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Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with heavy metal. Rap metal is often confused with rap rock and rapcore. These styles became the basis for nu metal.
metal originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with rock. The genre's roots are based both in hip hop acts who sampled heavy metal songs, such as Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill and Run-D.M.C., as well as rock bands who fused heavy metal and hip hop influences, such as 24-7 Spyz and Faith No More.
New York metal band Anthrax fused hip hop with metal for their 1987 extended play I'm the Man, and were teamed up with Public Enemy for a remake of the latter's "Bring the Noise" that fused hip hop with thrash metal.
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Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop with heavy metal. Rap metal is often confused with rap rock and rapcore. These styles became the basis for nu metal.
History
Rap metal originated from rap rock, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with rock. The genre's roots are based both in hip hop acts who sampled heavy metal songs, such as Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill and Run-D.M.C., as well as rock bands who fused heavy metal and hip hop influences, such as 24-7 Spyz and Faith No More.
New York metal band Anthrax fused hip hop with metal for their 1987 extended play I'm the Man, and were teamed up with Public Enemy for a remake of the latter's "Bring the Noise" that fused hip hop with thrash metal. 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. Stuck Mojo, a metal band whose vocalist rapped, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the genre. Detroit rapper Esham became known for his "acid rap" style, which fused rapped death metal-influenced lyrics with a sound that was often rock and metal-based. Thrash metal band Body Count referred to their 1992 debut album as a "rock album with a rap mentality". The band was formed by rapper Ice-T, who did not rap on the band's debut album. Rage Against the Machine fuse metal with hip hop, and is known for its politically-charged rapped lyrics. Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss wrote that "The Battle of Los Angeles is to rap metal what Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions . . . was to hip-hop: It brings the noise, with Morello's guitar the equivalent of Terminator X's turntables."
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. B-Real also formed a rap metal group, Kush, with Wolbers, Fear Factory drummer Raymond Herrera and Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter. According to B-Real, Kush is more aggressive than other bands in the genre. SX-10, formed in 1996 by Sen Dog, also performs rap rock and rap metal.
Rap rock and rap metal would become the basis for the nu metal genre, and some bands in this genre are known for rapping, including Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. Although the popularity of these styles is believed to be declining, some believe that rap rock may regain popularity, with younger music fans discovering bands in the genre. Drew Simollardes of the band Reveille states that "I feel like lately it’s more appropriate. People are sick of a lot of the stuff that’s out there right now."
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