54-708: Notes from the Underground is the third studio album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead . Originally set to release in Summer 2012, Notes from the Underground was released on January 8, 2013 in the United States and Canada. The album charted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with over 53,000 copies sold in its first week, making it their highest charting album to date, despite its predecessor American Tragedy selling around 67,000 copies in its first week. The album has spawned
108-450: A Cause (1998), the latter of which "extended the lineage of rap-rock" with an album that sold over 14 million copies, and helped to "ignite the rap-rock genre". The late 1990s has been cited as rap rock's "golden age". Separate from rap rock, but developing popularity around the same time in the late 1990s, was nu metal . Nu metal would ultimately be conflated with rap rock, although the two genres did not have much in common. However,
162-407: A generally positive reception. Following extensive touring throughout 2011 to promote their second studio album, American Tragedy , and their first remix album, American Tragedy Redux , Charlie Scene announced plans to begin a third studio album in late November 2011. The announcement came after the conclusion of the band's World War III Tour with Asking Alexandria . Charlie Scene stated that
216-469: A goofy melding of rap, rock, funk, and thrash" and this album, along with their follow-up, Ill Communication , demonstrated that rock, hip hop and jazz could coexist on a single album. However, the genre had developed a bad aesthetic reputation, owing to "a series of ill-advised, record-company driven projects" which included the soundtrack album to the film Judgment Night (1993), which featured rock artists collaborating with rappers on every track,
270-441: A mainstream white audience. It was the first Billboard top ten rap rock success played on radio. The music video signaled "both a literal and metaphoric merging of hard rock and rap"; the recording revitalized Aerosmith's career. The same year that Run-DMC released "Walk This Way", Beastie Boys released their debut album, Licensed to Ill , "a head-banging party album that enjoyed multi-platinum sales". According to CNN ,
324-499: A mixture of both; I mean, we all grow as artists, we get older, and we've been doing it a long time so I think it'll be more like 'Swan Songs' and I think the fans are gonna like it a lot. It has been reported that member Charlie Scene sings the chorus instead of lead singer, Danny, in a song featured on the album titled 'Rain' with himself and Johnny 3 Tears taking control of the rapping. In an interview with Keven Skinner of The Daily Blam , Charlie Scene revealed more information about
378-526: A rap rock band. HotNewHipHop said that Kid Cudi blurred the lines between genres with his album Man on the Moon II (2010), which contained collaborations with indie rock artists St. Vincent and HAIM , and would deliver further into rock on his albums WZRD (2012) and Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven (2015). The publication suggested that the negative reception to the latter two albums, as well as Lil Wayne 's Rebirth (2010), were "glaring examples of
432-543: A resurgence in rap rock, which fans dubbed "glock rock" due to the unfavorable reputation of rap rock. Williams cited as representatives of glock rock, Lil Uzi Vert , a punk rock-influenced rapper who identified as a "rockstar" and cited Marilyn Manson as their all-time favorite musical artist, Machine Gun Kelly , a rapper influenced by emo and pop punk , City Morgue , a group that "mixed thrash metal with pulsating 808s", as well as Trippie Redd , Post Malone , Clever and The Kid LAROI . Also emerging in this period
486-467: A rock album in the United States . Crazy Town was met with more ire from metal purists than any other rap rock band due to looking more like a hip hop crew than a metal band. Crazy Town's music and image reflected the band members' background in the underground hip hop scene in Los Angeles, anticipating nu metal. Their lyrics reflected "one of the most dynamic and volatile sociocultural environments on
540-572: A sample of a David Bowie song, most of the mixtape's samples came from American underground bands like Black Flag and Minutemen . Twenty One Pilots , composed the rap rock songs " Stressed Out " and " Heathens ", which both peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Pitchfork wrote, "if, at some point, you made a name for yourself through combining rap and rock, chances are you either distance yourself vigorously from such efforts now or have learned to adjust to life as
594-399: A sea of people and the stage is twenty feet [6 m] in the air and you're performing, and you're feeling your music, how do they expect us to see something bad going on?" Former Limp Bizkit manager Peter Katsis defended Durst in an interview for Netflix's 2022 documentary on the festival, claiming that "pointing the finger at Fred is about the last thing anybody should do. There really isn't
