Crunkcore (also known as scrunk, cxc or crunkxcore) is a term used to refer to a particular genre of music fusing elements of screamo and techno with crunk hip-hop. Popular, particularly in the United States, crunkcore bands are famous for their colorful appearance and fashionable clothes.
Characteristics
Crunkcore has been described as "phat drum beats with heavy guitars" and is characterised by its use of hip-hop vocals, screaming, synthesised vocals and distorted samples, together with electric guitars, heavy bass and keyboard melodies.
The music is often associated with rapcore, techno, nintendocore, electro, breakcore and crunk.
History
Crunkcore is an abstract post hardcore punk, screamo and hip-hop derivative, believed to have originated in California and New Mexico in 2004 with the release of the Crunkcore Sampler by Vankmen and H-Rock in August of that year. These early pioneers of the crunkcore sound (often termed breakcore now to distinguish from the more modern style of crunkcore played by the likes of BrokeNCYDE) mixed various tracks and samples from different genres into a mash-up, with or without vocals being laid over it. Other early crunkcore artists include GodDamnSam and MC ParaMaKo who have found some success in the underground music scene, as has producer Starkey in 2006 with the release of his Local Headlines
In 2008 this style of music broke through to a more mainstream audience with the likes of New Mexico's BrokeNCYDE appearing on MTV and achieving worldwide sales of their BC13 album,as have Colorado's with their album Want.
Crunkcore Artists
Noted Crunkcore artists include Brokencyde, Dot Dot Curve :), The Medication Age, Scene Kidz, Outta Play, Vankmen, MC ParaMaKo, Smosh, GodDamnSam, H-Rock, Deez Nuts, , Millionaires, Hypercrush, Minus the Makeup, Blake Poff, Starkey, Hollywood Undead, I Set My Friends on Fire and Hedless
Similar Artists
Family Force 5, Jeffree Star, Breathe Carolina, Sky Eats Airplane, Idiotpilot, Shwayze, Flobots, Gym Class Heroes, , The Medic Droid, Lil' Jon, Ameriken, Dance Gavin Dance, Handshakes and Highfives, Dr Manhattan, Enter Shikari, Princess Superstar and Dividing the Line
== Alternative use of term "Crunkcore" ==
Crunkcore may also be used in a descriptive sense to describe the act of getting crunk to particular styles of music, in the same way that the term "crunk" may be used to describe both a style of music and an action.
Thanks for this wonderful article, I found it very useful, as for my new found interest in this genre, I have always loved screamo, but this is new, and it combines so well with stuff that I did not like before
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2. 10-06-2010 02:34
3oh!3 has the clean-cut sound and more professional than all of these guys. I think Brokencyde would be better and higher up in the rankings without that stupid screaming.
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3. 24-06-2010 17:55
hey if you like crunkcore check out myspace.com/hi5music
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4. 11-07-2010 16:22
hehe skylage xD i was looking for more bands and woot this had tones :3 Thanks Muches
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5. 17-10-2010 21:39
Oh My God... Just read the artists... Hollywood Undead wtf?! Not a bit of Crunkcore? And Smosh?! Smosh is a channel on YouTube making some funny videos but not an artist for Crunkcore? Crap sh.. in here
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6. 07-11-2010 07:03
yeah!!!brokencyde is best!!!!
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7. 08-11-2010 04:07
yeahh!!!!!everybody celebrate throw your panties on the stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8. 09-11-2010 10:40
gagagagaaagagaagga gaga ka!!!!! escape the fate is better!!!
joKE!!!!
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9. 09-11-2010 10:42
gago di mo pag suyaan ang mga crunk ha!!!!! basi gusto mu buhuan kilid mo!!!!!
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10. 09-11-2010 10:45
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11. 19-11-2010 04:11
Jayreck is a beast with the beats
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12. 07-01-2011 15:32
ZOMG! BrokeNCYDE & Dot Dot Curve are amazing! BUT! you forgot Dropping A Popped Locket,and Jakewolf under the crunkcore artists. DAPL=just as amazing as DDC and BC13 but DAPL has kind of this weird empty vibe.. like it needs more beat to it. but maybe im just really used to BrokeNCYDE and Dot Dot Curve. i also agree with Killa-D, Jayreck is god and Spanky's like the master of screams.
