Conscious VS Trap After Vince Staple tweet about not wanting to be placed in the conscious rap label last Wednesday evening, Hip Hop heads voiced their opinion on the sub labels of hip hop. I am highly offended by the term conscious rap don't associate me with that. — Vince Staples (@vincestaples) August 12, 2015 This brings me to talk about the topic. Should hip hop have sub genres? Hip Hop was founded on the fun of mixing together music with rhymes and developed into storytelling, word play, political power etc... The culture of hip hop will always include the elements of DJs to turn the tables, a microphone to spit the bars, graffiti to paint the images, and the infinite break dancing. Introduced in the late 70's were hip hop pioneer groups like, the Sugar Hill Gang, who were the first hip hop group to enter into mainstream media with the classic anthem "Rappers Delight," which expressed pure fun, funkadelic beats, rhymes, and basic flow. During th...
Arguably the most
controversial rapper of the younger generation, Xxxtentacion, a Florida native
with a very multicultural background, has yet again raised questions and value
in the next generation with his sophomore album titled “?.” Known for
expressing pain and depression in his music, it comes as no surprise that the
lead single is titled “Sad.” However, what does catch audiences off guard is
the implementation of his entire ethnic background, and how almost every song
sounds completely different, while remaining coherent. Xxxtentacion introduces
the album as an alternative project, that you can instantly hear in songs like
“schizophrenia,” but I simply enjoyed the ride from beat to beat in almost
every song. Although I wouldn’t completely label ? as the metal genre, because
there’s songs like infinity 888, which is pure hip hop. Xxxtentacion clearly
expresses that he is a multi-genre artist, and as a rebel he refuses to be
attached to one specific music genre. Nice work Xxxtentacion!
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