Hip hop:
Hip hop is the style of popular music of US Black and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic banking. Hip hop as a music and culture formed during the 1970 in the Bronx in New York city. Hip hop is the cultural movement best known for its impact on music in the form of the musical genre of the same name. The culture has gone from being a underground style to being a major style throughout the world and it has been commercialized and popularized especially in the United States. The four traditional pillars of hip hop are: DJing, rapping, breakdancing and graffiti art.
Rap:
Rap means saying rhymes to the beat of music. It’s one of the four major elements within the hip hop culture. Rap is generally not sung and lyrics are spoken against the back drop of the music. This music often consists of the beats and rhythms borrowed from the soul, funk or rock genres. Musicians typically remix these sounds and rhythms adding their own innovations and often synthesized musical elements. Often, however, musicians sing about a wide range of events and themes.
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| Basis | Hip hop | Rap |
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) |
A style of popular music of US black and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. | Strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention |
| Synonyms | Rap music, bhangra, strike, knock, backing, americanize | Bang, beat, smack, rebuke, pat |
| Word origin | The word hip hop was originated in 1980s: reduplication probably based on hip. | The word rap was originated from Middle English (originally in the senses ‘severe blow with a weapon’ and ‘deliver a heavy blow’): probably imitative and of Scandinavian origin; compare with Swedish rappa ‘beat, drub’, also with clap and flap. |
| Similarities | Hip hop is more like singing. | Rap is more like rhyming. |
| Includes | Hip hop includes rhythm and blues and beat boxing. | Rap is the combination of rhyming and poetry to a musical beat. |
| Express | Hip hop is used to express hope for the future and to remember the successes of the past. | Rap is the tool used to express current events and to tell the stories of people within the local community. |
| `Cultural origins | Originated from the Bronx projects of NY in the early 1980s, commonly associated with impoverished minority communities (African-Americans & Latinos) | Midwest USA, Southern USA, late 80s to early 90s |
| Elements | MCing, DJing, graffiti and breakdancing. Contains lifestyle trends such as clothing and slang. Also includes R&B and beatboxing. | Combination of rhyming and poetry to a musical beat. |
| Musical themes | Generally involves witty, poetic wordplay with assonance and rhyming stanzas. Deals with social matters such as wealth, drug use, promiscuity, poverty, luxury, politics, etc. | Generally involves witty, poetic wordplay with assonance and rhyming stanzas. Deals with social matters such as wealth, drug use, promiscuity, poverty, luxury, politics, etc. |
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| Stylistic origins | Originated from isolating the musical breaks in old funk/soul/jazz records that patrons of house parties could dance to and groundbreaking new poets could rhyme over | Ghetto aeras |
| Typical instruments | Mic, turntable, synthesizer, drums, bass | Mic, turntable, FL Studio/Ableton Live, Drums, Bass |
| Tone | Anywhere between fast-paced and swingin’ to slow and bangin’, mayne | Usually more serious |
| Popular artists | Wiz Khalifa, Mos Def, Kanye West, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Kid Cudi, Mac Miller, etc. | Eminem, 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. Tupac, DMX, Brother Ali, T.I, Tech N9ne, KRS-one, Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill, etc. |
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