We explore how mumble rap can be likened to the 19th century Impressionist movement in art. Conjecture about the term has made it difficult to pin down. At face value, it describes every rapper that ...

‘Mumble rap’ was a nonsense concept from the beginning. It always seemed like an indictment on those with bad ears rather than a real criticism. The artists people persecuted were very audible, their ...

Joey Bada$$ drops some bars about "mumble rap" that aren't sitting well with his audience. Jay-Z called for the death of auto-tune in 2009 and, over a decade later, Joey Bada$$ is vowing to be the one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jo Koy has shared his opinion on modern rap music in a viral stand-up clip. Taken from the Live in Brooklyn Netflix comedy special ...

Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter Belly has always been a beacon of inspiration for Arabs all around the world. Belly just released his latest single, “American Dream,” and is preparing Mumble ...

Snoop Dogg believes Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s epic rap beef elevated Hip-Hop lyricism and ushered in a revival of real lyricism, paving the way for the demise of mumble rap. The West Coast legend ...

Some might contend that, if you’re going to declare “mumble rap” over, you might not want immediately follow up by dropping into a sixteen-bar shit monologue. You might not want to rap: On the john ...

Mumble rap has come to define a generation of hip‑hop that leans less toward traditional storytelling and more toward sonic texture and emotional resonance. Emerging out of the late‑2000s underground ...

Belly has Mumble Rap II loaded. Hitting Instagram, the rapper revealed the tracklist for the forthcoming album, which features the late Gil Scott-Heron, Nav, Gucci Mane, and Rick Ross. The new album ...

Belly just dropped off one of the year’s best rap albums in Mumble Rap 2. When a rapper is at his prime like this, he could be putting a takeover of the genre. Not Belly, he doesn’t want retirement ...

New albums by Don Toliver and LUCKI take opposite paths to the same calling, an understanding of rap as texture rather than text. By the 15th time Travis Scott performs “FE!N,” his bleating single ...