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Progressive rap

Progressive rap (or progressive hip-hop) is a broad subgenre of hip-hop that aims to progress the genre thematically with socially transformative ideas and musically with stylistic experimentation. Developing through the works of innovative US hip-hop acts during the 1980s and 1990s, it has also been known at various points as conscious, underground, and…

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Cultural origins
1980s–1990s, United States
Derivative forms
Homo hop · political hip-hop
Other names
Progressive hip-hop
Stylistic origins
Hip-hop · avant-garde · jazz · rock · soul
Typical instruments
Vocals · sampler · bass · keyboard · drums

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related to Further reading · 42
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related to 1980s–1990s: Early developments · 25
Progressive rap → Afrocentricity, At, Black Sheep, Brand Nubian, Busta Rhymes, Cheo Hodari Coker, De La Soul, Don't, Furious Five's, Grandmaster Flash, Greg Kot, I'm, In, It's, Jungle Brothers, Monie Love, Mos Def, Native Tongues, Parker, Pinn
related to Themes and characteristics · 21
Progressive rap → According, African Americans, American, Anthony, Black, Black America, Emery Petchaur, Evelyn, He, However, In, In Pinn's, Julio Cammarota, Lincoln University, Meanwhile, Parker, Petchaur, Pinn, Progressive, Rice University
Typical instruments · 6
Progressive rap → bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, sampler, Vocals
Stylistic origins · 5
Progressive rap → avant-garde, Hip-hop, jazz, rock, soul
related to Fashion · 5
Progressive rap → African, Afrocentric, As, Like, This
Derivative forms · 2
Progressive rap → Homo hop, political hip-hop
related to External links · 2
Progressive rap → Google Scholar, Progressive
Cultural origins · 1
Progressive rap → 1980s–1990s, United States
Other names · 1
Progressive rap → Progressive hip-hop

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Progressive rapCultural origins1980s–1990s, United States1.00infobox
Progressive rapDerivative formsHomo hop1.00infobox
Progressive rapDerivative formspolitical hip-hop1.00infobox
Progressive rapOther namesProgressive hip-hop1.00infobox
Progressive rapStylistic originsHip-hop1.00infobox
Progressive rapStylistic originsavant-garde1.00infobox
Progressive rapStylistic originsjazz1.00infobox
Progressive rapStylistic originsrock1.00infobox
Progressive rapStylistic originssoul1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentsVocals1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentssampler1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentsbass1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentskeyboard1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentsdrums1.00infobox
Progressive rapTypical instrumentsguitar1.00infobox

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