Best examples of Rappers doing other Genres?

yungtomselleck · 06-01-2015, 12:09 AM

Tyler Creators jazz type deals are always enjoyable.
Lil B's california boy was amazing tbh.
Any examples off top? I can't think.of any else

Machine · 06-01-2015, 08:01 AM

- Death Grips going noise rock
- Gorrilaz going in the synth pop direction
- Earl moving towards lo-fi underground stuff
- Kanye on Yeezus going in the noise-hop direction
- Kendrick's new album took a new sound for him

DwnWthVwls · 06-01-2015, 12:19 PM

-Emanon turning into Aloe Blacc

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-CeeLo going from Goodie Mob to Gnarls Barkley

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-Silent Knight's second group The Band Called Fuse

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~~Cuthbert~~ · 06-01-2015, 02:55 PM

Dies it require a vocal?

Andre 3000 - My Favourite Things. This is basically Drum and Bass.
Ice T's stuff with Body Count

Micco · 06-01-2015, 03:25 PM

Guru's Jazzmatazz stuff even though he still raps in the tracks are more jazz than they are rap.

Mister Jip · 06-02-2015, 06:30 PM

Queen latifah - jazz singing
Cypress hill - rock/metal
Everlast - blues/rock/country
Premier & nas with berklee symphony - classical
Q-Tip has done a couple of songs with the chemical brothers.

In the 90s The brand new heavies released 'the heavy rhyme experience vol 1' which contained no female singing vocals and was entirely filled with loads of top MCs rapping on their acid jazz/funk grooves (guru, masta ace, kool g rap, pharcyde etc.)

In the 00's the Black keys did something similar with blues/rock on the album 'Blakroc' featuring mos def, pharoahe monch, rza, odb, ludacris etc.

DeadChannel · 06-02-2015, 09:44 PM

Blakroc is a good one.

derek · 07-24-2015, 09:40 PM

jay park "joah"

DwnWthVwls · 07-24-2015, 11:16 PM

I'm seeing a lot of posts in this thread of rap artists still doing rap. Looking back I think even my Silent Knight track is a bad example compared to my other two.

~~E5I5O~~ · 07-24-2015, 11:21 PM

Ice-T doing rap and then forming the band Body Count.

06-01-2015, 12:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	- Death Grips going noise rock - Gorrilaz going in the synth pop direction - Earl moving towards lo-fi underground stuff - Kanye on Yeezus going in the noise-hop direction - Kendrick's new album took a new sound for him __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

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Mister Jip Heavy Thinker Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: London Posts: 152	Queen latifah - jazz singing Cypress hill - rock/metal Everlast - blues/rock/country Premier & nas with berklee symphony - classical Q-Tip has done a couple of songs with the chemical brothers. In the 90s The brand new heavies released 'the heavy rhyme experience vol 1' which contained no female singing vocals and was entirely filled with loads of top MCs rapping on their acid jazz/funk grooves (guru, masta ace, kool g rap, pharcyde etc.) In the 00's the Black keys did something similar with blues/rock on the album 'Blakroc' featuring mos def, pharoahe monch, rza, odb, ludacris etc. Last edited by Mister Jip; 06-02-2015 at 08:55 PM.

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derek Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 778	jay park "joah" __________________ ------------------- WARNING: DONT WATCH IF YOU'RE A PRUDE Stellar...."Vibrato" music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmTdFpIDX8

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Dies it require a vocal? Andre 3000 - My Favourite Things. This is basically Drum and Bass. Ice T's stuff with Body Count

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DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	Blakroc is a good one.

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~~E5I5O~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 206	Ice-T doing rap and then forming the band Body Count.