Hip hop music

Back in junior high school, I fell so much in love with hip hop music, which was frequently played on our local radio that I got inspired and began to form my own melodies and rhymes. With my new found love in hip-hop, I used to have a notebook, where I wrote down lyrics of popular hip-hop songs I listened to. I involved myself into various talent shows where I performed original music. With my growing interest and the favorable response I received from performing the original melodies and rhymes I wrote, I took it upon myself to pursue music as a career. Thus, I kept on writing songs with every little chance I got. With my lyrics ready, I found it difficult to get original instrumentals to work on, as most instrumentals I found online were…

Hip hop is a very popular type of music. The music was so vast that it has developed its own culture! It has developed a lot over the years. The story started on August 11, 1973 on 1520, Sedgwick Avenue. DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back- to- school party. He tried something new on his turntable- he extended the instrumental beat (breaking) to let people dance longer (break dancing) and began rapping during the extended break dancing. This had never been…

What was the original purpose of Hip-hop music? The original purpose of Hip-hop music was to dance at get-togethers and other occasions like birthday parties or dances. It all first started on August 11,1973, DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party. He tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat to let people dance longer because he began to take notice that people got up on the part they like to dance on. Then he began…

Hip hop music has been around for 30 years now, and during this time there have been many artists to produce amazing songs. But, some of those songs have stuck in our minds and still make us get up and dance and sing along when we hear them. We salute those who have given us musical talent so remarkable to make us melt when we hear their song. The top 8 hip hop songs ever are (in no particular order): 1. 'It was a good Day' -Ice Cube From the beat to the lyrics this is that feel good song…

under music specifically hip-hop music, and the topic I would like to discuss beneath that subject is widespread misogyny in hip-hop culture, positive and negative of hip-hop and its influence on today's’ youth. • Main focus on Treatment of women, representatives of violence, integration, abandonment, alienation, self-hatred. Audience. This paper is aimed at all ages because of the varied fan base of this music type. however, the primary audience of this paper would likely be young…

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music. It is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic of rhythm and blues (R&B). Hip Hop developed as part of culture and subculture defined by four key stylists elements: Mcing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing. It is often used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" that denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Even though hip hop is…

Rap/Hip hop music is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic, and rhyming speech that is chanted. Rap/Hip-Hop music as we know it today, actually began thousands of years ago in Africa with the “griots”. Griots were village story tellers who played a simple handmade instrument while they told stories of family, village, and hunting events. The griot still is a major form of communication in…

world of hip-hop music, a vast majority of artists customarily gravitate to forms of expression that center around the objectification and degradation of women. According to Tia Tyree and Michelle Jones, “many have characterized the entire genre as negative” (Tia Tyree & Michelle Jones 54). The substantial presence and rampant usage of misogynistic themes is so evident, the disparaging criticism that hip-hop music receives is perfectly understandable. Negatively labeling the entire genre of…

Teens in the Bronx needed a way to express themselves and invented a new way to do it. Hip-Hop music is a great medium to express yourself in a fun way. There was a wreckless genre of music that was growing in the Bronx, now it is one of the most changed and defined genre in the world. Teens in the Bronx wanted a way to show they felt. So they took elements from other genres of music and made something new. The new medium was heard around the world and was named Hip-Hop music. Often looked down…

Hip Hop or also called Rap music, is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping; a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. Hip hop has changed in ways making people believe that it is dead and needs resurrection. From young groups like NWA and solo artists like Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G to Young Money and J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. The evolution in hip hop such as topics, tones, and the desire for…