Hip-Hop music

Hip-Hop music

What is Hip-Hop music?

Hip hop music, also known as rap music, is a genre of
popular music developed in the United States by
inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans in
the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It
consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly
accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech
that is chanted.

How did Hip-Hop get it’s name?

There are various explanations for the
source of the term hip-hop. However, the
most popular one involves Keith (”Keef
Cowboy”) Wiggins, a member of the rap
group

. The rapper used the words
hip/hop/hip/hop, imitating the sound of
soldiers marching, in reference to a friend
who had joined the army. According to
some accounts, Kevin (”Lovebug Starski”)
Smith was with Wiggins and helped create
the phrase. Hip-hop was subsequently
popularized in songs, notably the Sugarhill
Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.”

History of Hip-Hop music

When hip hop music first developed in the late 1970s, not many
people knew about it. It was created in the poorest districts of
New York City by African American and Latino teenagers as part
of a hip hop scene that also produced breakdancing and graffiti
art. Many of these young people were unemployed, but some
found work as DJs in discos where they learned deejaying
techniques like how to use two turntables and a DJ mixer to play
records non-stop. Sometimes they'd also deejay at free block
parties in their neighbourhoods where they'd play funk and
disco tracks non-stop and ask a friend to act as their MC.

1979-1983:Old School Hip Hop

As rapping became more popular, more DJ and MC duos
formed. As the competition grew, DJs began improving
their beats by using techniques like sampling short drum
breaks and scratching. MCs also began improving their raps
by using more complex rhymes and by developing flow, or
the ability to rap with a good sense of rhythm and a
natural flowing style. Hip hop music was only performed
live at first, but in 1979 a hip hop single called Rapper's
Delight by The Sugarhill Gang was released, and to
everyone's surprise it became a top-ten hit worldwide.

1983-1986:New school Hip-Hop

The new school of hip hop was the second wave of hip hop music,
originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D.M.C. and LL
Cool J. As with the hip hop preceding it, the new school came
predominantly from New York City. The new school was initially
characterized in form by drum machine-led minimalism, with
influences from rock music, a hip hop "metal music for the 80s–a
hard-edge ugly/beauty trance as desperate and stimulating as
New York itself." It was notable for taunts and boasts about
rapping, and socio-political commentary, both delivered in an
aggressive, self-assertive style. In image as in song its artists
projected a tough, cool, street b-boy attitude.

1986–1997: Golden age hip hop

Hip hop's "golden age"is a name given to a period in mainstream
hip hop, produced between the mid-1980s and the mid-
1990s,which is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation
and influence.There were strong themes of Afrocentrism and
political militancy in golden age hip hop lyrics. The music was
experimental and the sampling drew on eclectic sources.There was
often a strong jazz influence in the music. The artists and groups
most often associated with this phase are Public Enemy, Boogie
Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, De La Soul, A Tribe Called
Quest, Gang Starr, Big Daddy Kane and the Jungle Brothers.

Hip Hop in the 21st Century

Hip hop became a major genre of popular music in the 21st
century, with hip hop singles and albums topping the charts
worldwide. Local hip hop scenes developed in many countries
and produced successful artists like the UK's Dizzee Rascal and
Canada's Drake. Many female rappers also became successful,
including Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim, Lauren Hill and Nicki Minaj. Hip
hop has had a strong influence on 21st-century pop music, with
many pop songs including elements of hip hop. Pop singers and
rappers often collaborate to produce tracks with catchy pop
choruses and rapped verses.

Typical Instruments of Hip-Hop music

-Turntable
-Rapping
-drum machine
-Sampler
-Synthesizer
-Human beatboxing

My favourite Hip-Hop music

•Drake(famous rapper)-God’s plan