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Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses the wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream. AllMusic defines it as comprising "hip hop groups that refuse to conform to any of the traditional stereotypes of
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Originating in the late 1980s, in midst of the golden age of hip hop, alternative hip hop was headed primarily by East Coast groups such as De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest...
See more• Christgau, Robert (March 2, 1993). "Between a Rock and a Hard Place". The Village Voice.
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See moreWhile some groups managed to achieve commercial success, most alternative rap acts tended to be embraced largely by alternative rock listeners
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See more• Asante Jr., M. K. (September 16, 2008). It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312373269.
• Rodrick, Stephen (March 1, 1995). "Hip-Hop Flop: The Failure of Liberal Rap". In Adam Sexton (ed.). Rap on Rap: Straight-up Talk on Hip-Hop Culture...
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