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[[Cypress Hill]] and [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]], in addition to psychedelic hip hop, can also be classified as "[[Cannabis (drug)|weed rap]]";<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-dowsers.com/the-dowser-posts/psychedelic-hip-hop |title=B-Boys on Acid: A Brief History of Psychedelic Hip-Hop
|last=Reeves |first=Mosi |work=The Dowsers |access-date=August 17, 2023 }}</ref> the latter's 1992 release ''[[Whut? Thee Album]]'' was categorized as a psychedelic rap album,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Whut? Thee Album |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TzJLAAAAYAAJ&q=psychedelic+rap |magazine=Vibe |volume=15 |issue=1–6 |date=January 14, 2010 |publisher=Time Publishing Ventures/University of Virginia |access-date=August 17, 2023 }}</ref> and [[Black Moon (group)|Black Moon]]'s psychedelic hip hop defined the sound of 1990s hip hop,<ref>{{cite book |last=Kulkarni |first=Neil |date=October 2015 |title=The Periodic Table of HIP HOP |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=O_71CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 |publisher= Ebury Publishing |page=104 |isbn=978-1-4735-2840-6 }}</ref> while [[Poland]]'s [[Kaliber 44]] were labeled "psycho-rap" for their psychedelic rap music.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Shepherd, John |date=October 5, 2017 |title= Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKc0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA388 |publisher= Bloomsbury Academic |page=388 |isbn=9781501326103}}</ref> The psychedelic [[rap rock]] band [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] charted in 1988 and 1991,<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link= |date= August 31, 2023|title=Rock Tracks 1981–2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_pbECYPYlZcC&pg=PA198 |publisher=Record Research |page=198 |isbn=978-0-89820-174-1}}</ref> while psychedelic rap group [[P.M. Dawn]] were signed to [[Gee Street Records]] in the early 1990s,<ref>{{cite book |last=Patrin |first=Nate |author-link= |date=June 9, 2020 |title= Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgoPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT146 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |page= 146|isbn=978-1-4529-6380-8}}</ref> and the psychedelic rap band [[New Kingdom (band)|New Kingdom]] released two influential albums in the late '90s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/new-kingdom-tripping-towards-paradise |title=New Kingdom: Tripping Towards Paradise |last= |first= |date= |work=Red Bull Music Academy |access-date=August 16, 2023 |quote=The psychedelic NYC duo of Nosaj and Sebastian Laws on taking hip hop on a trip via two mind-expanding LPs in the'90s}}</ref> In 1996, [[Kool Keith]] released the psychedelic hip hop [[concept album]] ''[[Dr. Octagonecologyst]]'', about "a deadly, libidinous and doped-up doctor".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Lily|last=Moayeri|title=''Kool Keith Revives Dr. Octagon''|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/koolkeith/articles/story/5934820/kool_keith_revives_dr_octagon |date=July 23, 2002|access-date=January 25, 2009|archive-date=February 22, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080222143655/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/koolkeith/articles/story/5934820/kool_keith_revives_dr_octagon|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some experimental hip hop artists, like [[Quasimoto]], are also be considered to be psychedelic.<ref name=Echard /> Though the "trip" in [[trip hop]] was more linked to [[dub music]] than psychedelia,<ref name=Echard>{{cite book |last=Echard |first=William |date= May 22, 2017|title=Psychedelic Popular Music: A History through Musical Topic Theory |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XJoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 |publisher=Indiana University Press|page=257 |isbn=978-0-253-02659-0}}</ref> the genre combined psychedelic rock with hip hop.<ref>{{cite book |last= Fonseca|first= Anthony J. |date= 2019 |title= Listen to Rap!: Exploring a Musical Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GY7CEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT68 |publisher=Greenwood |page=68 |isbn=9798216112006}}</ref> The commercially successful Atlanta rap duo [[OutKast]] became prominent purveyors of psychedelic hip-hop, described by ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' as having become "the best in the world" at the style by the time of their 2000 hit single "[[
