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Hip hop (also spelled hip-hop or hiphop) is both a music genre and a cultural movement developed in New York City starting in the 1970s, predominantly by African Americans and Latinos.[1] Since first emerging in the Bronx, hip hop music has grown into an entire lifestyle, commonly referred to as hip hop culture, which has today spread around the world and is practised by many people regardless of nationality, ethnicity or religion. Hip hop as a cultural movement encompasses a wide array of human activities, so called elements, including but not limited to hip hop music, breakdance, graffiti, DJing and MCing.
Herc's idea was soon widely copied, and by the late 70s a myriad of DJs were releasing 12" records where they would rap to the beat. Popular tunes included Kurtis Blow's The Breaks, and The Sugar Hill Gang's ''Rapper's Delight.'
By the late 1970s myriad Djs were releasing 12" cuts where MCs would rap to crowd-moving beats. Popular tunes included Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "Supperrappin'," Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks," and The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded "The Message" (officially credited to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), a song that foreshadowed socially conscious hip hop.[6]
The appearance of music videos changed entertainment: they often glorified urban neighborhoods, commonly calleds ghettos.[9]. The films Wild Style,Beat Street,Krush Groove, and Breakin, as well as the documentary Style Wars (appearing in 1983 and 1984), created a phenomenon that called for the appeal of Hip hop beyond the boundaries of New York.
By 1985, youth worldwide were laying down scrap linoleum or cardboard, setting down portable stereos and spinning on their backs in tracksuits and sneakers to music by Run DMC, LL Cool J, the Fat Boys, Herbie Hancock, EMPD, Soulsonic Force, Jazzy Jay, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, and Stetsasonic, just to name a few. The Hip hop artwork and "slang" of US urban communities quickly found its way to Europe and Asia, as the culture's global appeal took root
Early hip hop has often been credited with helping to reduce inner-city gang violence by replacing physical violence with hip hop battles of dance and artwork. However, with the emergence of commercial and crime-related rap during the early 1990s, an emphasis on violence was incorporated, with many rappers boasting about drugs, weapons, misogyny, and violence. While hip hop music now appeals to a broader demographic, media critics argue that socially and politically conscious hip hop has long been disregarded by mainstream America in favor of its media-baiting sibling, gangsta rap.[10]
As traditional as the rap battle, Black-Consciousness rap answered the diss handed down by gansta' rap.[11] Highly influnenced and rebeverating the soul of the Struggle, Black-Consciousness rap was a force that became popular after the barriage of attacks within the Black coummunities nation-wide. With popular artists such as Public Enemy (Chuck D & Flavor Flav), Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One) [12], and Brand Nubian, the Stop the Violence Movement [13], it was submerged by an enormous force called gangsta' rap, from which West Coast hip hop began to take the forefront. Carried by the African Bambaataa luz of Electro hop's more bass-heavy sound, West Coast hip hop carved and created the rift between "hip-hop" and "rap".[14] Many artists are now considered to be alternative/underground hip hop when they attempt to reflect what they believe to be the original elements of the culture. Artists/groups such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Immortal Technique, Dilated Peoples, Dead Prez, Blackalicious, and Jurassic 5 may emphasize messages of verbal skill, unity, or activism instead of messages of violence, material wealth, and misogyny.
Though born in the United States by African Americans, the reach of hip hop is global.[15] Youth culture and opinion is meted out in both Israeli hip hop and Palestinian hip hop, while France, Germany, the U.K., Africa and the Caribbean have long-established hip hop followings. According to the U.S. Department of State, hip hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world," that crosses social barriers and cuts across racial lines.[16] National Geographic recognizes hip hop as "the world's favorite youth culture" in which "just about every country on the planet seems to have developed its own local rap scene. Although it is known to cause violence with the main topic of drugs, sexual intercourse, and violence. "[17]
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Elements
Widely referred to amongst the hip hop community as 'The Four Elements of Hip Hop', Hip Hop culture is usually considered to center on the following 4 activities: This is largely a media created concept, the documentary movie Style_Wars [2] presented these four elements as one subculture when in reality many of the graffiti pioneers had little interest in either rap or break dancing. This is actually quite clear from the movie itself and so in a sense the movie contradicts itself. In an interview in issue 13 of InnerCity graffiti magazine [3] Seen, explicitly distances himself from this notion of hiphop and explains how it is a media invented myth.History of hip hop
Hip hop music and DJing
During the early 1970s, Clive Campbell, a Jamaican Dj who went by the name "Kool Herc," arrived in New York City. Herc introduced the Jamaican tradition of toasting, or boasting impromptu poetry and sayings over Reggae, Disco and Funk records, during parties in the Bronx, New York. Herc also was the originator of break-beat deejaying, where the breaks of funk songs—being the most danceable part, often featuring percussion—were isolated and repeated for the purpose of all-night dance parties. Later Djs such as Grandmaster Flash refined and developed the use of breakbeats, including cutting.[4]Herc's idea was soon widely copied, and by the late 70s a myriad of DJs were releasing 12" records where they would rap to the beat. Popular tunes included Kurtis Blow's The Breaks, and The Sugar Hill Gang's ''Rapper's Delight.'
