Your way in
Rap rock 1986
Rapped vocals over rock riffs. The Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaboration opened the door; Rage turned it into a political weapon.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 6
- Melody
- 6
- Where from
- New York, USA
- Tempo
- 90-130 bpm
- Song length
- 3-4.5 min
- Written about
- Party and boast, Politics, on the later records, Youth, Genre itself, self-consciously
- Vocals
- Rapped
Why this one
| You said | Rap rock | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| No words at all When someone is singing, what should come out? | rapped | 80% | ×3 |
| Heavy. I want to feel it. How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 80% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1986 | 100% | ×1 |
| Being young and out late What should the words be about? | Party and boast, Politics, on the later records, Youth, Genre itself, self-consciously | 50% | ×1 |
| Something to hold on to Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 6 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 81% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, era 1, about 1, melody 1 out of 8. Rap rock 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
Faith No More, Angel Dust 1992
Faith No More - Angel Dust. An album that deliberately sabotages its own success.
- 2The one to put on first
Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine 1992
Rage Against the Machine - the debut. No synths and no samples, just four people.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Funk rock, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Rap rock'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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Instrumental prog metal 81%
No vocals: the melody is carried by guitar or keyboard, and the structure can be as complex as it likes.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Rap rock.
The way into Instrumental prog metal -
Neue Deutsche Härte 79%
The German version: simple heavy riffs, danceable synths, declaimed German vocals and a great deal of pyrotechnics.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 7 steps from Rap rock.
The way into Neue Deutsche Härte
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 8.
- 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 8.
- Being young and out late put 115 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Alternative rock. Worth 1 of 8.
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.