Anthrax
Anthrax is one of the first metal band to collaborate with rap artist. They are formed June, 1981 in Mew York City, NY. Their music is mostly heavy metal, speed/thrash metal and rap metal.
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01 I'm the Man
02 Only
03 I am the Law
04 The Devil You Know
05 Antisocial
06 Got the Time
07 Bring the Noize(featuring Public Enemy)
08 Caught in a Mosh
09 Madhouse
10 Indians
The first metal/rap crossover was RUN DMC covering WALK THIS WAY togheter with the original creators Aerosmith.
Anthrax came years later with the i am the man single (this was before the release of their fourth full lenght album, on their first three albums they never used rap, they endorsed stephe; king novel story’s and comic books like Judge Dredd)
And, as far as i know ... it was not so very succesful,, because a lot of hardcore anthrax fans did not really like the rap influences, they were becoming a gimmick of their own success.
Talking about metal and rap crossovers ... because of the hardcore (genre) scene in the NY bronx, there were some hardcore / metal crossover bands (these crossovers made famous by DRI -Dirty Rotten Imbeciles- on their crossover album) playing around with rap in the mid ninetees ... biohazard was one of the first. Theres also a very nice official soundtrack, with various rap and metal collaborations released in those days ... it was from the movie judgement night
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that's a good trivia, thanks for the info and time to comment. i took it from a site too, just a very small info since i am not into background much. i'm more on the songs done, some others spark my interest to check, some i really don't and i just enjoy the music that makes me remember them.
All that matters is that you like it mate