Additional rap categories include Best Rap / Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song, established in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

The group pioneered the fusion of dancehall reggae and hip hop music and their debut LP Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx of the late 1980s thus setting the stage for what would eventually become gangsta rap.

* Triple C's, popular nickname for the rap group Carol City Cartel

He would eventually release some of the earliest rap LPs, which was especially unique for being west-coast based, but they were less popular than his singles.

For his appearance on the heavily collaborative track " Back on the Block ", a composition by jazz musician Quincy Jones that " attempt to bring together black musical styles from jazz to soul to funk to rap ", Ice-T won a Grammy Award for the Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, an award shared by others who worked on the track including Jones and fellow jazz musician Ray Charles.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

In 2003, Kid Rock returned with an eponymous album, almost stripping away the accustomed rap metal sound he had created, opting for southern rock and several country ballads in the wake of " Picture "' s success.

In essence, Puerto Rican rap became the voice of Puerto Rican youth like dancehall and rap music are methods of expression for their Jamaican and lower-class U. S. youth counterparts as they made it in France too since 2003 " 1492 Army ".

* LatinRapper. com-Source for Latin rap news and interviews.

Early pop music drew on the sentimental ballad for its form, gained its use of vocal harmonies from gospel and soul music, instrumentation from jazz, country, and rock music, orchestration from classical music, tempo from dance music, backing from electronic music, rhythmic elements from hip-hop music, and has recently appropriated spoken passages from rap.

The characteristic funk drum beat is the most common rhythm used for rap music.

Similar in style, the Last Poets who formed in 1969 recited political poetry over drum beats and other instrumentation, and were another predecessor for rap music.

Semi-spoken music has long been especially popular in British entertainment, and such examples as David Croft's theme to the 1970s ' sitcom Are You Being Served ?, the 1979 song Mickey as performed by Toni Basil in 1982, and the 1984 title song, " One Night in Bangkok " for the musical Chess have elements indistinguishable from modern rap.

Old school rap ( 1979 – 1984 ) was " easily identified by its relatively simple raps " according to Allmusic, " the emphasis was not on lyrical technique, but simply on good times ", one notable exception being Melle Mel, who set the way for future rappers through his socio-political content and creative wordplay.

Simmons and McDaniels started hanging around Two-Fifths Park in Hollis in late 1980, hoping to rap for the local DJs that performed and competed there, and the most popular one known to frequent the park was Mizell, then known as " Jazzy Jase ".

Hit singles such as " Jam-Master Jay " and " Hard Times " proved that the group were more than a one-hit wonder, and the landmark single " Rock Box " was a groundbreaking fusion of raw hip-hop and hard rock that would become a cornerstone of the group's sound and paved the way for the rap rock movement of the late 1990s.

The music video for the single " Rock Box " was the first ever rap video to air on MTV and received heavy rotation from the channel.

The album saw the group discarding much of its rap rock leanings for a grittier, more sample-heavy sound.

Their sound is directly responsible for intentionally transforming rap music from dance-and club-oriented funk grooves like " Rapper's Delight " and " The Breaks " to an aggressive, less-danceable approach.

Sampling influences from electronica, rap, R & B and new age, Robyn received rave reviews, and gained the singer three Swedish Grammy Awards in 2006 for " Årets Album " ( Best Album ), " Årets Kompositör " ( Best Writer, alongside Klas Åhlund ) and " Årets Pop Kvinnlig " ( Best Pop Female ).

They are probably best known for their rap and R & B Old School compilations, as well as their Low Rider compilations.

* The music video for rap group Gangstarr's 1997 single " You Know my Steez ", directed by Terry Heller, is a faithful homage to THX 1138, from the costuming and iconic cinematography to an upside-down miniature BART tunnel and the duplication of the famous extreme telephoto sunset ending.

Although she is not German, she raps in Standard German, too, and her album, although only available on the Internet ( www. zora-online. com ) in Germany, is claimed to be the best ever released female rap album in Germany.

The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres.

Billboard magazine also ranked him as the sixth best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s and as the number one rap artist of the 2000s.

The single was a great combination of the best " Conscience " sub-genre of rap artists.

The album is the best selling album by a female rap act.

The World Class Wreckin ' Cru was an electro group, best known for its contributions to early rap and its association with future-N. W. A member, hip-hop mogul, and renowned producer Dr. Dre.

Wordsworth ( aka V. Johnson ) is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.

