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{{Infobox Music genre
|name=Acid rap
|bgcolor=crimson
|color=white
|stylistic_origins=[[Blues]]<br />[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br />[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<br />[[Rock music|Rock]]
|cultural_origins=Late 1980s [[United States]]
|instruments=[[Rapping]] - [[Drum machine]] - [[Turntablism|Turntables]] - [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]] - [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]]
|popularity=Underground
|derivatives     = [[Horrorcore]] - [[nu metal]] - [[rap rock]] - [[rap metal]]
|local_scenes    = [[Midwest hip hop]]
}} 
'''Acid rap''' is a subgenre of [[hip hop music]], fusing [[rock music|rock]]-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death, drug use, evil, paranoia and sex. The term was first coined by Detroit rapper [[Esham]], who defined the genre as analogous to "'modern day [[blues]] [or] [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]'",<ref name="Keyes">{{cite book |last=Keyes |first=Cheryl Lynette |title=Rap Music and Street Consciousness |year=2002 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=0252072014, 9780252072017 |chapter=Blending and Shaping Styles: Rap and Other Musical Voices |quote=Advancing the marriage of heavy metal and rap is Detroit's underground artist, Esham, who is credited for "acid rap." Esham defines acid rap as analogus to "'modern day blues [or] heavy metal'" (quoted in Alert 2000:107). |page=108 }}</ref> Esham has been cited as one of the innovators of the genre,<ref name="AMGHipHop">{{cite book |editor= |others= |title=All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop |year=2003 |isbn=0879307595 |publisher=Backbeat Books |pages=160–163 }}</ref><ref name="McLeod">{{cite news |first=Rodd |last=McLeod |title=The Wicket World of Natas |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5923056/the_wicket_world_of_natas |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |date=March 2, 2000 |accessdate=2008-07-19 }}</ref> and compared his lyrical content to hallucinations induced by [[lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]].<ref name="McLeod">{{cite news |first=Rodd |last=McLeod |title=The Wicket World of Natas |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5923056/the_wicket_world_of_natas |publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |date=March 2, 2000 |accessdate=2008-07-19 }}</ref> Acid rap has also been described as a fusion of hip hop beats and [[death metal]] lyrics,<ref name="McLeod"/> and Esham's music has also been cited as an example of "[[horrorcore]]" hip hop.<ref name="Cohen">{{cite book |last=Cohen |first=Sara |title=Decline, Renewal and the City in Popular Music Culture: Beyond The Beatles |year=2007 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=0754632431 |quote=The music journalist and author Dan Sicko describes certain strains of Detroit hip-hop as 'an extreme, almost parodied' version of inner city life, which he links to the extremities of urban decline in the city: 'both the horrorcore of hip-hop outfits such as Insane Clown Posse, Esham and (to a lesser extent) the multi-platinum-selling Eminem, utilize shocking (and blatantly over the top narratives to give an over-exaggerated, almost cartoon-like version of urban deprivation in Detroit' (cited in Cohen and Strachan, 2005). |page=52}}</ref> The hip hop group Inner City Posse adopted the acid rap style as a means of distinguishing themselves stylistically from other [[hardcore hip hop]] groups, under the suggestion of member [[Joseph Bruce]], who also gave the group its new name, [[Insane Clown Posse]].<ref name="BehindthePaint174">{{cite book |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |authorlink=Joseph Bruce |coauthors=Hobey Echlin |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |origdate= |origyear=2003 |origmonth=August |edition=2nd Edition |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=034544762X |pages=174–185 |chapter=The Dark Carnival }}</ref> According to author Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Esham's "metal sound with a hip-hop feel" formed the musical basis for acts such as [[Kid Rock]], [[Korn]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]], [[RedHooD Tha Caper A.K.A. Bloody Brett Bloom]], and [[Kottonmouth Kings]].<ref name="Keyes"/>

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[[Category:Hip hop genres]]

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