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conscious rap

conscious rap noun: a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s, characterized by Afrocentricity and sociopolitical comments.

Noun

conscious rap (uncountable)

  1. A subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s, characterized by Afrocentricity and sociopolitical comments.
    • In the late 1980s, a new generation of black university students enlisted the Afrocentrism of conscious rap in their interactions with both the white educational establishment and the black working class. Directed toward their professors, conscious rap became a tool in debates over the importance...2019, Mitchell Ohriner, Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 128

Synonyms of conscious rap

Origin of conscious rap

Ellipsis of socially/politically conscious rap.

Questions about conscious rap

What does conscious rap mean?
Conscious rap means a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s, characterized by Afrocentricity and sociopolitical comments.
What part of speech is conscious rap?
Conscious rap is a noun.

Words near conscious rap in the dictionary

  1. conscious
  2. conscious and oriented
  3. conscious automatism
  4. conscious hip hop
  5. conscious parallelism
  6. conscious rap
  7. conscious sedation
  8. conscious uncoupling
  9. conscious uncouplings
  10. consciouses
  11. consciously

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