Crunkcore
Crunkcore (also called crunk punk,screamo crunk, crunk rock, and scrunk) is a musical genre that combines crunk with the vocal style of screamo.
Characteristics
According to the Boston Phoenix, writer and musician Jessica Hopper claims that the influences for crunkcore can be traced back to 2005 when Panic! at the Disco mixed emo with electronics. While crunkcore is described as using screamed vocals, some crunkcore artists don't scream. For instance, Warped Tour co-creator and CEO Kevin Lyman calls the group 3OH!3 as "the real tipping point for scrunk", and said that "though 3OH!3 doesn't incorporate the blood-curdling screams of many scrunk acts, they were the first emo-influenced act to depart from traditional instruments in favor of pre-programmed beats", while still retaining many of the stylistic elements of emo. The Millionaires, who do not use screamed vocals, are also crunkcore. Similarly, the Kesha song "Your Love is My Drug" has also been labelled crunkcore.
The Phoenix described crunkcore as "a combination of minimalist Southern hip-hop, Auto-Tune croons, techno breakdowns, barked vocals, and party-till-you-puke poetics".Inland Empire Magazine described the genre as combining "post-hardcore and heavy metal licks with crunk."