Rapcore

Rapcore
Stylistic origins	Hip hop Gangsta rap Heavy metal Alternative rock Alternative metal Funk metal Hard rock Hardcore punk
Cultural origins	Mid-to-late 1980s, United States
Typical instruments	Sampler - Bass guitar - Electric guitar - Drums - Keyboard - Turntables - Rapping - Vocals
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Other topics
Hip hop music - History of hip hop music - Timeline of hip hop - Timeline of heavy metal

Rapcore is a musical genre that fuses the techniques of hip hop, gangsta rap, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, hardcore punk and sometimes funk. The genre, often referred to as rap-metal or rap-rock, has also influenced some of the more recent music styles such as nu metal.

Genre history

Rapcore developed in the mid to late 1980s alongside the similar fusion music genre funk metal. Music formed as rap meets rock, also it is the philosophy of genre.

The roots of the style can be found in albums by bands such as Anthrax, Stuck Mojo, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Beastie Boys, Biohazard, 311, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., Disappearance, Suicidal Tendencies and Faith No More. Two of the first full-dedicated rapcore acts to obtain mainstream popularity were Urban Dance Squad and Rage Against the Machine.

Themes

The lyrical themes of rapcore range from politics (downset., Rage Against the Machine, Senser, Aztlan Underground) to frivolity (Limp Bizkit, Crazy Town, Kid Rock, Phunk Junkeez) to life in general (Zebrahead, Trik Turner) to personal struggles and pain (Linkin Park, Stuck Mojo).

See also

• List of rapcore artists
• Alternative rock
• Alternative metal
• Nu metal
• Funk metal
• Alternative hip hop
• Hardcore hip hop