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midwest rap

Last updated: Thu Oct 23 2025 03:19:37 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Midwest rap emerged from cities like Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland, blending the storytelling of East Coast hip-hop with the funk-influenced production of the West. The genre features chopper-style fast flows, soulful samples, and introspective lyrics that reflect working-class Midwestern life. Known for its technical skill and genre experimentation, Midwest rap balances street credibility with artistic innovation and mainstream accessibility.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
62		1977	Various Artists	F*ck it	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground rap	ohio # 38 cleveland # 73
1		1991-07	Breed	The New Prescription	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap
29		1994	Bag Of Hammers	Bag of Hammers:eXtreme - Weed-n-Coffee	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 28
11		1994-10-17	K-Stone	313	detroit detroit rap michigan midwest midwest rap	midwest # 1
66		1995	Common	Resurrection	hip-hop	conscious hip hop # 43
45		1995-01-17	Mastamind	Lickkuiddrano	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	detroit rap # 32 midwest # 50
35		1995-02-24	Project Born	Born Dead	michigan midwest midwest rap	midwest # 35
25		1996-04-24	Esham	Dead Flowerz	detroit gangsta rap horrorcore
40		1997	Kgp	Necrology	horrorcore michigan midwest midwest rap	midwest # 43
23		1997-02-19	E-Mack-7	16 Minutes with an O.G.	gangsta rap midwest rap
76		1998	Bizzy Bone	Heaven'z Movie	midwest rap rap
17		1999-09-01	Paradime	Paragraphs	detroit detroit rap michigan midwest midwest rap underground rap	midwest # 13
38		2000	Halfbreed	Serial Killaz	detroit detroit rap horrorcore michigan midwest midwest rap	detroit rap # 11 midwest # 38
47		2000	Project Born	Born Dead 2	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground rap	midwest # 52
19		2001	Paradime	Vices	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 16
30		2001	Sabotage	Release Me	gangsta rap midwest rap rap
56		2002	Nelly	Nellyville (Deluxe Edition)	g-funk midwest rap pop rap
28		2003	Dice	Theneighborhoodshittalka	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 26
21		2003-06-24	King Gordy	The Entity	detroit horrorcore rap
63		2003-07	Kanye West	The College Dropout	hip-hop rap	rap # 16 conscious hip hop # 53 hip-hop # 70
39		2004	Bedlam	Bedlamitez Rize	horrorcore michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 42
31		2004-08-03	Paradime	11 Steps Down	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 30
16		2004-08-24	MC Breed	The New Prescription	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 11
49		2004-11	Menacide	The Drugz LP	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	michigan # 2 midwest # 53
34		2005	Skrapz	The 12 Step Program	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop	detroit rap # 3 midwest # 33
43		2005-10-04	Marz	Against All Odds	chicago hip-hop midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 48
4		2006	Bigg Verb	The Franchise	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground rap
95		2006-08-11	Obie Trice	Second Rounds On Me	midwest rap
94		2006-08-15	Obie Trice	Second Round's on Me	midwest rap
65		2007	Project Born	Once Upon A Time In The Projects	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground rap	michigan # 45 midwest # 78
10		2007	Abstrakt Intellekt	The Remix Experience	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap
48		2007	Lupe Fiasco	Lupe Fiasco's The Cool	hip-hop
74		2007-09-05	Kanye West	Graduation	hip-hop	chicago # 62 rap # 64 hip-hop # 96
12		2008	Bake Up Boyz	Fresh Out Da Kitchen	hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 2
9		2008	Bake Up Boyz	Fresh Out Da Kitchen (Explicit)	detroit detroit rap michigan midwest midwest rap
61		2008-09-30	Trick Trick	The Villain	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap	michigan # 30 detroit rap # 63 midwest # 75
50		2009	Shane Capone	Certified WhiteBoy	detroit detroit rap hardcore hardcore rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground rap	michigan # 7 detroit rap # 37 midwest # 57
55		2009-01-29	Kgp	Hatred Vol 2	horrorcore michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground rap	michigan # 17 midwest # 64
