Hip-Hop/Rap

By Sarah Ngoy-Mauwa

 Hip-hop is a music genre formed in the United

States.
It began in the South Bronx in New York City
and developed in the 1970s

Origin

 According to one explanation, the term (hip-hop) hip that

means "trendy" or "fashionable" with the leaping
movement hop.
Its main elements that make up hip-hop are DJing (disc
jocking), street dance, graffti (street art), and of course
rapping (also known as MCing)

Name background/focuses

70s
Quincy Jones
Prince
James bobby brown
The Sequence
90s
2Pac
B.I.G
DMX
Missy Eliot

10s
Kendrick Lamar
Drake
Nicki Minaj
J Cole

80s
N.W.A.
Queen Latifah
MC Hammer
P Diddy

00s
Eminem
50 Cent
TI
Mariah Carey

Groups
Outcast
A Tribe Called Quest
The black eyed peas
Travis Porter

Artist 70s-10s

 The BET (black entertainment television) Hip Hop

Awards are held once a year, airing on BET; showcasing
hip hop performers, producers and music video directors.

Awards

 The history of hip-hop spreads out in every direction. It

dates all the way back to the 1920s when the earliest form
of hip-hop dance was created. It includes the Jamaican
dancehall toasting era of the 50s and 60s. It spreads to the
Last Poets and Muhammad Ali and Gil Scott-Heron, who
said there poems over beats. It works all the way forward
to modern day poets like Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and
The Notorious B.I.G.

Population

Fashion

The song I have chosen is; Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
SuperRappin'.
This song is performed by a group but mainly by lead singer Melle Mel lead
singer and main rapper of group, The Furious Five but the Grandmaster is a DJ
that features in most of their music so when listening to then track youre able
to hear two very similar different tracks being mixed together over what was
already put out by the The Furious Five.
This group released their single in 1979.
The sub-genre of this track is DJIng. DJing was one of the main elements of
Hip-Hop. DJ stands disc jockeying when a person who introduces and plays
recorded popular music, especially on radio or at a club to be danced to
(usually street dance)

https://youtu.be/Jk_VcnBO7xE

Hip-hop music 70s

The songs I have chosen are 1. N.W.AStaright Outta Compton

This song is performed by a gang called N.W.A a group made up of mostly rappers.
This song was released in 1988.
The sub-genre of this track is West Coast Hip-Hop.
West Coast Hip-Hop is a subgenre that involves any artists or music that originates in the West Coast
region of North America. Usually in the tracks either the words west coast are said or a hand sign
shaped W is shown in the music video.
The song I have chosen is 2. RUN-DMC - Sucker MC's
This song is performed by a group called RUN-DMC also made up of rappers.
This song was released in 1984
The sub-genre of this track is East Coast Hip-Hop.
East Coast Hip-Hop is a subgenre that involves any artists or music that originates in the East Coast
region of North America. Usually in the tracks either the words East coast are said or a hand sign
shaped E is shown in the music video.
The East CoastWest Coast hip hop conflict was a argument between artists and fans of the East Coast
hip hop and West Coast hip hop sections in the US, especially from 1994-1997. Triggers of the feud
were East Coast-based rapper The Notorious B.I.G and West Coast-based rapper Tupac Shakur, who
were both fatally shot following drive by shootings by unknown assailants in 1997 and 1996.

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2.

https://youtu.be/TMZi25Pq3T8
https://youtu.be/iOKMWSR2Aio

Hip-hop music 80s

1. The song I have chosen is: Sir Mix A Lot - Baby Got Back
This song is performed by a rapper Anthony Ray known for his stage name as
Sir Mix A Lot
This song was released in 1992
2. The song I have chosen is: Wreckx-n-effect - Rumpshaker
This song is performed by a group for Wreckx-n-effect. Thr song was produces
by Edward Theodore also known as his stage name Teddy Riley
This song way released in 1992
The sub-genre of this track is dirty rap
Dirty rap is a sub-genre that contains lyrical content based mainly around
sexually expressive subjects.
Usually when listening to dirty rap music, you can tell its dirty rap because the
lyrics are explicit and use other words to refer to sexual content. For example
the word pussy which usually means the word vagina.

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2.

https://youtu.be/_JphDdGV2TU
https://youtu.be/iKKONgfNONU

Hip-hop music 90s

1. The song I have chosen is: Nelly - Hot In Herre

This song is performed by Cornell Haynes know by his stage name Nelly.
This song was released in 2002.
2. The song I have chosen is: Soulja Boy - kiss thru the phone
This song is performed by DeAndre Cortez known by his stage name Soulja
Boy. This track is featured by Sammie who is an American R&B singer.
This track was released 2008
The sub-genre of this track is pop rap.
Pop rap, also known as hip-pop, is a genre of music combining the rhythmbased lyricism of hip hop music with pop music's preference for melodic vocals
and catchy tunes. So its very similar to pop music but falls under hip-hop.
Usually when listening to pop rap, the lyrics are often light-hearted, with
choruses similar to those heard in pop music.

1. https://youtu.be/GeZZr_p6vB8
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Fbo4kU2AU

Hip-hop music 00s

The song I have chosen is: Tyga - Rack City

This song is performed by rapper Micheal Stevenson known by his
stage name Tyga
The sub-genre of this track is Miami bass
Miami bass is a sub-genre is a subgenre of hip hop music that became
popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the
electro-funk sound of the early 1980s.
Usually you can hear the use of the Roland TR-808 sustained kick
drum, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexually explicit lyrical
content differentiate it from other hip hop subgenres.

https://youtu.be/AE3yia1AJeQ

Hip-hop music 10s