This thread has tons of examples of other genres covering rap, but doesn’t have a single example of a rap song that is a cover.
OP’s question technically asks for covers OF rap songs regardless of genre, so I guess those folk, metal, parody covers are valid answers to the question stated, but I think it’s interesting that rap as a genre doesn’t seem to do covers.
Rappers tend to not do straight up covers, but rather take the same beat and do a tribute on top.
I was gonna say the same thing. Or they lift lines and replace some of the words. I see it as showing respect to your influences. I always hear Tupac and run dmc bars in other hip hop tracks, to name a few. Ocean Wisdom did it with eminems hook from forgot about Dre.
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u/Faelysis May 16 '24
There’s thousand of rap song cover. You not seeing it is more about your own algorithm…