By Callum Mitchell

Hip hop…

• is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.

• Hip-hop music focuses on rhythm rather than melody and harmony. It is characterised by:

• rapping• use of samples• use of programmed beats• DJing

Origins

• Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American youths.

• Hip hop music in its infancy has been described as an outlet and a "voice" for the marginalised youth of low-economic areas, as the culture reflected the social, economic and political realities of their lives

Origins cont• Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York in the 70s.

• Its vocal origins lie in the Jamaican 'toasting' tradition. Toasting is a cross between talking and rhythmic chanting which was originally practised by Jamaican MCs.

• Black DJs such as Grandmaster Flash and the Jamaican-born 'father of hip-hop' Kool Herc extended the instrumental sections (or 'breaks') from records by mixing between two identical copies of the same record.

• Some of the DJs (or MCs) rapped over the top of the breaks.

• Dancers would get up during the breaks and perform a highly gymnastic style of dance using head and back-spinning. They became known as breakdancers.

Well known hip hop artists

DrakeJay z

Chris brown

Nicki minaj

Examples

• drake

• nicki minaj ft chris brown