HIP-HOP & RAP
Time Frame:
Hip-hop started in the late 60’s/early 70’s, but since then has become the most widely accepted form of popular music. In the 90’s, gangsta rap was born and changed old school rap into what is now modern, mainstream rap.
Description:
Hip-hop began in South Bronx, NYC, as a way of DJ’s of disco and funk music to keep their audiences entertained. Old school rap was identifiable by the vocal commentary by the DJ, along with break beats and turntable scratching. In the 90’s, gangsta rap was born and thrust into the mainstream. Gangsta raps lyrics generally promote violence, promiscuity, and drug use. Most of modern rap today falls in the gangsta rap genre.
Roots:
Hip-hop and rap’s roots come directly from R&B, funk, and disco along with Jamaican dancehall toasting. These styles fused together to form early hip-hop in the late 60’s.
Subgenres:
Crunk
Gangsta
Nerdcore
Old School
Pop rap
G-Funk
Ragga
Hip House
MC-ing
Rhyme-spitting
Influential Artists:
60’s:
DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell)
James Brown
Zulu Nation
70’s:
DJ Grand Wizard
Theodore
The Rock Steady Crew
The Furious 5
Cold Crush Four
Sugarhill Gang
80’s:
Kurtis Blow
The Funky Four
plus One More
The Beastie Boys
Ice T
Run DMC
LL Cool
J
Salt ‘n’ Pepa
The Geto Boys
Public Enemy
A Tribe Called Quest
Dr. Dre
90’s- Present:
2 Pac
N.W.A.
Busta Rhymes
Cypress Hill
Notorious B.I.G.
Wu Tang Clan
Nas
Common
The Fugees
Jay-Z
Snoop Dogg
Missy Misdemeanor Elliot
Lauryn Hill
Eminem
Atmosphere
P. Diddy
The Roots
G-Unit
D-12