All modern music involving instruments can be traced back to a beat and poetry. So why do u pick out rap music as the only music that originates from the ancient beat and story telling.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting on my article. I admire your passion for music and can hear your enthusiasm in your comment. Telling stories over a beat still happens all over the world! Rap music definitely originated in America by black Americans no doubt about it. I think you may have misunderstood my angle in my post because I agree with everything your saying and my article supports it as well.
I was simply sharing some of the root forms of some of the techniques found in rap such as using call backs in live performances in correlation with slaves copping with the difficulties of life. Thanks again for reading and commenting I sincerely appreciate it!
Take care! Great article.! I was actually in the middle of writting a rap on how rap has changed into something it was never intended to be. All these new rappers today have the same style if you consider mumbling to where no one can understand you and shouting random words a style. I personally believe that rap was intended to inspire and bring light to the darkness.
Not cause the darkness. It seems the only way to get noticed these days is to exploit women rap about drugs, money, guns, and cars. Which is honestly the easiest stuff to rap about. Thanks for the information and good luck with your rapping if you intend on persuing it as a carrier. I love your perspective on rap as well! The beautiful thing now is that the internet has leveled the playing field for everyone and now independent artists such as ourselves can compete with the majors. There is hope and we live in great opportune times!
I remember being in Jamaica in the early eighties and hearing,rap before I heard it in the United States. It was essentially a very political kind of rap with an anti-government theme. Anybody remember that? Hey Scott, thanks for reading and commenting. Like you said it was more about speaking out on behalf of their community instead of making music about tearing it down with drugs, violence and crime.
I frowned on rap music in the past because of the language and because I could not decipher the words being said, but I now have a new interest and appreciation for this form of expression. I know that the movie probably takes many liberties with the facts, but it has opened the door to me realizing that there were real people behind the lyrics.
Thank you for the recommendations of tracks to check out. Unfortunately many people have a prejudice towards rap music because their only experience with it is what main stream corporate record labels are pushing which are typically the most visible and are often negative and ignorant. But there are way more good, positive, and wholesome rappers out here you just have to dig a little in order to find them.
Thanks so much for your comment and I hope you enjoy my music recommendations. I really appreciate the historical details of your article.
What impressed me the most when viewing your page was the way you responded to each and every comment. The positive and encouraging tone in your responses have me wanting to start rapping! I lived through the birth of modern rap and started listening in the mid s. I would very much like to post a link your article on my website. I am very cautious however, in my old age, and need to understand the source of any material I share.
Though your article has a ring of truth to it, I would appreciate further explanation of your sources for this information. Finally, I would like to say I am proud to see what you have accomplished. I spent years mentoring teenagers and young adults. While the tools to make it are readily available, figuring out how to stand out is a little more of a challenge.
Keep up the great work. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my article and respond back with such a thoughtful comment! Yes, the favorite part of what I do is interacting with people all around the world who have consumed my content.
I bet you already have about 6 completed albums tucked away in a file cabinet somewhere. That must have been incredible! I find history fascinating as it gives us a better understanding of our origins. As far as my sources of information for my article I used a lot of them. Very few teens have mentors to help them navigate this world and they need all the help that can get!
The tools are available we just have to know how to use them. I hope this finds you well and thanks once again for all of your positive feedback! If you have anymore questions about anything please let me know. Just want to say thanks for writing. They have so much anger and struggle to deal with just how to survive. To understand them, you have to understand some of the music they listen to which is pretty much rap…I thought it would be fun to do a powerpoint presentation on the history of rap.
It was fun doing the research because I learned some things. I will credit your website. One question, Why do artists feel like they have to cuss so much in the rap music. The boys talk about girls like they hear the rappers talk about. How can we expect them to treat and show women respect when this is where they get their examples from? Most of our students come from dysfunctional homes…Dads are often not around.
Dysfunctional parents mean dysfunctional kids which make our jobs so much harder. The cycle continues. Anyway, I appreciate your writing and thanks again. First off I want to thank you so much for the work you are doing with the at risk kids.
This is somewhat of a complex issue. I believe a community is made up of each and every single household. Broken households tend to manufacturer broken people. People who are broken are looking for something to fill that void. Also these rappers who are signed to record companies are employees for the company they work for. The mainstream is ran by major corporations who have heavy influence on what is played on the radio and television. Youtube has become the 1 source where people go and listen to music.
And some YouTube channels ran by individuals are starting to out perform major syndicated programming. There is tons of positive rap music being released all the time, you are just not going to see much of it on mainstream platforms. Take Hopsin — Fly for example. Tho he does cuss in his lyrics the message he is bringing is profound.