59		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Fuck It	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground rap	ohio # 35 cleveland # 71
64		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (The Prelude)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	ohio # 41 cleveland # 74
70		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Rage Pack	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 16 ohio # 48 cleveland # 77
71		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace up!	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop rap rap rap rock underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 17 ohio # 52 cleveland # 78
80		2010	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (Deluxe)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 9 underground hip-hop # 35 rap rock # 62 ohio # 74 alternative rap # 76 cleveland # 93
69		2011	Machine Gun Kelly	100 Words and Running	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 8 ohio # 47 cleveland # 76
68		2011-08-07	Kutt Calhoun	Red-Headed Stepchild	gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap
6		2012	Machine Gun Kelly	Against the World	alternative rap cleveland midwest rap ohio rap underground rap	cleveland # 24
22		2012	Shane Capone	Heated Speech w/ bonus DVD	detroit detroit rap hardcore hardcore rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 18
67		2012	Machine Gun Kelly	EST 4 Life	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap trap underground rap	alternative rap # 6 ohio # 45 cleveland # 75
88		2012	Machine Gun Kelly	Half Naked & Almost Famous - EP	alternative rap cleveland gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 52 alternative rap # 72 ohio # 87 cleveland # 91
86		2012-01-01	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up	rap alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rock trap underground rap	underground rap # 22 rap rock # 46 alternative rap # 64 cleveland # 88
83		2012-05-15	Krizz Kaliko	Kickin' & Screamin'	alternative rap dubstep midwest rap underground rap	underground rap # 35 alternative rap # 55
72		2013-06-26	Machine Gun Kelly	Black Flag	alternative rap boom bap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rap rock underground hip-hop	alternative rap # 19 cleveland # 79
57		2014	Machine Gun Kelly	Sail	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap trap	cleveland # 68
58		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	Lace Up (Deluxe Version)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	ohio # 34 cleveland # 70
89		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	General Admission (Deluxe)	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 14 underground hip-hop # 23 rap rock # 54 ohio # 90 cleveland # 92
97		2015-10-16	Machine Gun Kelly	General Admission	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 2 underground hip-hop # 77 rap rock # 82 ohio # 84 alternative rap # 87 cleveland # 99
77		2015-10-30	J Dilla	Dillatronic	rap	underground rap # 80
36		2017-05-12	Machine Gun Kelly	Genre : Sadboy	alternative alternative rap cloud rap emo rap midwest rap ohio	ohio # 10
8		2017-06-30	Machine Gun Kelly	BMXXing	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	cleveland # 26
32		2017-06-30	Machine Gun Kelly	Wanna Ball	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap	cleveland # 42
91		2017-06-30	Machine Gun Kelly	PRESSURE	alternative rap beat cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap trap	alternative rap # 79 cleveland # 95 beat # 96
2		2018-09-08	Machine Gun Kelly	Bitch I'm From Cleveland 3	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap underground rap	cleveland # 18
14		2018-09-08	Machine Gun Kelly	Stamp of Approval	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap underground hip-hop underground rap	cleveland # 30
96		2018-09-21	Machine Gun Kelly	Binge	rap hip-hop midwest rap trap
100		2019-08-23	Machine Gun Kelly	Hotel Diablo	hip-hop pop punk rap rock alternative alternative rap alternative rock cloud rap emo rap midwest rap pop rap pop rock rap trap	pop punk # 34 emo rap # 51 ohio # 95 cleveland # 98 alternative rap # 99 rap rock # 100
75		2020-03-26	MGK	General Admission	rap alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	alternative rap # 27 cleveland # 84 underground rap # 85
