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Horrorcore defines a style of hip hop music that focuses primarily on dark, violent, gothic, transgressive, macabre and/or horror-influenced topics such as death, psychosis, psychological horror, mental illness, satanism, self-harm, cannibalism, mutilation, suicide, murder, torture, drug abuse, and supernatural or occult themes.
Esthero also provided the voice of the spaceship J.A.N.E. on Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour and appeared on his album 808s & Heartbreak, on which she co-wrote three tracks under her real name. [ 14 ] 2008 also saw her take on the role of producer for a track from Dangerous Muse 's debut album and a co-writer on Brandy's album Human .
The Glow in the Dark Tour received generally positive reviews from critics, who frequently highlighted its space theme. Some praised West's skill as a performer, although a few critics found the tour repetitive. It grossed $30.8 million from 49 shows, marking the third highest-grossing hip-hop tour for 2008.
Ugly Duckling is known for humorous and intelligent lyrics, [2] "lampooning the excesses of modern hip hop", [6] such as its obsession with sex and materialism. [ 6 ] In live shows, the group's DJ Young Einstein employs complex scratching routines with vinyl instrumental records to provide the musical backdrop for the rappers unlike many modern ...
Hip-hop music has reached the cultural corridors of the globe and has been absorbed and reinvented around the world. [290] Hip-hop music expanded beyond the US, often blending local styles with hip-hop. Hip-hop has globalized into many cultures worldwide, as evident through the emergence of numerous regional scenes.
Late Orchestration is a live album by the American rapper Kanye West, released on April 24, 2006, on Mercury Records, released in Europe and Asia. [1] [3] [4] The album features recordings of live renditions of songs derived from his first two studio albums, The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005).
Rapper Ice-T. With the commercial success of gangsta rap in the early 1990s, the emphasis in lyrics shifted to drugs, violence, and misogyny.Early proponents of gangsta rap included groups and artists such as Ice-T, who recorded what some consider to be the first gangsta rap single, "6 in the Mornin'", [68] and N.W.A whose second album Niggaz4Life became the first gangsta rap album to enter ...
The music video for "Welcome to Heartbreak" was released on February 18, 2009, via West's blog, and was directed by Nabil Elderkin, who received credit mononymously under his forename. [20] The video was filmed in late October 2008. At the time, Nabil was working with West on the photo book for the artist's Glow in the Dark Tour at the time. [36]