rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
underground hip-hop
umbrella term for hip hop music that is outside the general commercial canon
Irish rap
music genre or scene
hip house
musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip hop music
alternative hip-hop
subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream
depressive darkness
music genre
conscious hip-hop
hip hop genre
freestyle rap
a form of rap that relies on improvising music genre that fuses melodic vocal styles with instrumentation of hip hop
grime
genre of electronic music originating from England, United Kingdom
battle rap
type of rapping that includes bragging, insults and boasting content, often recited or freestyled spontaneously in live “battles”; often written solely for the purpose of impressing people with technically inventive rapping
rap rock
cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with various forms of rock
storytelling rap
music genre