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Rap metal 1991
Rapped vocals over metal riffs, built around groove and a shouted chorus.
- Heaviness
- 7
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- USA
- Tempo
- 90-130 bpm
- Song length
- 3.5-5 min
- Written about
- Politics, explicitly, Race and power, Anger, Institutional violence
- Vocals
- Rapped
Why this one
| You said | Rap metal | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | rapped | 80% | ×3 |
| As heavy as it gets How much weight do you want behind it? | 7 out of 10 | 70% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 92% | ×1 |
| Anger at something real What should the words be about? | Politics, explicitly, Race and power, Anger, Institutional violence | 50% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 80% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 6 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 10. Rap metal leads the next by 1 point. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Korn, Korn 1994
Korn - Korn. The first track opens with bagpipes, which nobody ever remembers.
- 2The one to put on first
Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles 1999
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles. Their best-produced record.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Nu metal, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Rap metal's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Rap rock 79%
Rapped vocals over rock riffs. The Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaboration opened the door; Rage turned it into a political weapon.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Rap metal.
The way into Rap rock -
Groove metal 79%
Thrash slowed to a groove that hits you in the chest: syncopated riffs, mid-tempo drums, barked vocals.
4 steps from Rap metal, meeting it only at Heavy metal.
The way into Groove metal
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- No words at all put 33 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore. Worth 3 of 10.
- As heavy as it gets put 13 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Rock and roll, Folk rock, Country rock. Worth 2 of 10.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 10.
- Anger at something real put 108 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Black metal, Blues rock. Worth 1 of 10.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.