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Jazz rap is a fusion of alternative hip hop music and jazz, developed in the very late 1980s and early 1990s. Known for intellectual, often socio-political or Afrocentric lyrics and jazz beats (sometimes performed by a live band, instead of sampled), jazz rap has never become a mainstream success, nor has it been a consistent seller among hip hop fans.

Though some claim the proto-hip hop, jazzy poet Gil Scott-Heron the beginning of jazz rap, the genre arose in 1988 with the release of the debut singles by Gang Starr ("Words I Manifest", which samples Charlie Parker) and Stetsasonic ("Talkin' All That Jazz", which samples Lonnie Liston-Smith ). One year later, Gang Starr's debut LP, No More Mr. Nice Guy and their work on the soundtrack to Mo' Better Blues, and De La SoulDe La Soul is a massively influential alternative hip hop group, best known for innovating the jazz rap style. Posdnuos, Trugoy the Dove and Pasemaster Mase formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape's debut 3 Feet High and Rising3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the fir have proven remarkably influential in the genreMusical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. See also musical form. Some genres, such as Indian music, are geographically defined; others, like Baroque music, are largely defined b's development. De La Soul's cohorts in the Native Tongues PosseThe Native Tongues Posse is a group of late 1980s and early 1990s black nationalist hip hop artists known for their positive Afrocentric lyrics and jazzy beats. They were inspired by earlier, similar rappers, especially Afrika Bambaataa, and came together also released important jazzy albums, including the Jungle BrothersThe Jungle Brothers are an American alternative hip hop group who pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip hop. They began performing in the mid- 1980s and released Straight Out the Jungle in 1988 (see 1988 in music). With Afrocentric lyrics and innovative be' debut Straight Out the Jungle ( 1988, 1988 in musicSee also 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the) and A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called Quest is an influential alternative rap group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. The group is comprised of Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife. Q-Tip and Phife had grown up together in Queens, and met Muhamm's debut, People's Instinctive Travels and Paths of RhythmPeople's Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm is the debut alternative hip hop album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on April 17, 1990 (see 1990 in music). Though the album was well-received critically, it had little mainstream appeal. It did earn th ( 1990, 1990 in music).

A Tribe Called Quest's follow-up, The Low End Theory ( 1991, 1991 in music), included only a small amount of jazz, but the album was a critical success and is regarded as one of the most influential hip hop albums of the decade. Though jazz rap had achieved little mainstream success, jazz legend Miles Davis' final album (released in 1992 posthumously), Doo Bop , included hip hop beats and collaborations with Easy Mo Bee , a rapper. Concurrently, Digable Planets' Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) was released to critical acclaim; it is often considered the first cohesive album of jazz rap.

Later in the decade and into the next millennium, Guru's first Jazzmatazz project, featuring live jazz musicians in the studio, is perhaps the most critically acclaimed jazz rap album yet. The Roots, an actual band that includes rappers, also achieved unprecedented commercial success for a jazz rap group.

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