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Rap Albums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_Albums

Comedy hip hop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_hip_hop history of comedy hip hop origins

https://www.allmusic.com/style/comedy-rap-ma0000012206/artists comedy rap definition

https://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-rappers-and-hip-hop-artists/chris-abraham for artists

https://colemizestudios.com/how-to-create-rap-punchlines-that-hit-hard/ for punchlines

Comedy hip hop or comedy rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music that is comedic in nature, often incorporating satirical lyrics. While many examples of comedy hip hop could be considered a parody of the hip hop genre, in the case of artists who merely incorporate humor into their more serious, purist hip hop styles, such as Eminem and Ludacris, this is not necessarily the case.

Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" from 1987 is comedy rap, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince were solidly in the comedy rap genre with the 1988 song "Parents Just Don't Understand." N.W.A and Ice Cube's early albums were not as comedic and lighthearted as The Fresh Prince but did incorporate humor.

Before the darker themes that are characteristic of the Gangsta rap of the 1990s, comedy hip hop, with its lighter and more humorous style, came to prominence in the 1980s, carried by popular acts such as the Beastie Boys. Various influential comedy hip hop groups began in the late 1980s, such as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, De La Soul, Kid 'n Play, Das EFX and Fu-Schnickens and throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, rappers including Eminem, Ludacris and Afroman gained popularity, as did rappers such as Hopsin. Rucka Rucka Ali is an artist who experiments with comedy hip hop filled with racism, such as his song, "What The Black Says". "Weird Al" Yankovic has made entries to this music genre, along with Nerdcore. "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is also a well-known song of comedy hip hop. While few rappers make comedy hip hop their focus with the exception of a few, mainly Lil Dicky and Ugly God, the genre maintains a substantial loyal following.

Outside the English-speaking world, the genre spread in the 1990s, with bands and artists such as the German group Fettes Brot, the Swedish-Finnish artist Markoolio and the French group Svinkels.

Names of comedy hip hop artists
Here are some of the hip hop artists that are known to use some type of real hip hop and street humor. You may recognize a few of them by name.


 * Eminem
 * Tyler the Creator
 * Lil Dicky
 * Afroman
 * Lil Wayne
 * Ugly God
 * Will Smith
 * Outkast
 * Busts Rhymes
 * Ice Cube
 * Method Man
 * Shaquille O'Neal
 * Kanye West

These artists use laughable punchlines in their music, doing this will bring a strong impact and draw the persons attention who is listening to the music. Punchlines in rap are like any other punchline, they are the main degree of most raps used in a humorous and dramatic way. Rapper Eminem uses punchlines several times in the song "313" he stated “You couldn’t make the fans throw up there hands if they swallowed their fingers” and “Even if you dated a stick of dynamite, you still couldn’t go out with a bang”.

It is creative to use punchlines in rap and that is just one way the artists bring humor into their music.