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Cloud rap

Cloud rap (also known as trillwave) is a subgenre of hip-hop that emerged from the Southern hip-hop scene in the late 2000s to early 2010s. The style draws influences from trap, ambient and new age music to create a hazy, dreamlike, atmospheric and relaxed production style through the extensive use of reverb and ethereal chopped samples. It was…

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Cultural origins
Late 2000s, Southern United States
Derivative forms
Emo rap · digicore · hexD · jerk · rage
Other names
Trillwave
Stylistic origins
Southern hip-hop · lo-fi · chillwave · trap · psychedelia
Typical instruments
Vocals (Auto-Tune) · Synthesizer

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Cloud rap

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related to 2000s–2010s: Origins · 28
Cloud rap → ASAP, ASAP Rocky's, By, Californian, Clams Casino, Cloud, Clouddead's, During, Elements, Finnish, Friendzone, Houston, Imogen Heap, Lil, Live, Love, Main Attrakionz, Memphis, Metro Zu, Other
related to Etymology · 14
Cloud rap → CGI, Chambliss, He, In, Lil, Main Attrakionz, Noz, Space Age Hustle, Squadda, The, The Cloud Rap Tape, Walker, Walkmasterflex' Chambliss, Years Ahead
Stylistic origins · 11
Cloud rap → ambient, anime soundtracks, chillout, chillwave, downtempo, lo-fi, new age music, psychedelia, Southern hip-hop, trap, video game music
related to 2020s · 11
Cloud rap → Artists, Dean Blunt, During, Fakemink, In, Jane Remover, Quannnic, Smokedope2016, The, Xaviersobased, Yabujin
Derivative forms · 7
Cloud rap → cloud rock, digicore, Emo rap, hexD, jerk, rage, UK underground
related to Characteristics · 3
Cloud rap → Cloud, J-pop, The
Typical instruments · 2
Cloud rap → Synthesizer, Vocals (Auto-Tune)
Cultural origins · 1
Cloud rap → Late 2000s, Southern United States
Other names · 1
Cloud rap → Trillwave

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Cloud rapCultural originsLate 2000s, Southern United States1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formsEmo rap1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formsdigicore1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formshexD1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formsjerk1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formsrage1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formsUK underground1.00infobox
Cloud rapDerivative formscloud rock1.00infobox
Cloud rapOther namesTrillwave1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsSouthern hip-hop1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originslo-fi1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originschillwave1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originstrap1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originspsychedelia1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsambient1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsnew age music1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originschillout1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsdowntempo1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsvideo game music1.00infobox
Cloud rapStylistic originsanime soundtracks1.00infobox
Cloud rapTypical instrumentsVocals (Auto-Tune)1.00infobox
Cloud rapTypical instrumentsSynthesizer1.00infobox

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