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by sdnguyen90 3670 days ago
Pretty in depth to my knowledge. I follow lots of odd genres and was surprised to see many of them on there. With that being said, I do feel like the Rap section is not that detailed. It looks like detail is a goal here so I'll give my 2 cents.

1. Miami Bass & Bounce

All the songs in this playlist are Miami bass songs. There are no bounce songs. At least add The Showboys - Drag Rap on there.

2. Southern Rap & Crunk

You can't roll this up all into 1 section IMO. To make this point, there is not a single Cash Money Records/No Limit Records song in the playlist. If you don't think they deserve their own tree, look at their record sales. I would argue that the descendent tree (Trap), is more influenced Cash Money and No Limit than crunk.

N.E.R.D. - Lapdance is in the playlist. I think this is a big stretch. Yes, I know Virginia is technically in the South but their sound is nothing close to it.

3. Grime (listed with Breakbeat Garage)

This deserves its own tree. Grime has been starting to gain major traction outside of the UK as of late. Also, current day Grime is heavily influenced by trap/drill.

and 1 minor nitpick not rap related - Juke(ghetto house, ghetto tech) is influenced by Jungle. You'll hear sped up breaks in quite a few of DJ Rashad's songs.

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I also expected to see Grime on its own tree, or perhaps I expected to find it somewhere under Rap genres or Jamaican.