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#1732870141038648-501: A tendency to sound "as if the riffs were merely overdubbed over scratching and beat box beats." AllMusic says that old school rap rock had more in common with " hardcore punk or artsy post-punk with breakbeats " than with metal. Early hip hop DJs utilized breaks from rock records, such as Billy Squier 's " the Big Beat ", the Monkees ' " Mary, Mary " and Steve Miller Band 's " Take
702-605: A verse." When asked about the masks, he replied that they will be upgrading their masks for the next album as well, as they did with the previous two albums. Charlie Scene also explained that the third album will be released much sooner than American Tragedy was, and predicts it will be released by the summer of 2012. "We have a bunch of songs written and we're writing more on the road. We brought some studio equipment with us so we've been able to work on stuff while we're touring. After this tour and we're back home, we'll be able to work with producers that we want to work with and dial all
756-423: A walking joke." In 2018, conversely, The A.V. Club wrote that "rap-rock as we once knew it as dead", while HotNewHipHop said that the genre showed "no signs of stopping". The late 2010s saw the emergence of female rap rock artists such as Princess Nokia , Rico Nasty and Bali Baby , diverging from the typically male-dominated rap rock acts of the past. In 2020, NME writer Kyann-Sian Williams reported
810-550: A way to control 300,000 people. The best thing he could do is put on the best show possible, and that's what he did.". Their third album, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water , debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling 1,054,511 copies in its first week of being released, with 400,000 of those copies being sold in the album's first day of release making it the largest first-week sales debut for
864-537: A weak retread of the "Walk This Way" collaboration. The 1990s saw rap rock achieving mainstream success. Faith No More reached a large audience with their 1990 hit " Epic ", in which the band's singer, Mike Patton , mixed singing and rapping. Rage Against the Machine also saw success with rap rock music influenced by political hip hop . According to the BBC , 1990s hip hop artists like Ice Cube , DMX and Onyx displayed
918-451: Is considered to be rock music in which lyrics are rapped, rather than sung. The genre achieved its greatest success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. AllMusic characterized rap rock songs as rock songs in which the vocals were rapped rather than sung . AllMusic also states that the rhythms of rap rock are rooted in those of hip hop , with more funk influences than normal hard rock . Session player Eddie Martinez , who created
972-467: Is featured in the video games UFC Undisputed 2009 and Madden NFL 09. The song "Young" is featured as downloadable content for Rock Band 2 . Swan Songs received mostly mixed reviews. Dave Donnelly of AllMusic gave the album a 2 out of 5 stars, saying that the lyrics were uninteresting and that the album was "given over to ironic frat-boy party rap" (using the singles "Everywhere I Go" and "No. 5" as examples). The album debuted at number 22 on
1026-472: Is the debut studio album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead . It was released through Octone Records and Polydor Records on September 2, 2008. "Everywhere I Go" was the first single to be released, it was a web single and was available for download only on iTunes . The band released four music videos for four songs on the album, "No. 5", " Undead ", " Young ", and " Everywhere I Go ". When purchased through Amazon.com and at some other retailers,
1080-566: The Woodstock '99 festival and the band Limp Bizkit would wind up linking, as well as shifting critical opinion of both genres from the acclaim they'd initially received to near-universal disdain. The band's frontman, Fred Durst , grew up with hip hop music, and Limp Bizkit would have a stronger connection to rap rock than any previous artist in nu metal, including having former House of Pain turntablist DJ Lethal as part of their line-up. The release of Limp Bizkit's 1999 album Significant Other
1134-506: The 1990s were capped off by the short-lived late-90s sitcom Shasta McNasty , which encapsulated numerous 1990s trends in its depiction of a fictional rap rock band, brought the genre to primetime. The style of crunk developed by Lil Jon was categorized as a " southern rap take on punk, which prioritised uncomfortably loud horns and repetitive screams." Linkin Park debuted in 2000 with their album Hybrid Theory and would continue to be