" also gained critical acclaim, being named one of the top 100 rap singles of all time in 1998 by The Source magazine, and being ranked the 20th best single of the ' 90s by Spin magazine

His new music video Dobra Kombinacija aired on K-15 TV and was accepted with great success by the hip hop community. One of the young names worth mentioning is Dino ' Versus ' Bojadzievski, who is considered to be one of the best Macedonian Hip-Hop lyricists. In 2009, he entered and won the " Rap i Pivo " freestyle battle competition, which brought him some recognition. Afterwards he released several demo recordings, some of which still retain popularity. Also, during that period, he worked with Macedonian rap legend Vladimir ' Temnata Strana ' Agovski on a single entitled ' Kako shto e ' ( As it Is ) which is to be released on the mixtape ' PRO-dukt '. He is currently finishing work on his album ' Od Hejt do Aplauzi ' which will feature many new songs as well as remakes of some of his most popular demo's.

The golden age scene would die out in the by the early 1990s when gangsta rap and g-funk took over with west-coast artists N. W. A, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube, east-coast artists Notorious B. I. G., Wu-Tang Clan, and Mobb Deep, and the sounds of urban black male bravado, compassion, and social awareness best represented by the rapper Tupac Shakur.

Life After Death would go on to become one of the best selling rap albums of all time, receiving Diamond RIAA certification for sales of over 10 million copies.

He is best known as one of original members of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia and for his melodic ' fast-rapping ' style similar to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

Barnes had again supplied a rap for a tie-in song, " World In Motion " by New Order, which was a UK Number 1 and is still regarded by many as the best football song ever made.

They are best known for their cover of " Boyz-n-the-Hood ", an acoustic re-imagining of the rap single by Eazy E. The song was the first single from their 2000 album Superfast and peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

13 on its list of the 25 best Houston rap albums of all time.

* Kris Kross, an early 1990s rap / hip hop duo best known for their 1992 hit song " Jump "

" In 2000, Erykah Badu and The Roots won a Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for " You Got Me ", and Scott debuted as an artist during a Roots live show, singing as original artist / singer of the song.

The aonther scene was the Battle a the Dixie Club where the brothers flex their mceeing / rap muscle, once again showing the world why they are considered one of best HipHop / Rap groups of all times.

Between 1980-1985 a few Dutch Hip Hop records had already been released, but in 1986 Dutch rap duo MC Miker G & DJ Sven ( Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen ) had a major top 10 hit ( often # 1 ) across Europe with their " Holiday Rap ", which sampled Madonna's " Holiday ".

The pregame show held before the game was titled " Georgia Music Makers " and featured performances by the rap music duo Kris Kross, the rock band The Georgia Satellites, country musician Charlie Daniels, and the Morehouse College Marching Band.

The most important change is the elimination of the distinction between male and female soloists and between collaborations and duo / groups in various genre fields ( pop, rock, R & B, country, and rap ).

The show's winner, which ended up being a male-female rap duo, was promised a record deal and funding to produce a music video, which would then enter MTV's heavy rotation.

* Sandra and Samantha Lawrence The Wee Papa Girl Rappers were a British female rap duo, who came from Acton & lived in one of the tower blocks next to Acton Police Station, the picture on the back cover of their album was taken out side their block.

* Queens based rap duo M. O. P.

The popular J-pop rap / R & B duo Heartsdales borrow their name from Hartsdale, as the two members spent considerable time here.

* Black Album ( 2008 ), an album by French rap duo Lunatic

In 2011, he created a rap duo called Chain Swangaz with Jack Splash.

* Double Trouble ( rap group ), a hip hop duo consisting of Rodney Cee & KK Rockwell, featured on the Wild Style Original Soundtrack

* Chris Smith ( rapper ), member of rap music duo Kris Kross

Before leaving for university Felix worked with the amateur rap duo Docta Dax & Murfmann to produce the songs " You!

Giving up hours of his own time, Steve has played a major part in the production and final mixing of two songs by Leighton Buzzard amateur rap duo Docta Dax & Murfmann, with son Felix acting as DJ / Producer under the pseudonym of Inside Legg.

* " Michael Jackson ", a song by rap duo The Mitchell Brothers

* Jus Allah-Member of the underground rap duo Jedi Mind Tricks

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Gallo was a painter in the New York City art scene showing with famed art dealer Annina Nosei, performed in a rap duo and was part of the first hip hop television broadcast Graffiti Rock, and played in an industrial band called Bohack which released an album title It Took Several Wives.

* Mohammed Ali ( duo ), a Swedish rap duo made of Moms and Alias Ruggig ( also part of Swedish hip hop collective Ayla )

* The Nonce, American rap duo

8Ball & MJG is an American rap duo from Memphis, Tennessee.

* Vicious Circle ( hip hop band ), a UK rap duo

From 2012, all solo and duo / group rap performances will be shifted to the revived Best Rap Performance category.