Rap metal

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Rap metal
Stylistic origins Rap rock, hip hop, heavy metal, alternative metal12
Cultural origins Mid-to-late 1980s, United States
Typical instruments Rapping, vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums, sampler, keyboard
Fusion genres
Nu metal
Other topics
Rapcore, funk metal

Rap metal is a sub-genre of rap rock and alternative metal music which fuses vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with heavy metal.

History

Rap metal originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with rock.2 The genre's roots are based both in hip hop acts that sampled heavy metal songs, such as Beastie Boys,3 Cypress Hill,4 Esham56 and Run–D.M.C.,7 as well as rock bands who fused heavy metal and hip hop influences, such as 24-7 Spyz8 and Faith No More.9

In 1987, New York thrash metal band Anthrax fused hip hop with heavy metal for their extended play I'm the Man,10 and then were teamed up with Public Enemy for a remake of the latter's "Bring the Noise" that fused hip hop with thrash metal.11 The next year rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot teamed up with Metal Church for his 1988 single "Iron Man", loosely based upon the Black Sabbath song of the same name.2 In 1990, 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, a metal band whose vocalist rapped, is considered to be another pioneer of the genre.1213

A Florida hip hop and rap metal-influenced nu 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.14 In its second week of release, the album sold an additional 335,000 copies.14 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.15

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.16 B-Real also formed a rap metal group, Kush, with Wolbers, Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter.1718 According to B-Real, Kush is more aggressive than other bands in the genre.18 SX-10, formed in 1996 by Sen Dog, also performs rap rock and rap metal.19

Notable rap metal artists

References

  1. ^ "Alternative Metal". Allmusic. Retrieved November 21, 2012. "The first wave of alternative metal bands fused heavy metal with prog-rock (Jane's Addiction, Primus), garage punk (Soundgarden, Corrosion of Conformity), noise-rock (the Jesus Lizard, Helmet), funk (Faith No More, Living Colour), rap (Faith No More, Biohazard), industrial (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails), psychedelia (Soundgarden, Monster Magnet), and even world music (later Sepultura)... Some of those bands eventually broke out to wider audiences, often with help from the Lollapalooza tour, and they also set the stage for a new wave of alt-metal that emerged around 1993-94, centered around the rap-metal fusions of Rage Against the Machine and Korn, the grindingly dissonant Tool, the heavily production-reliant White Zombie, and the popular breakthrough of Nine Inch Nails. These bands would become the most influential forces in shaping the sound and style of alternative metal for the rest of the '90s, along with Pantera, whose thick, molten riffs sounded like no other thrash-metal band." 
  2. ^ a b c Henderson, Alex. "Rap-Metal". Allmusic. Retrieved June 24, 2008. 
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review of Licensed to Ill". Allmusic. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  4. ^ Huey, Steve. "Review of Black Sunday". Allmusic. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  5. ^ Keyes, Cheryl Lynette (2002). "Blending and Shaping Styles: Rap and Other Musical Voices". Rap Music and Street Consciousness. University of Illinois Press. p. 108. ISBN 0-252-07201-4, 9780252072017 Check |isbn= value (help). 
  6. ^ Ketchum III, William E. (October 15, 2008). "Mayor Esham? What?". Detroit, Michigan: Metro Times. Retrieved October 16, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Biography of Run-D.M.C.". Allmusic. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  8. ^ "24-7 Spyz! Threw reggae, rap, metal and positive vibes into a blender, then drank in the musical mix". Rocky Mountain News. November 22, 1991. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  9. ^ "Faith No More has more faith than its record company bargained for". San Jose Mercury News. July 31, 1990. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  10. ^ Peterson, Thane (September 26, 2000). "How Corrosive Is Heavy Metal?". BusinessWeek. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  11. ^ Gold, Jonathan (October 21, 1991). "Anthrax, Public Enemy Fuse Rap, Metal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 8, 2009. 
  12. ^ "Mojo's Working — Rap-Rock Pioneers Are Back". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. April 13, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2008. 
  13. ^ Barnes, Brad (April 19, 2006). "Rap-rock pioneers have their 'Mojo' workin'". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved December 9, 2008. 
  14. ^ a b Devenish, Colin (2000). Limp Bizkit. St. Martin's. pp. 95–113. ISBN 0-312-26349-X. 
  15. ^ Reese, Lori (October 24, 2000). "Bizkit in Gravy | Music". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 29, 2010. 
  16. ^ Gill, John (March 10, 2000). "Cypress Hill Digs Up "Bones" With Rap And Rock". MTV News. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  17. ^ Moss, Corey (April 23, 2002). "With Kush Record Done, B-Real Keepin' Real Busy". MTV News. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  18. ^ a b Downey, Ryan J (November 27, 2002). "B-Real Finishing Up Kush LP, Going Grimmer For Next Cypress Hill Album". MTV News. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
  19. ^ "SX10 tocara hoy en el DanZoo" (in Spanish). Mexico City: La Jornada. May 24, 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2008. 
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