Although psych-rap would be predominantly underground in the early 2000s, many mainstream artists would be influenced by psychedelia in their lyrics, production and artwork, such as on [[D12]]'s 2001 single "[[Purple Pills]]", noted for [[Eminem]]'s hallucinogenic production.<ref name=Reed /> Flatbush Zombies, formed in 2010, would "reinvigorate psychedelic rap as a concept", according to ''Clash Music''.<ref name=ClashMusic /> In 2013, [[Chance the Rapper]] released ''[[Acid Rap]]'', an album that displayed "nonsensical and exuberant lyrics alongside poignant social commentary and personal confessions", and experimental production which drew from jazz, [[blues]], [[soul music|soul]] and [[rock and roll]]; ''Clash Music'' described the album's unclassifiable sound as "its own genre of music".<ref name=ClashMusic>{{cite web |url= https://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-of-the-best-raps-most-psychedelic-albums/|title= 10 Of The Best: Rap's Most Psychedelic Albums: Hip-hop's extra-sensory documents...|author=Staff |date=August 15, 2023 |work=Clash Music |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> [[THEESatisfaction]] were labeled as both "psychedelic space-rap/jazz" and "hippie hop".<ref>{{cite book |last=Shlomit Sofer |first= Danielle |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Sex Sounds: Vectors of Difference in Electronic Music|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LopGEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 |publisher=MIT Press |page=257 |isbn=978-0-262-36205-4}}</ref> [[Kid Cudi]] would breakthrough with "noir-trippy storytelling and tracks of mind-expanding atmosphere", while [[Danny Brown]] and [[Odd Future]]'s [[Earl Sweatshirt]] would emerge as "psych-tinged" MCs.<ref name=Reed /> In a profile on the genre by ''Tidal'' magazine, it was noted that many of the most important works in contemporary hip hop would be psychedelic, such as [[Travis Scott]]'s 2018 album, ''[[Astroworld (album)|ASTROWORLD]]'', which "peerlessly filters contemporary hip-hop production through magic-mushroom sonics".<ref name=Reed /> Scott's ''[[Days Before Rodeo]]'' "pushed psychedelic trap into the mainstream".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theculturecrypt.com/posts/how-travis-scotts-days-before-rodeo-pushed-psychedelic-trap-into-the-mainstream |title= How Travis Scott's Days Before Rodeo Pushed Psychedelic Trap into the Mainstream |date=July 29, 2023 |work=The Culture Crypt |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> Artists like [[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]] and [[Flying Lotus]] revived interest in P-Funk and jazz-influenced hip hop.<ref name=Reed /> In a review of [[Ski Mask the Slump God]]'s 2018 release ''[[Beware the Book of Eli]]'', the reviewer named [[E-40]]'s ''[[The Element of Surprise]]'', Quasimoto's ''[[The Unseen (album)|The Unseen]]'' and [[Young Thug]]'s ''[[Jeffery (mixtape)|Jeffery]]'' as examples of psychedelic rap.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://spectrumculture.com/2018/06/06/ski-mask-the-slump-god-beware-the-book-of-eli-review/ |title=Ski Mask the Slump God: Beware the Book of Eli|last=Bromfield|first=Daniel |date=June 6, 2018 |work=Spectrum Culture |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> In 2023, rapper [[Lil Yachty]] shifted his sound from "[[bubblegum music|bubblegum]] [[Trap music|trap]]" to psychedelic rock with ''[[Let's Start Here]]'', a "maximalist and multi-genre undertaking" which ''[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]'' deemed "a spectacular statement from hip-hop's prevailing weirdo" and the rapper's "first great album".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/lil-yachty-lets-start-here-album-journey |title= How Lil Yachty Ended Up at His Excellent New Psychedelic Album Let's Start Here|last= Brickner-Wood|first= Brady|date=January 31, 2023 |work=GQ|access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>
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