87		2020-03-26	MGK	Lace Up (Deluxe)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground hip-hop # 10 underground rap # 18 rap rock # 50 alternative rap # 68 ohio # 86 cleveland # 89
98		2020-03-26	MGK	genre : sadboy	alternative alternative rap cloud rap emo rap midwest rap ohio	emo rap # 7 alternative rap # 88 ohio # 96
18		2021-02-20	MGK	The Land (Music from the Motion Picture)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rap rock	cleveland # 33
24		2021-03-29	MGK	Lace up!	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock underground hip-hop underground rap	cleveland # 34
33		2021-03-29	MGK	Lace Up (The Prelude)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	ohio # 3 cleveland # 43
42		2021-03-29	MGK	El Pistolero	alternative rap cleveland midwest rap rap trap	cleveland # 53
51		2021-03-29	MGK	Black Flag	rap alternative rap boom bap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rock underground hip-hop	cleveland # 59
73		2021-03-29	MGK	Till I Die	cleveland gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap rap trap underground rap	cleveland # 81
81		2021-03-29	MGK	Lace Up	rap alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	rap rock # 27 alternative rap # 47 underground rap # 52 cleveland # 86
99		2021-03-29	MGK	Hotel Diablo	alternative alternative rap alternative rock cleveland cloud rap emo rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop punk pop rap pop rock rap rap rock trap	emo rap # 29 alternative rap # 91 rap rock # 92 ohio # 99 cleveland # 100
37		2021-03-29	MGK	el diablo	hip-hop midwest rap rap trap
44		2021-03-29	MGK	Gone	alternative rap hip-hop midwest rap pop rap rap
78		2021-03-29	MGK	Invincible	hip-hop midwest rap pop rap rap
41		2021-04-09	MGK	EST 4 Life	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap trap underground rap	ohio # 13 cleveland # 51
54		2021-04-09	MGK	Hated	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap rap	cleveland # 63
90		2021-04-09	MGK	Half Naked & Almost Famous - EP	alternative rap cleveland gangsta rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 66 alternative rap # 77 ohio # 92 cleveland # 94
93		2021-04-09	MGK	BMXXing	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	alternative rap # 81 ohio # 94 cleveland # 97
79		2021-04-09	MGK	Rap Devil	hip-hop midwest rap rap
82		2021-04-09	MGK	Binge	hip-hop midwest rap rap trap
84		2021-04-09	MGK	Wild Boy	hip-hop midwest rap rap trap
52		2022-01-27	MGK	Alice In Wonderland	alternative rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap	ohio # 25
46		2022-03-04	MGK	World Series	hip-hop midwest rap rap trap
53		2022-08-01	MGK	Lace Up (Deluxe Version)	alternative rap cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	ohio # 26 cleveland # 62
85		2022-08-01	MGK	General Admission (Deluxe)	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap rap rock trap underground hip-hop underground rap	underground rap # 26 rap rock # 43 ohio # 82 cleveland # 87
92		2022-08-01	MGK	Hotel Diablo: FLOOR 13 EDITION	alternative alternative rap alternative rock cleveland cloud rap emo emo rap hip-hop midwest rap ohio pop rap pop rock rap rap rock trap	rap rock # 68 alternative rap # 80 ohio # 93 cleveland # 96
60		2024-06-07	Machine Gun Kelly	Homecoming	cleveland hip-hop midwest rap ohio rap underground hip-hop underground rap	ohio # 37 cleveland # 72
13			1st Dagree	Ride Wit Us Or Get Ran Ova Vol 2.0 MixTape	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 6
15			Teflon Trigga	Against All Odds	alternative hip-hop midwest midwest rap nerdcore underground hip-hop	midwest # 10
20			Beaver Shoot	Where is the P***y and Beer?	comedy detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 17
26			M.O.B. ...featuring Shane Capone	Terror...	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap underground hip-hop underground rap	midwest # 21
27			M.O.B. ...featuring Shane Capone	Welcome to Detroit Muthafuckaz	detroit detroit rap hip-hop michigan midwest midwest rap rap	midwest # 22
3			Lokey Kartel	Lokey Kartel : A Look In The Mirror	crunk detroit detroit rap english michigan midwest midwest rap rap rock underground rap
5			Homegrown Dro	Homegrown Education	midwest rap reggae
7			crats crew	Deebee- Duct tape	east coast rap hip-hop midwest rap rap

Related genres

• rap
• hip-hop
• gangsta rap
• underground rap
• underground hip-hop
• cleveland
• midwest
• ohio
• alternative rap
• michigan