electro-rap
Beats meet rhymes
Electro-rap is hip-hop music built on electronic beats, synthesizers, and drum machines rather than sampled funk or soul.
The style emerged in the early 1980s with artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Mantronix, drawing from Kraftwerk and other electronic pioneers.
That track has a classic electro-rap sound—all 808s and vocoder.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- 808Legendary drum machine model
- drum machineElectronic percussion simulator
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
sequencer · sampler · beat · synth-pop · Auto-Tune · breakbeat · talk box · synthesized
Athletic hip-hop street dance
- breakdancingAcrobatic hip-hop dance form
- poppingShort explosive sound
- lockingFixing firmly in position
- boomboxPortable stereo with speakers
graffiti · block party · street dance · hip-hop · South Bronx · roller disco · club · underground
Influential turntablist from hip-hop's birth
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- new waveEmerging trend or movement
- post-discoGenre following disco's decline
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
vintage · retro · old school · 1982 · emergence · pioneering · foundational · influential
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- 808Legendary drum machine model
- drum machineElectronic percussion simulator
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
bassline · sequencer · sampler · beat · synth-pop · Auto-Tune · breakbeat · talk box · synthesized · computerized
b-boying
Athletic hip-hop street dance
- breakdancingAcrobatic hip-hop dance form
- poppingShort explosive sound
- lockingFixing firmly in position
boombox · graffiti · block party · street dance · hip-hop · South Bronx · roller disco · club · underground · scene
Grandmaster Flash
Influential turntablist from hip-hop's birth
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- new waveEmerging trend or movement
- post-discoGenre following disco's decline
golden age · vintage · retro · old school · 1982 · emergence · pioneering · foundational · influential · classic
electro-rapfolk music
Community-born acoustic songs
bluegrass · unplugged · country · traditional folk · Americana
electro-rapspoken word poetry
Verse composed for live delivery
chamber music · singer-songwriter · ambient music · classical · country rap
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