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Practically since rap was invented, its lyrical content interpreted by rap artist has been the topic of much debate. However, while the mainstream rap provides much about which to raise eyebrows, underground rap is really where the mania starts. Not that it's all negative. Where mainstream rap is limited by certain radio-ready formulas, underground rap has to be worried about no such rules. In underground rap, artists can be as creative, brilliant, or just as outrageous as they like.

An example of a couple of underground rap styles that overlap is horrorcore rap and acid rap. Acid rap is probably the lesser-known and more contentious of the 2 underground rap styles. Both underground rap subgenres share certain stylistic elements, sonic approaches, and lyrical content. However, not all of the acid rap artists are horrorcore rap artist, and vice versa. To learn the main difference between horrorcore rap and acid rap, here's a first look at the background of these two underground rap styles.

Horrorcore rap and acid rap evolved about the exact same time, basically in the early 1990's, although horrorcore rap can be said to date slightly earlier, to the late 1980s. One of the first horrorcore rap artist was the Geto Boys, who have been known largely as a gangster rapper, but started out weaving in horror movie-style imagery into their music. The song "Chuckie," which is about the notorious murderous doll form the Child's Play movies, was considered one of the very first horrorcore rap songs. A lot of the early horrorcore rap violence wasn't particularly realistic and was influenced by the fantasy of movies and tv. Right after the rap artist Geto Boys came, a few of the earliest rap artists who specialize almost exclusively in horrorcore rap, like Kool Keith and the Flatlinerz in New York. About the same time arose what is called "acid rap," which was the label liked by the Detroit rap artist Esham.

The "acid rap" term was supposed to nod at psychedelic rock, which frequently affected the specific sound of music, which merged usual hardcore hip-hop beats along with metal and other components. The artist also went beyond merely talking about horror in the lines and discussed broader issues like paranoia and drug abuse. It has affected numerous rappers in both subgenres. Several picked up mainly on just the acid rap part, concentrating more on the trippy and psychedelia, drug-influenced vibe. Other rap artists have later been referred to as acid rap just for their unforeseen, insane sound, even if they do not have a direct lineage to one artist.

A few big rap artist has been swayed by acid rap, like one of the most popular underground rap groups of in history.. Using persona of murderous clowns, the group was very crazy that it took horrorcore rap out of underground rap circles and into the mainstream. But, they stated one artist as the major influence, and they've always been one of the most creative of the horrorcore rap performances, often including a creative acid rap style to their own beats.