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What is rap music?

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Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music which came into existence in roughly the mid '70s but became a large part of modern day pop culture in the late '80s. It consists of two main components: rapping (MCing) and DJing (audio mixing and scratching). Along with breakdancing and graffiti (tagging), these compose the four elements of hip hop, a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth, mostly African Americans in New York City, in the early 1970s. In 2006, rap music was the second-most popular form of music in the United States after Classical Music. Typically, hip hop music consists of one or more rappers who tell semi-autobiographic tales, often relating to a fictionalized counterpart, in an intensely rhythmic lyrical form making abundant use of techniques like assonance, alliteration, and rhyme. The rapper is accompanied by an instrumental track, usually referred to as a "beat", performed by a DJ, created by a producer, or one or more instrumentalists. This beat is often created using a sample of the percussion break of another song, usually a funk or soul recording. In addition to the beat other sounds are often sampled, synthesized, or performed. Sometimes a track can be instrumental, as a showcase of the skills of the DJ or producer. Hip hop began in The Bronx, located in New York City, when DJs began isolating the percussion break from funk and disco songs. The early role of the MC was to introduce the DJ and the music and to keep the audience excited. MCs began by speaking between songs, giving exhortations to dance, greetings to audience members, jokes and anecdotes. Eventually this practice became more stylized and became known as rapping. By 1979 hip hop had become a commercially popular music genre and began to enter the American mainstream. In the 1990s, a form of hip hop called gangsta rap became a major part of American music, causing significant controversy over lyrics which were perceived as promoting violence, terrorism , promiscuity, drug use and misogyny. Nevertheless, by the beginning of the 2000s, hip hop was a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world. Raps origins are extremely controversial. Its safe to say, however, that it originated in New York, in the early to mid '70s, and was inspired by African American styles of music, among other things.
the hip hop have dance by rap music cause the other people like the rap music. they might like the hard dance by hip hop dance.

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A genre in music. It's different than most other genres as it doesn't have much singing as much as it has spoken word poetry flows, and rhythmic speaking. Rap music can vary from artist to artist depending on what style they are accustomed to, and sometimes rap can have influences from other genres, such as pop, rock, country, and even classical.

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13y ago

Hip-Hop Is All About LIFE !

Thas What It Is To Me .

MUSIC IS LIFE

Niqquh You Aint Ever Heard That ?

Well Any Type Of Music Is About Life

What I Mean About Life Is ANYTHING !

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Random by Deane Sequeira

some that i think are really good are

-bartender by akon and t pain

-lolli lolli by 36 mafia

-kiss me thru the phone by souja boy

-smack that by akon

ther are lots more but htat is some songs that are good hip hop songs

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13y ago

rap and hip hop are song that has a speacial type of beat by. nana

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Hip hop originated within the South Bronx and Harlem in New York City among black and Latino youth in the 1970s. It continues to develop a myriad of diverse styles throughout the years.

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Yes. Hip-Hop is a music genre.

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Yes it is and here a great example example of a great hip hop song

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Hip Hop is a mix of Pop and Rap

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