What Is Melodic Rap? Genre & Top Artists

Melodic Rap is a genre of music blending rap lyrics to the rhythm of an obvious melody.

Some parts of Melodic Rap songs may more so be sung than rapped, hence why there is a distinction between melodic rap and traditional rap.

A Melodic Rap category is a type of musical genre where songs fuse rap with melodic tunes.

Some people may categorize Melodic Rap Songs into Pop Music or Hip Hop genres. But due to the heavy presence of rap and not all melodies having hip-hop’s dance-friendly rhythm, these songs have their own unique genre.

• Drake

• T-Pain

• Polo G

• Kid Cudi

• Lil Skies

• Don Toliver

• Juice WRLD

• Kanye West

• Post Malone

• Rae Sremmurd

• Saucy Santana.

• Myself by Houdini

• Hold On by Lil Tjay

• Diva by Don Toliver

• Day ‘n’ Nite by Kid Cudi

• Did It Again by Lil Tecca

• Heartless by Kanye West

• Trap Queen by Fetty Wap

• Tunnel Vision by Kodak Black

• Congratulations by Post Malone, Quavo

• Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd, Gucci Mane.

Singing is flowing the lyrics with the melody of a song, while Melodic Rap also flows with the melody, but by rapping more so than singing.

In traditional Rap, the rapping follows a consistent rhythmic pattern throughout the song, whilst in Melodic Rap, a new rhythm is found to flow with background music.

Popular Melodic rappers like T-Pain, Drake and Kanye West made Melodic Rap a more widespread genre in the mid 2000s.