Hip Hop music has its roots in the black funk and soul music of the 70's. Rap originated from the R&B tradition of which is complemented by the sampling and scratching which began in black ghettos of the United States. Hip Hop refers to not only a musical genre, but also the youth culture characterized by elements of rap (MCing), DJing, breakdancing, graffiti writing and beatboxing.
From 2005, when Eminem retreated to a creative break the dominance of the Detroit scene took off rapidly and crossover musicians such as Kanye West and Gnarls Barkley experienced great success. The race for sales in the autumn of 2007 between West's album Graduation and 50 Cent's ' Curtis was intense. Graduation proved that innovative rap music can be just as commercially successful as gangsta rap.
This was confirmed by top chart positions by artists such as K'naan, Kid Cudi, Drake or Nicki Minaj in the following years. Since the early 1990s, Hip Hop had spread internationally. Typical styles of each country have emerged, but overall the performers from the United States remain dominant. In Europe, Hip Hop was already falling on fertile ground around the 80s, in places such as Paris and Marseille. There also exist Hip Hop scenes in other countries (e. G, Germany, Poland, Belgium).
In 1970, the album by the Last Poets whose political rap was influenced by the language of Malcolm X and the poet Amiri Baraka was unleashed onto the market; they are generally regarded as the fathers of rap music. The actual rapping developed regardless of MCs. The pioneers of Mcing were the deejays from Jamaica.
A possible origin of the term Hip Hop could be from a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Cowboy, who allegedly used for the first time the term Hip Hop while teasing a friend who had just joined the U. S. Army. In fact, he used a onomatopoeia consisting the words "hip / hop / hip / hop" in a jerky way to mimic the rhythmic cadence of military marches performed by soldiers. But, these are only legends and stories.
The genre fits both continuity and rupture with black American music. It continuous manifestation as a distant descendant of complaints about the living conditions of African Americans in the Bronx, the tradition of improvisation appeared with ragtime and jazz, and musical dialogues (call and response).
Musically, it was in the second half of the 1990s that major innovations really happened. The beats became more complex, you could hear the influence of styles such as reggae and dancehall (raggamuffin Hip Hop), but also the old-school hip-hop and electro funk from the 80s. In addition, the style of Hip Hop continued to grow along with soul and R & B right through to the early 2000s, the influence again reached the normal pop music. Significant albums include Wyclef Jean (The Carnival, 1997) and Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998).
Although officially, neither the west or east coast had triumphed. The Hip Hop market was dominated by the presence of gangsta rappers of the West Coast, and their successors. Since the turn of the millennium, however, the dominance of West Coast rappers has fallen. In recent years, however, Detroit has drawn attention to itself. For the most part, the most famous representative is Eminem, the careers of other artists such as D12, G Unit, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, or 50 cents also enjoyed the limelight. Eminem was discovered by Dr. Dre, who now operates a branch in New York with Aftermath Records. Although this music in now mainstream, it took a series of underground Hip Hop producers to innovate and bring this music to popular prominence.
From 2005, when Eminem retreated to a creative break the dominance of the Detroit scene took off rapidly and crossover musicians such as Kanye West and Gnarls Barkley experienced great success. The race for sales in the autumn of 2007 between West's album Graduation and 50 Cent's ' Curtis was intense. Graduation proved that innovative rap music can be just as commercially successful as gangsta rap.
This was confirmed by top chart positions by artists such as K'naan, Kid Cudi, Drake or Nicki Minaj in the following years. Since the early 1990s, Hip Hop had spread internationally. Typical styles of each country have emerged, but overall the performers from the United States remain dominant. In Europe, Hip Hop was already falling on fertile ground around the 80s, in places such as Paris and Marseille. There also exist Hip Hop scenes in other countries (e. G, Germany, Poland, Belgium).
In 1970, the album by the Last Poets whose political rap was influenced by the language of Malcolm X and the poet Amiri Baraka was unleashed onto the market; they are generally regarded as the fathers of rap music. The actual rapping developed regardless of MCs. The pioneers of Mcing were the deejays from Jamaica.
A possible origin of the term Hip Hop could be from a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Cowboy, who allegedly used for the first time the term Hip Hop while teasing a friend who had just joined the U. S. Army. In fact, he used a onomatopoeia consisting the words "hip / hop / hip / hop" in a jerky way to mimic the rhythmic cadence of military marches performed by soldiers. But, these are only legends and stories.
The genre fits both continuity and rupture with black American music. It continuous manifestation as a distant descendant of complaints about the living conditions of African Americans in the Bronx, the tradition of improvisation appeared with ragtime and jazz, and musical dialogues (call and response).
Musically, it was in the second half of the 1990s that major innovations really happened. The beats became more complex, you could hear the influence of styles such as reggae and dancehall (raggamuffin Hip Hop), but also the old-school hip-hop and electro funk from the 80s. In addition, the style of Hip Hop continued to grow along with soul and R & B right through to the early 2000s, the influence again reached the normal pop music. Significant albums include Wyclef Jean (The Carnival, 1997) and Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998).
Although officially, neither the west or east coast had triumphed. The Hip Hop market was dominated by the presence of gangsta rappers of the West Coast, and their successors. Since the turn of the millennium, however, the dominance of West Coast rappers has fallen. In recent years, however, Detroit has drawn attention to itself. For the most part, the most famous representative is Eminem, the careers of other artists such as D12, G Unit, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, or 50 cents also enjoyed the limelight. Eminem was discovered by Dr. Dre, who now operates a branch in New York with Aftermath Records. Although this music in now mainstream, it took a series of underground Hip Hop producers to innovate and bring this music to popular prominence.
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