Oh and yes feel free to reference to my article in your presentation and thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. I hope this finds you well and am wishing you the best in all that you do! Much love and respect! Thanks a ton brother! Hey Eli, thanks for reaching out bro. I checked out your track as well and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing it with me. I have a lot of thoughts and feedback on it that will take a good bit of time on my part to break down and explain.
I hope this finds you well and hope you enjoy my music recommendations. Take care and talk to you soon! Cole, thank you for the great information. I am an older white guy, 63, and not generally a rap fan though I love many different genres of music and am a guitarist. They were active in the late 60s to the early 70s, I believe in New York city. God bless you in your endeavors, Jonathan. I actually had never heard of The Lost Poets before and just finished checking them out. Thanks for sharing them with me.
Do you have anything uploaded to the internet I could check out? God Bless you as well! Cole, thank you I appreciate the information it is really going to help towards a project and assignment in class. My pleasure Jose! Thanks for reading and commenting. Hey cole. Thank you so much for this website. I am in 5th grade but have been listening to rap music since I was a toddler.
I was inspired my brother and really recommend his music. Go to SoundCloud and search kingmoofasa and click on the first one. Please do listen, and again thanks an bunch! Hey Gretchen, my pleasure bro! Wow 5th grade? I started rapping when I was in 5th grade! Thanks for sharing your brothers music with me. I really enjoyed what I heard on soundcloud. Really good tunes! Tell him I said great job and to keep up the good work! Hey Cole i was wondering if u could give me some tips on how to become a better rapper.
So if u get this just shoot me a reply and lets have a little chat alright? Hey Ethan, thanks for reaching out. I rap as well and I love old school rap.
Wishing you the best on your next studio session! Thanks a lot! My pleasure Elizabeth! First of all, let me congratulate you because of such good article. It is so useful to know more about rap true origins!
According to Vanilla Ice, he was encouraged to lie by his record company to increase their profits. The Beastie Boys didn't lie about their middle-class and suburban upbringing, and managed to sell millions of records while maintaining the respect of the hip hop community. House of Pain, an Irish-American crew with members from Los Angeles and New York , were downright assertive about their ethnicity, including footage of a St.
Patrick's Day parade in the music video for their first hit single Jump Around and name-checking prominent Irish Americans in their lyrics. The most recent mainstream exception to the skin color trend in mainstream rap is Eminem , who is of mainly Scottish descent, and who grew up in the primarily black city of Detroit. Race, class, and ethnicity remain prominent themes in hip hop music in general, regardless of race. Emcee Lynx in particular is notable for addressing these issues from an explicitly anti-racist and anti-imperialist perspective in his music, while referencing his Scottish and Irish heritage as a point of pride.
Despite the fact that the majority of American rap artists in the mainstream are black, some statistics indicate that most hip hop record purchasers are white, reflecting demographics and economics. According to musicologist Arthur Kempton, "Today 70 percent of hip-hop is bought by white kids".
According to political rapper Zion of Zion I , socially conscious hip hop in particular has a majority white audience: " They want that thug shit. Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop music, Latin rap , and gangsta rap that embodies aspects of West Coast and Southwest Mexican American Chicano culture and is typically performed by American rap singers and musicians of Mexican descent. The first widely recognized Chicano rap artist was Kid Frost , whose debut album "Hispanic Causing Panic" driven by the hit single "La Raza" brought new attention to Chicano rappers in hip hop.
Cuban-American artist Mellow Man Ace was the first Latino artist to have a major bilingual single, which was attached to his debut. Mellow Man, referred to as the "Godfather of Latin Rap", brought mainstream attention to Spanglish rhyming with his platinum single "Mentirosa".
Cypress Hill , of which Mellow Man Ace was a member before going solo, is sometimes considered to produce Chicano rap due to their use of Spanish and popular Chicano slang, as well as the lead rapper's background of being part Mexican.
They were the first Latino rap group to reach platinum status, with Big Pun credited as the first Latino solo artist to reach platinum sales for an LP. One of the most widely recognized Chicano rappers today is Lil Rob of San Diego, whose single "Summer Nights" was considered a major crossover and received heavy rotation on radio station and video programs not directly related to Chicano rap music.
Many Chicano rappers have been heavily influenced by Mexican history, including many themes relevant to the Mexican and Chicano people living in the United States and Mexico.
Chicano rap is mainly enjoyed by hip hop listeners in the United States and has also established a cult fan base following in Japan, although its main audience consists of Hispanics or Latinos living on the West Coast, the Southwest, and the Midwest.