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#17328701410381188-636: The Billboard Canadian charts. As of 2015, the album has sold more than 157,000 copies in the United States. The album's track listing was announced on December 1, 2012 by Loudwire . Credits adapted from AllMusic . Hollywood Undead Additional musicians Production Rap rock Rap rock is a music genre that developed from the early to mid-1980s, when hip hop DJs incorporated rock records into their routines and rappers began incorporating original and sampled rock instrumentation into hip hop music. Rap rock
1242-794: The Clash , influenced by Grandmaster Flash and the Sugarhill Gang , and the new-wave rap song " Rapture " by Blondie . Although the Cold Crush Brothers ' "Punk Rock Rap" did not see much success and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five would wind up being jeered opening for the Clash, Run-DMC saw a crossover audience with their rap rock sound, helping gain rock fans' acceptance of hip hop. Subsequently, Public Enemy would further unite hip hop and punk rock audiences, "with their rough, hard-hitting boom-bap sound resonating with both black kids in
1296-462: The Cult . Although hip hop music would gain popularity in the 1980s, many dismissed it as either bring a fad, or as a marginal art form which appealed only to urban African Americans. However, a rap rock collaboration between Run-DMC and the rock band Aerosmith helped diminish such biases. The 1986 single " Walk This Way ", a remake of Aerosmith's 1975 rock song, helped bring hip hop into popularity with
1350-460: The Money and Run ", in order to "flaunt their vinyl guile". Impressed by post-punk band Public Image Ltd. 's incorporation of dub elements into their music, hip hop artist Afrika Bambaataa collaborated with the band's singer John Lydon on the single "World Destruction". The post-punk and new wave scenes also saw the early rap rock recordings " The Magnificent Seven " and " This Is Radio Clash " by
1404-464: The Underground , titled " We Are ", was released on iTunes, along with a lyric video on the band's official YouTube channel. The song reached No. 33 on the Top Rock Songs chart. Johnny 3 Tears commented on the song saying, "The song is about collective resistance. It's the silent majority, but we’re using Los Angeles as the backdrop. Every time we work with Danny Lohner (producer), he takes our music to
1458-451: The Underground with We Are, an anthem for disenfranchised youth. A brutally captivating chorus wraps desolation and desperation into the lyrics 'We are made from broken parts ... we are broken from the start.' It's self-destructive and cathartic." The 3rd single and 3rd song off of "Notes From The Underground's" "Another Way Out" was the official theme song for WWE 's pay-per-view event Payback on June 16, 2013. The music video for "Dead Bite"
1512-427: The album "essentially invented rap-rock", as demonstrated by songs like "Rhymin' and Stealin'", which was built around samples from Black Sabbath , Led Zeppelin and the Clash, " (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) " and " No Sleep till Brooklyn ", which featured guitar playing by Slayer's Kerry King . Also that year, rap rock band Urban Dance Squad formed, and according to AllMusic writer Heather Phares,
1566-410: The album includes a bonus track and an option to unlock music videos. Swan Songs was supposed to be released on the band's original label, MySpace Records in 2007, however it was postponed by the record label when they requested to have some of the songs removed and others censored. The band declined and switched labels to Octone which wouldn't require them to censor their songs. The song "Undead"
1620-461: The album will be released on January 8, 2013. On December 11, the band announced that they will embark on a headlining tour titled "The Underground Tour", to promote Notes from the Underground . Tour dates range from January 8, 2013, to January 23, starting in Hollywood, California. A video was released in promotion of the upcoming tour. On October 29, 2012, the first official single from Notes from
1674-404: The album's details. He revealed that there may be collaborations with guest artists on the album. "[Collaborations] would be awesome. I think it's bad to do [them] on your first couple records, to ask people on, but I think that the third record is kind of the point where maybe you can have somebody featured. I think it would be really cool to have someone else sing a chorus on one of our songs or do
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1728-589: The band will begin writing and recording demos while on the Buried Alive Tour with Avenged Sevenfold and begin recording once the tour concludes in December 2011. He also stated the album will sound more similar to Swan Songs than American Tragedy . Commenting on the difference in recording this time around, he stated, "I would say that this time the label gave us full creative control. I think it's going to be more like 'Swan Songs' than 'American Tragedy.' It'll be
