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Fusion music genres
- Punk rapThe year 2013 marked a turning point when the internet began connecting disparate sounds from Atlanta and Miami. Journalist Thomas Hobbs described this…
- ReggaetonThe summer of 1995 found a local duo from Residencial Luis Llorens Torres in San Juan rapping at a club on the beach in Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja.
- Nu metalIn 1987, the thrash metal band Anthrax released an EP titled I'm the Man that combined hip hop and metal. This record laid groundwork for a genre that would…
- CrunkcoreThe mid-2000s marked a collision of sounds that would define a new musical identity. Members of the scene subculture began blending crunk, post-hardcore, and…
- Trip hopIn the late 1980s, a group of DJs and MCs gathered on council estates in Bristol to play music for public spaces. They called their collective the Wild Bunch.
- Hip houseThe year 1986 marked the pressing of a vinyl record titled Rok da House by a British group called Beatmasters. This track featured a rap duo named Cookie…
- Rap metalIn 1987, the heavy metal band Anthrax released their extended play I'm the Man. This record fused hip hop with heavy metal for the first time on a major…
- ElectronicoreThe year 2003 marked a turning point in St Albans, England. A group of musicians formed a band that would eventually be called Enter Shikari.