Crunk
| Crunk | |
| Stylistic origins |
Southern rap - EDM
|
|---|---|
| Cultural origins |
2000, US
|
| Typical instruments |
Drum machine, PC, vocals
|
| Mainstream popularity | mid-late '00s |
| Subgenres | |
| Beatdown crunk | |
| Fusion genres | |
| Crunk&b - Aquacrunk | |
| Other topics | |
| Hyphy | |
Crunk is a type of music, which originated from southern hip hop and EDM in the early 2000s.[1]
Characteristics
Looped drum machine rhythms are usually used; 808 and 909 are the most popular.[2] The drum machines are usually accompanied by simple, repeated synthesizer melodies.
The focal point of crunk is more often the beats and music than the lyrics therein. While other subgenres of hip-hop address sociopolitical or personal concerns, crunk is almost exclusively party music, favoring call and response hip-hop slogans in lieu of more substantive approaches.[3]
Notable acts
- Lil Jon (notable pioneer)
- Master P (pioneer)
- Ying Yang Twins (pioneers)
- Missy Elliott (newer music)
- Mystikal
- Ludacris
- Lil Scrappy
- Petey Pablo
- Soulja Boy (Snap Music)
- UNK
- Three 6 Mafia (Unoffical Founders)
- Eve (newer music such as her album Here I Am)
- Family Force 5 (Gotee Records)
- Lecrae
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/arts/music/28sher.html
- ↑ TV interview with Lil Jon, arte Tracks, December 2004
- ↑ Dirty Decade: Rap Music from the South: 1997-2007
 |
This article about a music genre is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |