backpack rap
nounEtymology In reference to the backpacks in which records might be carried.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Slang Underground or alternative rap music.
- The sound of backpack rap dates to rap music's origins, but was popularized in the late 1980s and early 1990s by “Native Tongue” acts such as De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest.2014, Geoff Harkness, Chicago Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class:
- Backpack rap is often synonymous with underground rap, in which the focus is on lyrical craft. Backpack rappers tend to avoid topics that are common in mainstream commercial rap, such as money and expensive cars; […]2018, Michael Berry, Listening to Rap: An Introduction:
- Related terms
- backpacker, backpack rapper