Alternative hip hop
Template:Hip hop portal Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a Hip-Hop genre.
Description Of Alternative Hip-Hop
The term alternative Hip-Hop is mostly used to describe Hip-Hop with intelligent lyrics. Common subjects in Alternative Hip-Hop are Politics, Racism, Religion & Love.
Popularity & Quality
Most Alternative Hip-Hop don't have much commerical value, it is most made for a small group of people. Althought there are some alternative Hip-Hop acts that are/where populair. Examples of populair alternative acts A Tribe Called Quest, The Fugees, Public Enemy, De La Soul. Alternative Hip-Hop mostly gets better reviews then mainstream Hip-Hop. Alternative Hip-Hop gets also praised for there division of subjects
Beats
Alternative Hip-Hop is known for the Soulfull beats in the 80s and Jazzy beats in the 90s.
List of notable alternative Hip-Hop acts:
Early Alt. Hip-Hop acts (1986 - 1990):
Boogie Down Productions After there debut Criminal Minded
Alt. Hip-Hop Artists from the Golden period (1991 - 1996):
New Generation Of alt. Hip-Hop acts (1997 - 2007):
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