Rap Song Meanings
Let's get a shout-out to the DJ all up in here! Rap is an important, seminal genre in Western music, serving as a bridge between old-school rhythm & blues forms and modern hip-hop. There are dozens of spin-off and fusion genres, mixing with R&B, hip-hop, ska, blues, reggae, house, dance, electronica, jazz, funk, and even more diverse genres.
Rap got its big start in the US around the 1980s. This is when big inner cities found themselves invaded by boombox beats and turntable DJs. But let's also not forget that for a brief while, rap crossed cultural barriers before settling once again on being a sound largely associated with urban cultures. The great dichotomy in rap is the split between west-coast, east-coast, and the "dirty-south." The interplay between these separate sects eventually saw gansta rap dominate the genre, although other styles have held their own over the decades.
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- 50 Cent
- Black Eyed Peas
- Childish Gambino
- Eminem
- French Montana
- Future
- Hollywood Undead
- Kanye West
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kid Rock
- Lil Wayne
- Pitbull
- Tupac Shakur
- Weeknd, The
- Wiz Khalifa
All the Rest
» A Tribe Called Quest
» Ace Hood
» Afrojack
» Angel Haze
» Asher Roth
» Auburn
» B.o.B.
» Bad Meets Evil
» Big K.R.I.T.
» Big Sean
» Birdman
» Bizzy Bone
» Bobby Shmurda
» Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
» Bow Wow
» Busta Rhymes
» Ca$h Out
» Cali Swag District
» Cam'ron
» Cee Lo Green
» Cher Lloyd
» Chief Keef
» Chip tha Ripper
» Cro
» Cypress Hill
» D12
» Dappy
» DC Talk
» Diggy
» DJ Drama
» Dr. Dre
» Eazy-E
» Estelle
» Fabolous
» Fat Joe
» Flipsyde
» Foxx
» Frontline
» Fugees
» G-Eazy
» G. Love
» Game, The
» Gorilla Zoe
» Gucci Mane
» Haystak
» Heavy D
» Hopsin
» Ice-T
» Immortal Technique
» Insane Clown Posse
» Ja Rule
» Jay Sean
» Joe Budden
» Joe Driscoll
» K'Jon
» Kreayshawn
» Kris Kross
» Lauryn Hill
» Lil' Keke
» LL Cool J
» Lloyd Banks
» Ludacris
» Mac Miller
» Machine Gun Kelly
» Mann
» Mase
» MC Hammer
» Method Man
» Milli Vanilli
» Missy Elliott
» Mo-Pain
» Nas
» Nate Dogg
» Nelly
» Notorious B.I.G.
» Obie Trice
» OutKast
» Petey Pablo
» Public Enemy
» Pusha T
» Queen Latifah
» Red Cafe
» Rich Homie Quan
» Rick Ross
» Rizzle Kicks
» Rocko
» Roscoe Dash
» Sage Francis
» Scars on Broadway
» Schoolboy Q
» Sean Garrett
» Shwayze
» Sir Mix-a-Lot
» Skee-Lo
» Slaughterhouse
» Snoop Dogg
» Static Major
» Swizz Beatz
» T-Pain
» Talib Kweli
» Timbaland
» Tinie Tempah
» Tity Boi
» Transplants
» Traphik
» Trey Songz
» Trinidad James
» Tyga
» Tyler the Creator
» Vinnie Paz
» Wale
» Wu-Tang Clan
» Wyclef Jean
» YG
» Young Jeezy
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