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Rapcore is a subgenre
Music genre

A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music....
 of rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
 fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 with punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
, often hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
. Rapcore is often confused with rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
 and rap metal
Rap metal

Rap metal is a music genre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop music with Heavy metal music. Rap metal is often confused with rap rock and rapcore....
. These styles became the basis for nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
.

ore originated from rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 with rock. Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group from New York City consisting of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Mix Master Mike, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ"....
, formerly a hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
 group, began working in the hip hop genre. Their debut album, Licensed to Ill
Licensed to Ill

Licensed to Ill is the debut album by the Beastie Boys, 1986 in music.It is the first rap LP album to top the Billboard 200 chart. It also peaked at #2 on the Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart....
, largely featured a rock-based sound.






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Rapcore is a subgenre
Music genre

A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music....
 of rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
 fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 with punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
, often hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
. Rapcore is often confused with rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
 and rap metal
Rap metal

Rap metal is a music genre of rap rock fusing vocal and sometimes instrumental elements of hip hop music with Heavy metal music. Rap metal is often confused with rap rock and rapcore....
. These styles became the basis for nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
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Rapcore originated from rap rock
Rap rock

Rap rock is a music genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop music with various forms of rock music. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal music-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....
, a genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 with rock. Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys are an American hip hop music group from New York City consisting of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz. Since around the time of the Hello Nasty album, the DJ for the group has been Mix Master Mike, who was first featured in the song "Three MC's and One DJ"....
, formerly a hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
 group, began working in the hip hop genre. Their debut album, Licensed to Ill
Licensed to Ill

Licensed to Ill is the debut album by the Beastie Boys, 1986 in music.It is the first rap LP album to top the Billboard 200 chart. It also peaked at #2 on the Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart....
, largely featured a rock-based sound. Biohazard
Biohazard (band)

Biohazard was a band originally based out of Brooklyn, New York. They are acknowledged as one of the earliest bands to fuse hardcore punk and heavy metal music with elements of hip hop....
 is considered to be a strong influence on the genre's development. Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
-based punk band Hed PE performs a fusion of styles ranging from hip hop and reggae
Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s.While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Music of Jamaica, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady....
 to punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
, hardcore punk
Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
 and heavy metal
Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
. Although they are considered to be performers in the rapcore genre, they refer to their musical style as "G-punk". Kottonmouth Kings
Kottonmouth Kings

Kottonmouth Kings is an American Hip hop music and rap rock group from Orange County, California, California. Kottonmouth Kings officially formed in 1994, and describe themselves as "Psychedelic rock Hip hop music punk rock"....
 perform a style which they refer to as "psychedelic
Psychedelic rock

CharacteristicsThe musical style typically features electric guitars, 12 strings being preferred for their 'jangle'; elaborate studio effects - backwards taping, panning , phasing, long delay loops and extreme reverb; exotic instrumentation, with a particular fondness for the sitar and tabla; A strong keyboard presence, especially Hammond, Far...
 hip-hop punk rock".

Among the first wave of bands in the genre to gain mainstream success were 311
311 (band)

311 is an American rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 1988. Their musical structure incorporates a variety of musical styles including alternative rock, hip hop, ska, reggae, funk, and heavy metal music....
, Bloodhound Gang
Bloodhound Gang

The Bloodhound Gang is an American alternative rock rock band from Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, often satire lyrics....
 and Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
. Rap rock and rapcore would become the basis for the nu metal
Nu metal

Nu metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that emerged in the mid-1990s which combines grunge music, alternative rock, and alternative metal with hip hop music and various list of heavy metal genres, such as funk metal, rap metal, groove metal and thrash metal....
 genre, and some bands in this genre are known for rapping, including Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
 and Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an United States nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, Florida. The band achieved success with over 50 million albums sold worldwide....
. Although the popularity of these styles is believed to be declining, some believe that rapcore may regain popularity, with younger music fans discovering bands in the genre. Drew Simollardes of the rapcore band Reveille
Reveille (band)

Reveille was a nu metal/rapcore group from Harvard, Massachusetts, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Shirley, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA....
 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." The rapcore band Hollywood Undead
Hollywood Undead

Hollywood Undead is an American rap rock band from California, fusing rap and metal with elements of rock and metal, formed in 2005. The band members perform in individual masks in order to maintain an air of mystery....
, formed in 2005, became one of the most popular acts on MySpace
MySpace

MySpace is a social network service website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally....
, and enjoyed financial success with their debut album, Swan Songs
Swan Songs (Hollywood Undead album)

Swan Songs is the first album by the band Hollywood Undead. The album was released on September 2, 2008. The album was released with a bonus track and an option to unlock a music video when purchased on Amazon.com and at some select online retailers....
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