SoundCloud rap, also known as mumble rap, is a music scene and microgenre that originated on the online audio distribution platform SoundCloud. It is characterized for its simple beats and lyrics that range from the braggadocious and nihilistic to containing discussion of sex and drugs. The term "mumble rap" is coined by Wiz Khalifa in June 2016 during an interview on Hot 97.
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Todd Moscowitz, the founder of Alamo Records, has called the genre a "lo-fi movement" noting the heavily distorted bass and intentional lack of polish in the sound. When Ski Mask the Slump God discussed the genre's sound and recording techniques, he noted that "It was like the worst recording set up, [but] you could set it up anywhere and that was the wave we were one," and "The raw energy of that - the distortion - is our speciality and we used that to our advantage."
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Music critic Jon Caramanica of The New York Times opined in a 2017 article that SoundCloud rap "in the last year has become the most vital and disruptive new movement in hip-hop". Complex magazine mentioned SoundCloud rap in an article about rappers on SoundCloud, and Spin noted that the SoundCloud company has not been able to leverage the popularity of SoundCloud rap to improve its financial problems.
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