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Psychedelic rap

This article is about the genre. For the album by Chance The Rapper, see Acid Rap.
Psychedelic rap
Other names
  • Psychedelic hip hop[1]
  • psych-rap[2]
  • acid rap
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1980s, New York[2]
Other topics

Psychedelic rap (or psychedelic hip hop) is a microgenre that fuses hip hop music with psychedelia.[2] The genre's otherworldy sound was influenced by psychedelic rock and soul, funk and jazz, utilizing breaks and samples that create a hallucinogenic effect. Psychedelic drugs may also play a part in shaping the genre's sound.

  1. ^ David Foster, Wallace and Costello, Mark (July 23, 2013). Signifying Rappers. Little, Brown. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-316-40111-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Reed, Ryan (November 10, 2022). "Psych-Rap: A Trippy History: Inside hip-hop's legacy of mind expansion, from acid-rock to A$AP Rocky". Tidal. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Ripp, Gabriele, ed. (July 24, 2015). Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music. De Gruyter. p. 867. ISBN 978-3-11-039378-1.

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