History Of Hip Hop

From then on, it came back to life and had significant impact on the post civil rights era during the 1960s and 70s. Now Hip hop has became one of the most, if not the most popular genre of this era today. Hip hop was not only changed and molded from social issues, but also from the influence of other music and events over the years. First I’d like to say how hip hop has changed over the years due to events and the other music during its time and explain how and why hip hop has changed and gone in so many different directions. Hip hop really came to the scene when block parties in New York City became really popular during the 1970s.

In the 1970’s, he introduced the type of music into a style we know now as rap. He used turn tables and used other records to make longer segments. Soon deejays started to work with other rappers and talk in rhythmic sayings, this became to be known as hip hop. For years popular styles of club deejays like Herc, and Afrika Bambaataa, rapped originally in African American neighborhoods in New York. Rap hit the air on the mainstream for the first time in 1980, with well-known performers L.L Cool J, Run- D.M.C., Hammer, and Will Smith.

With the rise of rap, a sub-genre called gangsta rap was started. Many rappers went from talking about how they want the killing to stop to talking about them being the ones doing the killing. By the late 1990s, gangsta rap became more common. Many artists did as the records labels wished, to write lyrics that sell. Audiences became more ethnically and economically diverse.

For rap it was a young white group from New York, the Beastie Boys. Their release “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party! )” (1986) was one of the first two rap records to reach the Billboard top-ten. Another early rap song to reach the top ten, “Walk This Way” (1986), was a collaboration of Run-DMC and Aerosmith. Soon after 1986, the use of samples was influenced in the music of both black and white performers, changing past thoughts of what make up a “valid” song.

Unfortunately, it has more negatives because of the lyrics can be rather aggressive, the want for material gain, and encouraging misogynistic behaviors. Hip-hop has been positive, when a rapper such as T.I raps about a song it brings awareness to the community, it gets everyone talking and wanting to make a change. The Black Lives Movement going on he wrote a song called “We Will Not”. The meaning behind this song is to bring awareness, for police brutality and justice for African Americans. Hip-hop has become a platform for people to be able to

It had to go through stages to reach what it is now. In the mid-1980s, a new generation of rappers came into place. There was Run-D.M.C, a trio that mixed rap with hard rock, defining a new style of hip-hop. They also brought rap into the mainstream audience (Light & Tate, n.d, para.8). Hip-Hop

The South Bronx consists of parties, which displayed Hip Hop features. For that reason, DJ Kool Herc brought Hip Hop to the light through spinning records during a set, while, people were b-boying and creating art. Following this further, Hip Hop has strong roots in the South Bronx. In other words, Hip Hop originated from New York, where culture is mandatory, where fad and trends are normal. In conclusion, Hip Hop, originating in the South Bronx, overcame the trending phase, grew to be marvelous, and is still growing, until this

People were enthralled by cross country feuds between rap superstars; but just when it seemed like there was no space at the time for rap from anywhere but New York or California, the duo of Andre “3000” Benjamin and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, better known as Outkast single-handedly redefined rap music. Andre 3000 played an instrumental role in defining not just rap, but music as a whole in the 1990s and 2000s. His presence transitioned Southern rap from being viewed as nothing more than exciting, throw away party music to music that could be timeless an... ... middle of paper ... ...ing an album in over a decade new artists today commonly cite the group as an influence; the hyper lyricism, extraterrestrial themes, and experimental funk sound that helped define their music has been emulated by dozens of musicians today, ranging from Macklemore to Kendrick Lamar. Since 1994 Outkast’s music has been sampled by nearly 300 different artists. Without the emergence of Outkast, music today simply would not be what it is.

Despite the fact that commercialization began as rap first entered the mainstream, this was the first time its effects could actually be seen. A new group, known as N.W.A (N*ggaz Wit Attitudes), entered the scene and created a new sub style of the genre—gangsta rap—with their debut release Straight Outta Compton in 1988. The album, ev... ... middle of paper ... ...create beautiful rap songs with meaningful words will no longer realize their potential. It is clear that the commercialization of hip-hop has immensely changed the subject and purpose of the culture, especially in rap music. As the culture and musical genre developed the potential to exploit it economically became so obvious that the art forms were destined for this impending commercialization.

American rap has changed very much over time. A big reason for that was the work of Tupac and Eminem. Although Tupac isn’t around anymore, Eminem is still changing the rap game forever. In the early stages of rap, it was mainly popular to african americans and performed by african americans but since the emergence of Eminem, rap music is more popular to all races and is being performed by all races as well. Rap has changed very much over time and the similarities and differences between Tupac and Eminem had a great impact on the American rap industry and American culture.