Cloud rap
| Cloud rap | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Hip hop, ambient, chillwave, new-age, psychedelic music, experimental hip hop, chopped and screwed |
| Cultural origins | Mid 2000s |
| Typical instruments | Rapping, synthesizer, DAW |
| Other topics | |
Cloud rap (also known as Trillwave)[1][2] whose distinguishing features include ethereal, dreamlike beats (which often use wordless vocal samples, wherein singers harmonize or hold long notes, to produce a majestic effect) and abstracted, sometimes deliberately absurd, lyrics.
Artists described as cloud rap
- A$AP Rocky
- Bones
- Cities Aviv[3]
- Clams Casino[4]
- cLOUDDEAD[5]
- Deniro Farrar
- Denzel Curry
- Eric Dingus [6]
- Joey Bada$$
- Kitty
- Ledeni
- Lil B
- Main Attrakionz[7][8]
- SpaceGhostPurrp[9]
- Viper[10]
- Yung Lean[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Colly, Joe. "Wiz Khalifa: Taylor Allderdice | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. pitchfork.com. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ Weingarten, Christopher (May–June 2012). "Louder than Bombs". SPIN: 78. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ Lymangrover, Jason. "Cities Aviv biography". Allmusic. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ↑ Sharp, Elliott. Tapes "Daughn Gibosn - All Hell | Music Review" Check
|url= - ↑ Goble, Corban (March 2, 2012). "Stream Main Attrakionz, Jel and Zachg cLOUDLIFE EP". Stereogum. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Caballero, Martín (August 25, 2013). "Eric Dingus - "512" (Chopped & Screwed Mixtape)". EARMILK. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ↑ "We Got This". SPIN: 49. December 2011.
- ↑ Gillespie, Blake (6 March 2012). "The Future: cLOUDLIFE is Main Attrakionz and cLOUDDEAD". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ↑ Unicornmang. "SpaceGhostPurrp - Mysterious Phonk: THe Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Viper - You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack Review". Sputnik Music December 2, 2014 Robert Lowe. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ Draut, Tim (July 18, 2014). "Yung Lean brings Sad Rap to The Independent". The Bay Bridged. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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