Hip-hop was born in New York, so naturally, that’s where most old school hip-hop artists hail from.īut, in the subgenres of old school hip-hop that we’ll explore later, you’ll see that New York was definitely not the only place where hip-hop was happening in the 80sĪrtists to check out: Sugar Hill Gang, Tupac, Slick Rickīoom-bap gets its name from its distinctive drum production style. The use of triplets wasn’t much of a thing in the early days. You’ll mostly also hear the use of duple meter. Old school for me encompasses most hip-hop from the late 70s and mid to late 80s.Īnd yes-there are notable subgenres within the old school canon, but I’ll cover and discuss those a little later.īut in general, old school hip-hop is characterized by early uses of samples, turntablism and simple rhyme schemes. Let’s kick it off at the most obvious place to start-old school hip-hop.
Here’s 22 rap styles that stick out to us. In this article we’ll briefly explore each genre that matters, so you know what’s out there to explore in-depth. Today every hip-hop and rap subgenre sounds completely different, even if they still follow the core tenants of rhyme and beat.įrom the early days of underground New York hip-hop to the twisted sound of UK Drill, the only thing that’s been constant in the genre is change, especially with the evolution of technology.
Ever since, rap has exploded into countless subgenres and styles.
Just about 40 years ago, hip-hop was born.
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