hip hop music

HISTORY ABOUT HIP HOP

INTRODUCTION;

Hip hop is the music gentre consisting of stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhymic and rhymic speech that chanted.

It developed as a part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by 4 keys stylistics elements

              

1. MCING/RAPPING 2.DJING/SCRACHING 3.BREAK DANCING 4.GRAFITTI WRITING

Other elements includes sampling (or synthesis) and beat boxing

While often used to refer rapping hip hop more properly denotes the practice of entire subculture

The term hip hop music is used synonymously with the term rap music.

 

ORIGIN OF THE TERM;

Creation of the term hip hop is often created to KEITH COWBOY….rapper with GRANDMASTER FLASH and the furious five.

What is the GRANDMASTER FLASH AND FURIOUS FIVE?

Furious five (kung fu panda) was influential American hip hop group formed in the south BRONX, of New York City in 1978,composed of one Dj (GRANDMASTER FLASH)

And 5 rappers (Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr Ness/Scorpio and Rahiem)

However the Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy and Dj Hollywood used the term when the music was still known as disco rap.

It is believed that Cowboy created the term while teasing a friend who had just joined the U.S army, by scat singing the word hip hop/ hip hop in the way that mimicked the rhymic cadence of soldiers marching.

Cowboy later worked the hip hop cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly used by other artist such as The Sugar hill Gang, Universal Zulu nation founder Africa Bambataa is created first to describe the subculture in which the music belonged, although it is also suggested that it was a derogatory term to describe the type of music.

The first use of the term in print was in the village voice
(Is the free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York that investigative articles, analysis of current affairs, culture arts and music ) by Steven hager later author of a 1984 history of hip hop.

1970’s

ORIGIN;

Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970’s when the block parties (is the large public party in which many members of a single neighbourhood congregate) become increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx

Block parties incorporated Djs who played popular genres of music especially funk and soul music.

Due to the positive reception djs began isolation the percussive breaks of popular songs.

This technique was when common in Jamaican dub music, and was largely introduced into New York by immigrants from JAMAICA and else where in the CARIBBEAN including DJ KOOL HERC, who is generally considered the father of HIP HOP, because the percussive break in funk, soul and disco records were generally short, Herc and other djs began using two turntables to extend the breaks.

Turn tablist techniques such as scratching (attributed to Grand wizard Theodore) ,beat mixing and/or matching and beat juggling eventually developed along with the breaks, creating a base that could be rapped over in a manner similar to signifying as well as the art of toasting another influence found in Jamaican dub music.

Hip hop music in its infancy has be described as an outlet and a voice for the disenfranchised youth of low economic areas as the culture reflected the social, economic and political realities of their lives.

INTRODUCTION OF RAPPING;

Rapping; also referred to as MCING or EMCEEING is a vocal style in which the artist speaks lyrically in rhyme and verse generally to an instrumental or synthesized beat

Hip hop predates the introduction of rapping into hip hop culture and rap vocals are absent from many hip hop tracks such as hip hop, be bop ( don’t stop) by man parrish , Chinese arithmetic  by Erick B and Rakim, “al naafiysh ( the soul)” and we ‘re rocking the planet” by hashim and  Destinstion earth by Newcleus.

The roots of rapping are found in African –American music and ultimately African music

Particularly that of the griots of West African culture. The African American traditions signifyin the dozens, and jazz poetry all influence hip hop music as well as the call and response patterns of African, African –American religious ceremonies.

Soul singer JAMES BROWN and musical comedy acts such as RUDY RAY MOORE and BLOWFLY are often considered as the godfather of hip hop music.

Dj Kool Herc and Coke la Rock provided an influence on the vocal style of rapping by delivering simple poetry verses over funk music breaks.

Often these were collaborations between former gangs such Africa bambataa’s universal Zulu nation now an international organization. Melle Mel a rapper with the Furious Five is often created with being the first rap lyricist to call himself ‘mcs’