Emo rap is a fusion genre of hip hop and emo [9] that originated in the SoundCloud rap scene in the mid-late s. The genre also takes influence from genres of rock such as indie rock , pop punk and nu metal as well as hip hop elements from trap music , cloud rap and alternative hip hop. The term is sometimes conflated with "SoundCloud rap". Emo rap departs from the "traditional" tones found in modern mainstream hip hop in favor of more emotional and personal lyrical content, [15] [16] described by the Wall Street Journal as "giving their elders the finger. It's like emo rap and melodic trap". Emo hip hop beats generally incorporate real instruments. Sampling often utilizes s pop punk and emo songs, a fusion first popularized by MC Lars in Despite emo hip hop being widely considered a new phenomenon, [7] the usage of the term and hip hop containing lyrics associated with emo music dates back to over as much as 10 years with artists such as Gym Class Heroes , [32] Hollywood Undead , [33] and Eminem.


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Michael recently received his PhD in US history from Northwestern University, where he studied the relationship between emotion, white masculinity, and capitalism to explain the emergence of an antinarcotic consensus in America at the turn of the twentieth century. Authorities alleged that Jones was responsible for the drug overdose death of Diana Haikova, a year old resident of New York, after providing her with heroin and fentanyl. Of course, the argument that hip hop has glorified the use of illicit substances is hardly new. The results of a couple of the more contemporary studies are indicative of the general trend in academic investigations that have almost universally found hip hop particularly deleterious. The rapid ascendancy of emo rap or SoundCloud rap during the s has greatly intensified concerns regarding representations of drug use, especially given its coincidence with the burgeoning opioid epidemic.
Mumble rap often used to describe " emo rap " and " SoundCloud rap " [6] is a well-known pejorative used to degrade younger rappers, [7] [8] although certain groups of hip hop fans still refer to it as a loosely defined [4] microgenre [9] of hip hop that largely spread on the online audio distribution platform SoundCloud in the s. While the term has been widely criticized as inaccurate or as a derogatory term, some artists have reclaimed the term. The term "mumble rap" was first used in by VladTV battle rap journalist Michael Hughes, in an interview with battle rapper Loaded Lux about the style's emergence in mainstream hip hop. Some have claimed that artists such as Das EFX and Fu-Schnickens rapped in a similar style years before the term was created. He wrote that many of the artists often scapegoated in conversations about the subgenre do not actually mumble, which "is the red flag that the term isn't a useful subcategorization. There are disputes as to whether some rappers are mumble rappers or not. Smith writes that 21 Savage unfairly gets classified as a mumble rapper. In , music critic Jon Caramanica of The New York Times opined that SoundCloud rap "in the last year has become the most vital and disruptive new movement in hip-hop".
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