1782-453: The band's "mix of rock, rap, funk, ska , folk , hip-hop, and soul signaled the trend toward genre-bending that prevailed in '90s music." Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back contained a song which sampled Slayer, and in 1991, the hip hop group would re-record their song " Bring the Noise " with the metal band Anthrax , a collaboration Spin deemed to be
1836-409: The band's performance; this included fans tearing plywood from the walls during a performance of their song " Break Stuff ". Durst stated during the concert, "Don't let anybody get hurt. But I don't think you should mellow out. That's what Alanis Morissette had you motherfuckers do. If someone falls, pick 'em up." Durst said during a performance of the band's hit song "Nookie", "We already let all
1890-452: The funniest Charlie Scene lines yet". Commenting on the track "From the Ground", he describes it as the band's "heaviest cut ever" and "a testament to J-Dog's potent and powerful take on metal.", while pointing out "Rain" and "Outside" as the darker tracks on the record. The album sold around 53,000 copies in its first week, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard 200. The album also reached No. 1 on
1944-514: The guitar parts for hip hop group Run-DMC 's rap rock song " Rock Box ", recognized that "a rap-rock song needn't feature a new change in the chorus; rather, it's a spot where the guitarist can just solo over the same riff that drives the verses." Rap rock is often conflated with rap metal , but while the two styles may appear to have minute differences, AllMusic says that rap rock has "organic, integrated" hip hop elements, while rap metal features "big, lurching beats and heavy, heavy riffs" and has
1998-430: The inner cities and white kids in the suburbs". Public Enemy brought a punk rock attitude to hip hop; frontman Chuck D cited punk band the Clash's triple album Sandinista! as a release that made him take notice of hip hop. Another link between hip hop and punk rock was producer Rick Rubin , who split his time between working with hip hop artists Run-DMC and Beastie Boys , and punk-influenced bands like Slayer and
2052-547: The lines of it having more party tracks than American Tragedy did. Artistdirect named the band's upcoming album as one of the most anticipated albums of 2012, along with other bands such as Linkin Park , Metallica , Black Sabbath , and others. The band revealed that Griffin Boice and Danny Lohner, who worked with the band on their previous albums, have returned to produce the upcoming third album. They also revealed that they will be upgrading their masks again, like they did prior to
2106-410: The most visible rap rock group of the 21st century, going as far as to collaborate with rapper Jay-Z on the 2004 release Collision Course . Subsequently, Kid Rock and Linkin Park's styles changed, with Kid Rock having shifted to a country rock sound. Hollywood Undead was seen as a revival of the rap rock sound, although they considered themselves a rock band with hip hop influences, rather than
2160-491: The music media immediately shutting down Black artists for stepping outside of the confines of what is deemed as 'Black music.'" The publication also said that Lil Wayne's use of autotune on the album and its "raw rock attitude" would prove "to be highly influential on the next generation of rap rockstars." By 2011, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that rap rock "seemed [...] dead". However, that year saw
2214-537: The musician having started out as a hip hop artist, before shifting his style from sample -based hip hop to guitar-driven alternative rock that fused hip hop beats, boasting and fashion with hard rock guitar and Southern rock attitude, influenced by classic rock and country music . After releasing "two albums of pure Beastie Boys worship", including his first rap rock album, The Polyfuze Method (1993), Kid Rock began to explore his Southern rock influences on Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp (1996), and Devil Without
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2268-500: The negative energy out. Its time to reach down and bring that positive energy to this motherfucker. Its time to let yourself go right now, 'cause there are no motherfuckin' rules out there." Eyewitnesses also reported a crowd-surfing woman being pulled down into the crowd and assaulted in the mosh pit during Limp Bizkit's set. Widely blamed for inciting the crowd to violence, Durst later stated in an interview, "I didn't see anybody getting hurt. You don't see that. When you're looking out on
2322-542: The next level. Think of it as an ode to our misled youth." A music video for "We Are" was released on December 11, which was directed by Slipknot member, Clown (Shawn Crahan). Da Kurlzz commented on their work with Clown, saying, "We are very excited to be working with someone that thinks as progressively about their art as we do. Clown is a great director, and together we are going to deliver something truly memorable.". USA Today described "We Are", "the horror-loving rap-rock outfit Hollywood Undead previews January's Notes From
