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“DJ Screw: from Cough Syrup to Full-Blown Fever.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 11 Nov. 2010, www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/11/dj-screw-drake-fever-ray.
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“I Write Raps Not Tragedies: Finally! The Emo-Goth-Rap Hybrid You.” HighClouds, Ed Ledsham, 10 Apr. 2017, highclouds.org/i-write-raps-not-tragedies-finally-the-emo-goth-rap-hybrid-you-didnt-realise-you-were-waiting-for-is-here/.
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Lawrence, Eddy. “Whatever Happened to Hip-Hop Sub-Genre Cloud Rap?” Amp.redbull.com, 2018, amp.redbull.com/se-en/whatever-happened-to-hip-hop-sub-genre-cloud-rap.
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How to Get Into Cloud Rap
If you are somehow still interested in Cloud Rap after all of this, I've made both a flowchart and some recommendations on what the most accessible Cloud Rap albums are, so you can start listening to the subgenre if you choose!
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ALBUM RECOMMENDATIONS
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Stranger-Yung Lean (2017)
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1996- Tohji (2017)
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Monochrome- KOHH (2014)
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Garbage- BONES (2014)
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Tundra Boy Season One- Xavier Wulf (2015)
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SOME- Chris Travis (2014)
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6Dogs- 6Dogs (2017)
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rip bladee- Bladee (2016)
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Gray/Grey- $uicideboy$ (2015)
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