what's hip-hop music?

Answer 1

The Annoying type of music that makes you want to scream!

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Too many people have no idea of what they are talking about. Not just black people listen to hip-hop (it would not be as widespread if that were the case). If you like hip-hop, that does not mean you can not like classical, country, heavy metal or whatever other genre you are interested in also. I do think that in the last few years it has be corrupted (with the violence, sexist, "bling" mentality but so has almost everything else that the media portrays.

Answer 4

Hip hop music is a style of popular music. It is composed of two main elements: rapping (also known as MC'ing) and DJing; along with breakdancing and graffiti, these are the four components of hip hop, a cultural movement which began among African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s. The term rap is sometimes used synonymously with hip hop music, though it is also used to refer specifically to the practice of rapping, which is just one component of hip hop.

Answer 5

The term hip hop (also spelled "hip-hop" or "hiphop") refers both to a musical (see hip hop music) and cultural genre or movement (hip hop culture) that was developed by African Americans predominantly in urban communities over the last quarter-century.

Answer 6

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, these compose the four elements of hip hop, a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth, mostly African Americans[1] 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[2].

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, 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.

Answer 7

Hip - hop is a kind of entertainment, that people consider it as genre of music. It's something between music and bad quality poetry, with words refering to sex, viloence, how bad a guy is, etc. Tose who perform this kind of "music" (alongside rap) are considered as musicians something that offends me (as being a real musician) because they only write some words, they do not know any instruments, musical theory and harmony. I do no judje people who like it, because they just lack of general musival education, they cant undrestand what real music is (from Classicals to Heavy Metal). Just do not call hip-hop and rap MUSIC...

Answer 8

music from the 50s

Answer 9

a kind of music that's mixed with pop and r&b the kind of music black people listen to

Answer 10

Regenerated, sophomoric drivel.