2376-495: The planet [...] where the urban squalor of the South Central district exists just minutes away from the glitz of Beverly Hills." Rapper KRS-One recorded a guest appearance for the band's debut album The Gift of Game . Although Crazy Town were best known for having a rap metal sound, their biggest hit, " Butterfly ", was "decidedly hip-hop". "Butterfly" would be the only Hot 100 hit by a rap rock act. According to Vulture ,
2430-412: The punk rock sensibilities of hip hop. This period also saw Beastie Boys reinventing themselves by distancing themselves from the frat boy image they portrayed on their Licensed to Ill album; harkening back to the group's roots in hardcore punk, Beastie Boys began playing live instruments again on their 1992 album Check Your Head , a "groundbreaking record that captured suburban skateboard culture with
2484-412: The release of several acclaimed rap rock projects, including Wugazi , a mashup mixtape in which raps by Wu-Tang Clan were paired with instrumentals by the band Fugazi , and the rap rock mixtape Exmilitary by the band Death Grips , which "[coupled] contemporary avant-rock techniques with underground rap sonics"; while some of the mixtape's samples and influences were more mainstream, such as
2538-484: The release of their second album, American Tragedy . During 2012, the band is scheduled to play in a series of music festivals, including Epicenter 2012 , Summerfest , Aftershock, Rock Fest , and others, joining bands such as Stone Temple Pilots , Escape the Fate , Deftones , and more. On October 19, they released the track "Dead Bite" from the album for a free download, along with a lyric video to it and announcement for
2592-452: The results of which Slate described as being "lumpy and uneven" in its fusion of rap with grunge and metal; Slate wrote, "the subsequent corporate rap rock of the '90s followed the blander, more conservative examples of fusion to be found on Judgment Night ." In the book Is Hip Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music , author Mickey Hess identifies Kid Rock as connecting hip hop music to rap rock, due to
2646-403: The stuff in that we have – skeletons of songs. We have some really good stuff that we're excited to work on for sure. One thing that we definitely don't want to do is take as long as it took for us to do 'American Tragedy' so there will definitely be a third record out next year and we're hoping for at the latest – summer." He also explained that the album will sound more like Swan Songs did, in
2700-487: The upcoming album's first single. On October 29, the lead single "We Are" was released along with the album title, named "Notes from the Underground". In a new interview with J-Dog and Da Kurlzz, they explained how the new album reminds them of the roots of Hollywood Undead, how when they first started recording how much fun they had doing without the label telling them what to do, he explained this record will be more like Swan Songs than American Tragedy . He also revealed
2754-438: Was Oxymorrons , a rap rock group described as being "too rock for hip-hop [and] too hip-hop for rock"; Kerrang! writer Sophie K. described them as "a talented rock band who are able to properly rap with authenticity as well, seamlessly switching between clean vocals, electronics, fuzzy guitars and angsty rap vocals". Rappers dominated the rock charts throughout 2020. Swan Songs (Hollywood Undead album) Swan Songs
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#17328701410382808-421: Was linked to festival violence. The festival featured performances by multiple rap rock artists, including Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Insane Clown Posse and Rage Against the Machine, all of which were considered the "breakout stars" of the festival. However, despite these performances being well received, Limp Bizkit's performance was subject to national controversy as violence and vandalism occurred during and after
2862-476: Was pinpointed as a breakthrough for rap rock. Selling more than more than 7 million copies, and featuring the hit single " Nookie " as well as a guest appearance by Wu-Tang Clan rapper Method Man , Significant Other demonstrated the commercial viability of rap rock by "drawing from Rage's metallic aggression and the Beastie Boys' skateboard-slacker attitude". However, Limp Bizkit's performance at Woodstock '99
2916-565: Was released on August 20, 2013. Much of the music on this album remains rooted in hip-hop . Notes from the Underground received generally positive reviews from music critics. Rick Florino of Artistdirect gave Notes from the Underground 5 out of 5 stars, noting that it is the best album of 2013 and best album Hollywood Undead has done to date, describing that the album "practically bubbles over with intoxicating, invigorating, and infectious energy." He uses "Dead Bite" as an example, and described it as being between "an industrial grind and some of
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