Its ability to reach large audiences without mainstream airplay or media promotion is due in part to nationwide lowrider car tours and their accompanying concerts headlined by Chicano rappers. This environment allows ChicanorRap artists to earn significant incomes through independent label releases while promoting directly to a target audience.
It is a form of music featuring rap lyrics over rock , hardcore punk and funk beats. Template:Seealso Almost all popular rappers identify themselves as heterosexual. A dislike for homosexuals is prevalent in hip hop culture, as is the use of the word " faggot. Throughout hip hop's history, new musical styles and genres have developed that contain rapping.
UK garage music has begun to focus increasingly on rappers in a new subgenre called grime , pioneered and popularized by the MC Dizzee Rascal. Increased popularity with the music has shown more UK rappers going to America as well as tour there, such as Sway DaSafo possibly signing with Akon 's label Konvict. Hyphy is the latest of these spin-offs. Template:Fact It is typified by slowed-down atonal vocals with instrumentals that borrow heavily from the rave scene and lyrics centered on illegal street racing and car culture.
Another Oakland, California group, Beltaine's Fire, has recently gained attention for their Celtic fusion sound which blends hip hop beats with Celtic melodies.
Unlike the majority of hip hop artists, all their music is performed live without samples, synths, or drum machines, drawing comparisons to The Roots and Rage Against the Machine.
Bhangra , a widely popular style of music from Punjab India has been mixed numerous times with reggae and hip hop music. In the 21st century, rap and hip hop are transcending cultural lines like never before. The YouTube phenomenon has made it relatively simple for any computer user around the world to find professionally produced rap in nearly any major spoken language, including Chinese , Mongolian , Hungarian , Haitian , Tamil , Amharic , Malagasy , Maori , and Persian rap, which has recently been targeted for censure by the Iranian government.
Nederhop is hip hop with Dutch rapping. The rap group Osdorp Posse from Amsterdam stood in the late 80s at the base of Dutch rap. When Rapper Def P, the frontman of Osdorp Posse , began translating idiomatic English lyrics with " ghetto " themes literally into Dutch, the term Nederhop was coined. As with early American hip hop, social and political issues figure strongly in much of French hip hop and the majority of performers come from the country's ethnic minorities, notably the Arab population.
Greek hip hop refers to hip hop music originating in Greece, either in Greek or English. The earliest Greek hip hop groups date back to , though native language albums did not appear until the mids. This differentiation caused a lot of tension among the Greek hip hop fans. Between and , there was a lot of conflict, relatively speaking. Things escalated from there when the battle rap era in Greece begun with the group ZN Living Dead started dissing Active Member and other hip hop groups.
As American hip hop lyrics became more widely violent, so did international hip hop lyrics, and Greece was no exception. Rapping about guns, drugs, violence and sex became the norm.
Hardcore Greek rap had swept the genre, and commercial hip hop followed suit. Commercial hip hop in Greece has become hugely successful, with acts like Imiskoumbria , Terror X Crew and Goin' Through blazing the trails. Imiskoumbria and Terror X Crew both were the first to have their records going gold.
Canadian Hip Hop started with a slow momentum in Toronto at the end of the s with MCs like Maestro dominating the scene mostly rapping about parties and girls. By the mids, rappers such as Kardinal Offishall , Choclair , and Saukrates as well as Rap groups like Rascalz created a buzz in Canada as Hip Hop's popularity suddenly rose. The beginning of the movement was marked by the lyrics of the song Northern Touch performed by a consortium of Canadian MCs, all lauching their careers; which really put Canadian Hip Hop on the map.
Content in songs are often related to life in the streets of Canadian urban centers like Toronto and Vancouver. Montreal also saw its version of francophone Hip Hop arise. Montreal also has an English rappers like Malicious and Bless of Platinumberg. The beats used are diverse but sometimes resemble East Coast Hip Hop. Most Canadian rappers frequently use metaphors and similes to get their message across and have versatile flows.
Unfortunately, Hip Hop artists from Canada are often unknown outside the country. Only a few rappers have made it to US markets. The UK scene has also gained international prominence, especially since their performance language, English, makes them more marketable to American audiences than their French counterparts.
The UK is fairly unique in having created its own genres of rapping in a highly original style. In the early s groups from Bristol such as Massive Attack pioneered trip-hop , a genre with slower beats and flows, creating a more 'chilled', soulful sound.
Meaning "to make a sharp noise" is late 14c. Of hands, "to beat together to get attention or express joy," from late 14c. Without specific mention of hands, "to applaud, to manifest approbation by striking the hands together," s.
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