I heard that there is a division of sub- genres with in rap, so far I only know of two East Coast and Crunk, so what are the rest of the genres, and could you give and example of them, like an artist who is mainly in that niche, plus does anyone know which genre(s) Nicki Minaj fits in? This is for a report by the way.
Mafioso (Kool G Rap)
Abstract Hip Hop (MF DOOM)
Chopped & Screwed (DJ Screw)
Christian Hip Hop (Lecrae)
Comedy Rap (Jon Lajoie)
Conscious Hip Hop (Mos Def)
Crunk (Lil Jon)
Disco Rap (Sugarhill Gang)
East Coast Hip Hop (Nas)
Experimental Hip Hop (El-P)
Gangsta Rap (Ice Cube)
Hardcore Hip Hop (Wu-Tang Clan)
Hyphy (Mac Dre)
Jazz Rap (A Tribe Called Quest)
Instrumental Hip Hop (Nujabes)
Mobb Music (Too $hort)
Nerdcore (MC Chris)
Political Hip Hop (Public Enemy)
Pop Rap (Lil Wayne)
Southern Hip Hop (OutKast)
Turntabilism (DJ Spooky)
West Coast Hip Hop (Dr. Dre)
G-Funk (Snoop Dogg)
Horrorcore (Brotha Lynch Hung)
Dirty South (Mystikal)
Memphis Rap (Three 6 Mafia)
Snap (D4L)
Rap Rock (Rage Against the Machine)
Nicki Minaj is usually classified under “Pop Rap”.
There are a lot. Artists are in brackets:
Alternative (Grieves)
Conscious (Mr. Lif)
Crunk (Lil Jon)
Jazz (Guru)
Gangsta (Mobb Deep)
Etc… Here’s the full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hip…
I would consider Nicki Minaj to be a pop artist
underground…http://youtu.be/kg6VWJGjTdshttp://youtu.be/6nEztJ5ZmFEhttp://youtu.be/9ckp747YyJo