in 1989, are considered to be another two pioneers of the genre.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Anthrax in 1991 teamed up with Public Enemy for a remake of the latter's "Bring the Noise" that fused hip hop with thrash metal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Also in 1991, the thrash metal band Tourniquet featured the hip hop group P.I.D. on the song "Spineless" from their album Psycho Surgery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Rise in popularity (1990s–early 2000s)Edit
In the 1990s, rap metal became a popular style of music. For instance, the band Faith No More's song "Epic" was a major success and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 1993 saw the release of the Judgment Night soundtrack that featured numerous collaborations between rappers, musicians and rock and metal group of bands. Rage Against the Machine's 1996 album Evil Empire entered the Billboard 200 at number one, and in 1999, their third studio album, The Battle of Los Angeles, also debuted in top spot in the Billboard 200, selling 430,000 copies in its first week.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Each of the band's albums became at least platinum hits.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Biohazard played on the Ozzfest mainstage alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Slayer, Danzig, Fear Factory, and Sepultura. In support of the album, Biohazard embarked on a short co-headlining tour of Europe with Suicidal Tendencies.
On August 18, 1998, Atlantic released rap metal musician Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause behind the single "Welcome 2 the Party (Ode 2 the Old School)" and Kid Rock went on the Vans Warped Tour to support the album. Sales of "Welcome 2 The Party" and Devil Without a Cause were slow, though the 1998 Warped Tour in Northampton, Massachusetts stimulated regional interest in Massachusetts and New England. This led to substantial airplay of the single "I Am The Bullgod" during the summer and fall of 1998 on Massachusetts rock staples WZLX and WAAF. In early December 1998, while DJing at a club, he met and became friends with MTV host Carson Daly. He talked Daly into getting him a performance on MTV and on December 28, 1998, he performed on MTV Fashionably Loud in Miami, Florida, creating a buzz from his performance, even upstaging Jay-Z. In May, his sales began taking off with the third single "Bawitdaba" and by April 1999, Devil Without a Cause had achieved a gold disc.<ref name="RIAA Certifications">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The following month, Devil, as he predicted, went platinum.<ref name="RIAA Certifications" /> Kid Rock's first major tour was Limptropolis, where he opened for Limp Bizkit with Staind. He solidified his superstardom with a Woodstock 1999 performance and on July 24 of that year, he was double platinum.<ref name="RIAA Certifications" /> The following single "Cowboy", a mix of southern rock, country, and rap, was an even bigger hit, making the Top 40. It even became the theme song of WCW's Jeff Jarrett. Rock's next single, the slow back porch blues ballad "Only God Knows Why", was the biggest hit off the album, charting at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was one of the first songs to use the autotune effect. By the time the final single, "Wasting Time", was released, the album had sold 7 million copies. Devil Without a Cause was certified 11 times platinum by the RIAA on April 17, 2003.<ref name="RIAA Certifications" /> According to Nielsen SoundScan, as of 2013, actual sales are 9.3 million. Kid Rock was nominated as Best New Artist at the 2000 Grammy Awards, but lost to Christina Aguilera. He was nominated for "Bawitdaba" for Best Hard Rock Performance, but lost to Metallica's "Whiskey in the Jar". In 1998, Ice Cube released his long-awaited album War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) which had some elements of nu metal and rap metal on some tracks.<ref>[{{#ifeq: yes | yes | https://www.allmusic.com/album/r381243{{
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It reached the height of its popularity during 1999,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the Port Huron Times-Herald describing the summer of that year as a "bipolar menu of harsh rap-metal and gooey teen pop."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Around this time, the style started to attract criticism in the mainstream, particularly after the troubled Woodstock 1999 festival, which featured many artists associated with rap metal and nu/alternative metal, such as Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against the Machine and Reveille.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Pop punk musician Jeff Brogowski told The Morning Call newspaper in 1999 that "these macho rap-metal bands are just so mean-spirited. Look what happened at Woodstock (last summer). All the violence, looting and the fires. Something strange is going on. Maybe it has something do with all the economic prosperity. It's getting ugly like it was during the '80s, when so many people and bands were so cocky."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The nu/rap metal band Limp Bizkit's 1999 album Significant Other climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=Devenish95/> In its second week of release, the album sold an additional 335,000 copies.<ref name=Devenish95>Template:Cite book</ref> The band's follow-up album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album with over one million copies sold in the U.S. in its first week of release, with 400,000 of those sales coming on its first day, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever, breaking the record held for 7 years by Pearl Jam's Vs.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> That same year, Papa Roach's major label debut Infest became a platinum hit;<ref>B. Reesman, "Sustaining the success", Billboard, June 23, 2001, 113 (25), p. 25.