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[cyarsk5230]

Crunkcore (also known as crunk punk and scrunk) is a musical fusion genre characterized by the combination of musical elements from crunk, post-hardcore, heavy metal, pop, electronicand dance music. The genre often features screamed vocals, hip hop beats, and sexually provocative lyrics. The genre developed from members of the scene subculture during the mid 2000s.

According to MasterClass, crunkcore originated by fusing "post-hardcore punk and hip hop into an aggressive, party-hearty sound in the mid-2000s." The genre took influence from various subgenres related to post-hardcore (screamo and emo) and heavy metal (metalcore and nu metal). Other genres to influence crunkcore acts include rap rock, electropop, dance-pop, techno, and funk.Writer and musician Jessica Hopper claims that Panic! at the Disco's fusion of emo and electronicelements influenced the development of crunkcore in the mid-2000s. While crunkcore is typically characterized by the use of screamed vocals, some crunkcore artists do not scream. For instance, Warped Tour co-creator and CEO Kevin Lyman calls the group 3OH!3 "the real tipping point for scrunk", and said that "though 3OH!3 doesn't incorporate the blood-curdling screams of many scrunk acts, they were the first emo-influenced act to depart from traditional instruments in favor of pre-programmed beats", while still retaining many of the stylistic elements of emo. The Millionaires, who do not use screamed vocals, are also crunkcore.

The Phoenix described crunkcore as "a combination of minimalist Southern hip-hop, auto-tune croons, techno breakdowns, barked vocals, and party-till-you-puke poetics". Inland Empire Magazine described the genre as combining "post-hardcore and heavy metal licks with crunk."

Culture and criticism

The Boston Phoenix has mentioned criticism of the style, saying that "the idea that a handful of kids would remix lowest-common-denominator screamo with crunk beats, misappropriated gangsterisms, and the extreme garishness of emo fashion was sure to incite hate-filled diatribes".Amy Sciarretto of Noisecreep noted that crunkcore is "oft maligned as the nu metal of this generation." The group Brokencyde in particular has been singled out, with John McDonnell of The Guardianreviewing their music unfavorably. AbsolutePunkfounder Jason Tate said that the level of backlash against Brokencyde is more than he has seen for any single act in the ten years. According to Tate, "they're just that bad, and they epitomize everything that music (and human beings) should not be." Brokencyde member Mikl has acknowledged the criticism leveled at them, but stated, "We don't care what people say ... All these critics are trying to bring us down, and yet we're selling a lot of copies of our music and that's because of our dedicated fans." Writer Jessica Hopper also has criticized the group, but acknowledged its appeal to teenagers, stating "brokeNCYDE just completely references anything that might be a contemporary pop culture reference, or anything that a teenage person is into.... You kind of get everything at once."3OH!3 drew similar controversy in 2015 by releasing a single titled "My Dick".

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[libertyhbbarrett]

The hot weather, the intimacy of the venue and perhaps, the grimness of the world outside conspire to create an atmosphere that’s extraordinary even by Chic’s standards: everybody dances all of the time. The ecstatic mood spills into the afterparty: a recreation of legendary disco epicentre Studio 54 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, complete with trapeze artists, drag queens, roller-skaters, original Studio 54 resident DJs Nicky Siano and John “Jellybean” Benitez, and even the notorious sculpture of the man in the moon sniffing cocaine from a spoon. Like Chic’s set, the pop-up club confirms disco’s status as the most formidable, and resilient, pleasure-delivery system ever conceived by pop music. Rodgers has every reason to celebrate himself. Forty years on, Disco Sucks is merely a grubby historical footnote but disco springs eternal.

Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian review of ‘A Night of Studio 54′, Sunday 4th Aug 2019

[mattmurphyillustration]

Thank you all for your love for this illustration from Saturday. Many of you commented on the colour palette so I thought I’d share an insight into my process from sketch to final print along with the colour inspiration which for this was Edward Hoppers, New York Office from 1962, can you spot the colours? #colours #edwardhopper @edward.hopper #newyorkeoffice @guardianweekend #brunohaward #klaraandthesun #kazuoishiguro #writer #novel #books #pantone #guardianreview @faberbooks (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmVwSIhyu9/?igshid=1wzb20cbdgjws

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[myjetpack]

‘Advice on caring for your books that also works for parenting’ for yesterday’s @guardianreview

p.s. you can preorder my new book now: bit.ly/3h78VgJ

[dduane]

Via @TomGauld on Twitter: “‘The government finally issues coronavirus guidance for fantastic quests’ (for yesterday’s @guardianreview)“

[maximaxoo]

RT @tomgauld: Writing Desks (for yesterday’s @guardianreview) https://bit.ly/34N89Rm

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You Wake Up in a Different World _ Cover for @GuardianReview

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my cartoon for yesterday’s @guardianreview p.s. my new book: https://t.co/MnvNrWVRAw https://t.co/IXYPnvSJXx

— Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) Sep 12, 2021

[linguisten]

‘Useful abbreviations for the time-pressed online reader’ (for @guardianreview) pic.twitter.com/Kr9dGbobrg

[johannadc]

What Kind of Review?

by Tom Gauld

Book reviewers don’t want you to know their secret! (My cartoon for yesterday’s @guardianreview) pic.twitter.com/zeHzBpSCZw

[mattmurphyillustration]

My Guardian Review cover in the flesh. presented to you by Arthur. #guardianreview #editorial #illustration #mattmurphy

[newbeltane]

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[writerswritecompany]

Literary Birds Of The British Isles  (for @guardianreview)

Cartoon by Tom Gauld

[myjetpack]

My cartoon for yesterday’s @guardianreview

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