This Hip-Hop Halloween playlist starts and ends with the act that embraces Halloween more than any other, Insane Clown Posse.
Horror-based rap music can be traced back as far as the mid 1980s when artists like Insane Poetry, Esham and Ganxsta Nip began to combine the dark side with hip-hop. The term "Horrorcore" was brought into the public view in the 1990s when acts like Gravediggaz, Insane Clown Posse and Flatlinerz gained wider acceptance. It has since expanded and merged with other genres. Horrorcore bands like Necro and Twiztid combine hip-hop, metal and horror themes into the latest incarnation of evil-tinged music to be labeled the "music of Satan".
In addition to the essential horrorcore, you'll find both old skool and new skool tracks by Ice Cube, Quasimoto, Brand Nubian, Public Enemy, Whodini, Buck 65, Madvillain, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Kool Moe Dee, Cypress Hill and The Geto Boys.
The Playlist:
1. Every Halloween - Insane Clown Posse
2. Do You Like Scary Movies? - Ganxsta Nip
3. Graveyard Chamber - Gravediggaz
5. Dr. Frankenstein - Ice Cube
6. Put A Curse On You - Quasimoto
8. Return Of The Dread - Brand Nubian
9. Welcome To The Terrordome - Public Enemy
10. Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini
11. Wicked And Weird - Buck 65
12. The Illest Villains - Madvillain
13. A Nightmare On My Street - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
14. Monster Crack - Kool Moe Dee
15. How I Could Just Kill A Man - Cypress Hill