</ref> the album later sold over 3 million copies worldwide making it the band’s most successful album to date and making Papa Roach an influential act in the nu metal scene. Cypress Hill incorporated direct heavy metal influences into their 2000 album Skull & Bones, which featured six tracks in which rappers B-Real and Sen Dog were backed by a band including Fear Factory members Christian Olde Wolbers and Dino Cazares and Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> B-Real also formed a rap metal group, Kush, with Wolbers, Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Downey">Template:Cite news</ref> According to B-Real, Kush is more aggressive than other bands in the genre.<ref name="Downey"/> SX-10, formed in 1996 by Sen Dog, also performs rap rock and rap metal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2000, the rap metal band P.O.D.'s 1999 album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown went platinum<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album Hybrid Theory, which remains both the best-selling debut album by any artist in the 21st century, and the best-selling nu metal album of all time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was also the best-selling album in all genres in 2001, offsetting sales by prominent pop acts like Backstreet Boys and N'Sync,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> earning the band a Grammy Award for their second single "Crawling",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with the fourth single, "In the End", released late in 2001, becoming one of the most recognized songs in the first decade of the 21st century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="billboard.com">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The rap rock band Crazy Town also broke into the mainstream success of nu metal with their 1999 album The Gift of Game, especially their number 1 hit single, "Butterfly", which peaked at number 1 on many charts including the Billboard Hot 100 during March 2001, remaining on the Hot 100 for 23 weeks.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It also peaked at number 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Hot Dance Singles chart as well as peaking number 6 on the Rhythmic Top 40, number 2 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart and number 4 on the Top 40 Tracks chart.<ref name="CrazyAMG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their album The Gift of Game peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200.<ref name="CrazyAMG"/> Worldwide the album sold more than 2.5 million units,<ref>Melodic.net – Darkhorse review</ref> with more than 1.5 million in the US alone.<ref name="bits">10/Jan/2002 Allbusiness.com – Billboard Bits: Crazy Town, Nelly, Ny Metropolis Fest</ref> Also that year was Saliva's Every Six Seconds which was also a commercial success, debuting at no. 6 on the Billboard 200. In 2001, the band P.O.D.'s Satellite album went triple platinum<ref name="Satellite is certified triple-platinum">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart.<ref name="P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Decline (2010s)Edit
Proyecto Eskhata, a Spanish band which debuted in 2012, has received much press coverage in Spain for its fusion of progressive rock and rap metal, which journalists have described as "progressive rap metal".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Influence on other genresEdit
Nu metalEdit
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Trap metalEdit
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Trap metal (also known as ragecore, death rap,<ref name="Nevada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> hardcore trap, industrial trap and scream rap) is a subgenre of trap music that features elements and inspiration from various metal and hardcore punk genres,<ref name=Scarlxrd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as elements of other genres, like industrial<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and nu metal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is characterized by distorted beats, hip hop flows, harsh vocals, and can also sometimes feature guitar riffs that are either sampled, synthesized or recorded by an actual guitarist.<ref name=Scarlxrd /><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Bones has been considered by Kerrang! to be one of the earliest practitioners of the genre, releasing tracks that could be considered "trap metal" beginning around 2014.<ref name="Kerrang" /> British rapper Scarlxrd is often associated with the genre and is considered a pioneer of trap metal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Afropunk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=Scarlxrd /><ref name="Kerrang">Template:Cite magazine</ref> WQHT described OG Maco's 2014 eponymous EP as being a part of the genre's early development.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other artists associated with trap metal include Dropout Kings,<ref name="DepthMag">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bone Crew,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ghostemane,<ref name="Kerrang" /> ZillaKami,<ref name="Rolling Stone">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Fever 333,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ho99o9,<ref name="Ho99o9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> City Morgue,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kid Bookie,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Kim Dracula,<ref name=KimDracula>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Backxwash,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Banshee,<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Denzel Curry,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and $uicideboy$,<ref name="Nevada"/> as well as the early careers of XXXTentacion, 6ix9ine<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Ski Mask the Slump God.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The stylistic influences of trap metal vary widely, with some artists such as City Morgue and Ho99o9 drawing influence from hardcore punk,<ref name="Rolling Stone" /><ref name="Ho99o9" /> while other artists such as Ghostemane have pioneered their own sounds with influences from genres including gothic rock, industrial metal, black metal and emo.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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