The Melody Web what each genre heard, and what it passed on

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Heard

Cloud rap style · 2010–

Emo rap takes cloud rap’s washed, pitched internet mix and sung-rap daze and recodes them as diary-hook SoundCloud tracks.

Influence
Emo genre · 1985–

Emo-rap takes emo’s sung confession and guitar/synth wash and recodes them as a SoundCloud rap vocal over rap beats.

Influence
Trap style · 2003–

Emo-rap takes trap’s 808-and-hat beat dialect as a bed under sung-rap confession.

Influence

Emo rap

style · 2015–

Also called emo hip hop, SoundCloud rap

Kind of Hip-hop

Mid-2010s SoundCloud rap: washed or punk-tinged beats, sung-rap confession, and a lo-fi internet mix (Lil Peep, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD). It hears Cloud rap for the smeared internet-rap climate, Emo for the sung confession and guitar/synth wash, and Trap for the 808-and-hat dialect. SoundCloud rap leftover as a platform tag on this node. Empty extra Received/Given is historically checked.

Listen

  1. White Wine Lil Peep (2016) YouTube · Spotify
  2. Beamer Boy Lil Peep (2017) YouTube · Spotify
  3. Look at Me! XXXTentacion (2015) YouTube · Spotify
  4. Jocelyn Flores XXXTentacion (2017) YouTube · Spotify
  5. Lucid Dreams Juice WRLD (2018) YouTube · Spotify

Passed on

Nothing in the corpus yet that this genre passed on.

Cloud rap → Emo rap

timbre and productionmelodyfunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus2015–2018recordingradio

Mechanism

Emo rap takes cloud rap’s washed, pitched internet mix and sung-rap daze and recodes them as diary-hook SoundCloud tracks. Strength high. Trap leftover as a neighboring 808 dialect, not this hop. 2000s emo leftover as a guitar scene, not a parent this sitting.

Evidence

Lil Peep and XXXTentacion against Clams Casino / Lil B climate; Starr on SoundCloud rap as a named 2010s school.

Debate

Whether this is still cloud rap. The based/blog wash remains cloud rap’s; the named emo-confessional SoundCloud school is the recoding.

Mediators

artist: Lil Peep; artist: XXXTentacion

Emo → Emo rap

melodyfunction and contexttimbre and productionstrength: mediumscholarly consensus2015–2018recordingradio

Mechanism

Emo-rap takes emo’s sung confession and guitar/synth wash and recodes them as a SoundCloud rap vocal over rap beats. Strength medium. Cloud-rap leftover as the internet-rap climate (other edge). Trap leftover as the 808 dialect (other edge).

Evidence

Lil Peep’s guitar-rap mixes and Juice WRLD’s diaristic sung-rap (Starr; Grove).

Debate

Whether this is still emo. The 2000s guitar scene is emo’s; the named SoundCloud rap school is the recoding.

Mediators

artist: Lil Peep; artist: Juice WRLD

Trap → Emo rap

meter and groovetimbre and productionstrength: mediumscholarly consensus2015–2018recording

Mechanism

Emo-rap takes trap’s 808-and-hat beat dialect as a bed under sung-rap confession. Strength medium. Cloud-rap leftover as the wash climate (other edge). Emo leftover as the confession job (other edge). Drill leftover as a neighboring street dialect, not a parent here.

Evidence

2015–18 SoundCloud tracks using trap hats and 808s under diaristic sung-rap (Grove, Starr).

Debate

Whether emo-rap is already trap. The beat dialect is trap’s; the named sung-confession rap school is the recoding.

Mediators

artist: XXXTentacion; artist: Juice WRLD