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Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop
Alternative hip hop or Underground rap is a style of hip hop music distinguished by beats, samples, and lyrics that differ from the gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - Post-2000 Alternative Hip Hop
After the turn of the millennium, as the United States (still by far the world capital of hip hop) found itself confronted by the War on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - The Late 1980s
Alternative hip hop is usually said to have begun with De La Soul's landmark 3 Feet High and Rising (1989, 1989 in music). The trio's dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - The End Of The 1990s
In spite of neo soul gaining mainstream acceptance, gangsta hip hop artists like Jay-Z (Reasonable Doubt, 1996) and DMX (...And Then Ther...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - The End Of The 1990s
In spite of neo soul and rapcore gaining mainstream acceptance, gangsta hip hop artists like Jay-Z (Reasonable Doubt, 1996) and DMX (...A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - Early 1990s
During the early 1990s, mainstream hip hop was dominated by the West Coast G-Funk (like Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg). Other artists foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative Hip Hop: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative Hip Hop - Genres Related To Alternative Hip Hop
Alternative hip hop generally refers to a specific style of hip hop that is opposed to the mainstream sounds of gangsta rap. However, cer...   » Read the article