Emo rap is massive, and there’s no other way to put it. Candid lyrics centered on emotional and confessional subject matter make up the sub-genre, which, at times, merges hip-hop and rock music. Sad trap rap is part of the conversation, too. But stylistics aside, the heavy, emotional lyrics focus on everything from breakups to suicide. Over the last five years, artists like Lil Peep, Juice Wrld, XXXTentacion and Trippie Redd leaders of the SoundCloud era have helped magnify it to a now customary sound.
Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3” helped point ears toward the growing sub-genre back in 2017. The heartfelt record about dead friends on paper proved its resonance and became a Billboard Hot 100 top 10-charting hit. That same year, X’s “Jocelyn Flores” was released and found similar success on a cultural level. The song, made as a tribute to X s friend who committed suicide, remains one of the best of emo hip-hop tracks of all time and within his catalog.
Emo rap is massive, and there’s no other way to put it. Candid lyrics centered on emotional and confessional subject matter make up the sub-genre, which, at times, merges hip-hop and rock music. Sad trap rap is part of the conversation, too. But stylistics aside, the heavy, emotional lyrics focus on everything from breakups to suicide. Over the last five years, artists like Lil Peep, Juice Wrld, XXXTentacion and Trippie Redd leaders of the SoundCloud era have helped magnify it to a now customary sound.
Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3” helped point ears toward the growing sub-genre back in 2017. The heartfelt record about dead friends on paper proved its resonance and became a Billboard Hot 100 top 10-charting hit. That same year, X’s “Jocelyn Flores” was released and found similar success on a cultural level. The song, made as a tribute to X s friend who committed suicide, remains one of the best of emo hip-hop tracks of all time and within his catalog.
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