Evolution of the MC
Rapping then developed, as MCs would talk over the music to promote their Dj, promote other dance parties, or take light-hearted jabs at other lyricists. This soon developed into the rapping that appears on earlier basic hip-hop singles, with MCs talking about problems in their areas and issues facing the community as a whole. Melle Mel, a rapper/lyricist with The Furious Five is often credited with being the first rap lyricist to call himself an "MC."[5]By the late 1970s myriad Djs were releasing 12" cuts where MCs would rap to crowd-moving beats. Popular tunes included Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "Supperrappin'," Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks," and The Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded "The Message" (officially credited to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five), a song that foreshadowed socially conscious hip hop.[6]
Terminology
Coining the term hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, a rapper with Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. Though Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap, it is believed that Cowboy created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army, by scat singing the words "hip/hop/hip/hop" in a way that mimicked the rhythmic cadence of marching soldiers.[7] Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly copied by other artists; for example the opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang.[7] Former Black Spades gang member Afrika Bambaataa is credited with first using the term to describe the subculture that hip hop music belongs to, although it is also suggested that the term was originally derisively used against the new type of music.[8]Hip hop embraces technology
Hip hop as a culture was further defined in 1983, when Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force released a track called "Planet Rock." Instead of simply rapping over disco beats, Bambaataa created an innovative electronic sound, taking advantage of the rapidly improving drum machine and synthesizer technology. The accompanying music video for Planet Rock showcased a unique subculture of musicians, graffiti artists and breakdancers, at times performing seemingly impossible feats.The appearance of music videos changed entertainment: they often glorified urban neighborhoods, commonly calleds ghettos.[9]. The films Wild Style,Beat Street,Krush Groove, and Breakin, as well as the documentary Style Wars (appearing in 1983 and 1984), created a phenomenon that called for the appeal of Hip hop beyond the boundaries of New York.
By 1985, youth worldwide were laying down scrap linoleum or cardboard, setting down portable stereos and spinning on their backs in tracksuits and sneakers to music by Run DMC, LL Cool J, the Fat Boys, Herbie Hancock, EMPD, Soulsonic Force, Jazzy Jay, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, and Stetsasonic, just to name a few. The Hip hop artwork and "slang" of US urban communities quickly found its way to Europe and Asia, as the culture's global appeal took root
Legacy
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Breakdance, an early form of hip hop dance, often involve battles, showing off skills without any physical contact with the adversaries.
Early hip hop has often been credited with helping to reduce inner-city gang violence by replacing physical violence with hip hop battles of dance and artwork. However, with the emergence of commercial and crime-related rap during the early 1990s, an emphasis on violence was incorporated, with many rappers boasting about drugs, weapons, misogyny, and violence. While hip hop music now appeals to a broader demographic, media critics argue that socially and politically conscious hip hop has long been disregarded by mainstream America in favor of its media-baiting sibling, gangsta rap.[10]
As traditional as the rap battle, Black-Consciousness rap answered the diss handed down by gansta' rap.[11] Highly influnenced and rebeverating the soul of the Struggle, Black-Consciousness rap was a force that became popular after the barriage of attacks within the Black coummunities nation-wide. With popular artists such as Public Enemy (Chuck D & Flavor Flav), Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One) [12], and Brand Nubian, the Stop the Violence Movement [13], it was submerged by an enormous force called gangsta' rap, from which West Coast hip hop began to take the forefront. Carried by the African Bambaataa luz of Electro hop's more bass-heavy sound, West Coast hip hop carved and created the rift between "hip-hop" and "rap".[14] Many artists are now considered to be alternative/underground hip hop when they attempt to reflect what they believe to be the original elements of the culture. Artists/groups such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Immortal Technique, Dilated Peoples, Dead Prez, Blackalicious, and Jurassic 5 may emphasize messages of verbal skill, unity, or activism instead of messages of violence, material wealth, and misogyny.
Though born in the United States by African Americans, the reach of hip hop is global.[15] Youth culture and opinion is meted out in both Israeli hip hop and Palestinian hip hop, while France, Germany, the U.K., Africa and the Caribbean have long-established hip hop followings. According to the U.S. Department of State, hip hop is "now the center of a mega music and fashion industry around the world," that crosses social barriers and cuts across racial lines.[16] National Geographic recognizes hip hop as "the world's favorite youth culture" in which "just about every country on the planet seems to have developed its own local rap scene. Although it is known to cause violence with the main topic of drugs, sexual intercourse, and violence. "[17]
See also
- Dancehall
- Rhythm
- Beats (music)
- Hip Hop Music
- Old school hip hop
- Hardcore hip hop
- Hip hop dance
- Hip hop production
- Hip hop fashion
- Hip hop theatre
- Hip hop culture
- Holy Hip Hop Christian
- Universal Hip Hop Parade
- 2007 in hip hop
- Hip-hop magazines
- National Hip Hop Political Convention
References
1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Style Wars, documentary about graffiti
3. ^ Website of InnerCity magazine
4. ^ History of Hip Hop - Written by Davey D
5. ^ article about Melle Mel (Melle Mel) at AllHipHop.com
6. ^ Rose, Tricia. "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America", pages 53-55. Wesleyan Press, 1994.
7. ^ [2]
8. ^ http://www.zulunation.com/hip_hop_history2.htm (cached)
9. ^ Rose, Tricia."Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America" page 192. Wesleyan Press, 1994
10. ^ [3]
11. ^ Rose, Tricia: "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America", page 21. Wesleyan Press, 1994
12. ^ [4]
13. ^
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16. ^ [8]
17. ^ [9]
2. ^ Style Wars, documentary about graffiti
3. ^ Website of InnerCity magazine
4. ^ History of Hip Hop - Written by Davey D
5. ^ article about Melle Mel (Melle Mel) at AllHipHop.com
6. ^ Rose, Tricia. "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America", pages 53-55. Wesleyan Press, 1994.
7. ^ [2]
8. ^ http://www.zulunation.com/hip_hop_history2.htm (cached)
9. ^ Rose, Tricia."Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America" page 192. Wesleyan Press, 1994
10. ^ [3]
11. ^ Rose, Tricia: "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America", page 21. Wesleyan Press, 1994
12. ^ [4]
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16. ^ [8]
17. ^ [9]
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