What about groups such as The Roots and Quasimoto? Admittedly hip-hop, not rap, but they have been incorporating a lot of jazz fusion in the beats.
Heather
quoted 6 lines Most defiantly only in that respect though. Jazz bares almost>Most defiantly only in that respect though. Jazz bares almost
>no resemblance to hiphop. Vocals for one thing (besides some spoken
>word poetry stuff, but we don't need to go there). Jazz is fundamentally
>melodic, and in a classical way (i.e. constantly changing, themes rarely
>lasting more than a few bars), although with jazz it's improvised.
>Apologies for the rant. I just get upset when people compare jazz & rap.
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