What Hip Hop Is.....What Hip Hop Isnt?

Answer 1

What hip hop is? Well if you're talking about the music aspect of it, "hip hop music" and "rap music" mean virtually the same thing. However, some people associate the term "rap" with the more mainstream variety of the genre (which nowadays often includes R&B or pop elements) and reserve the term "hip hop" for the variety of the genre that stays closer to the roots of hip hop music (i.e. - speaking on social and/or political issues, storytelling, bragging about one's lyrical skills while roasting another MC, etc.).

But to be really specific, hip hop itself is a culture. Rap music or hip hop music (specifically, emceeing) is just one element of that culture. The other elements of the culture are graffiti, breakdancing (aka - breakin'), DJing (aka - turntablism) and a more recently added element, beatboxing.

What hip hop isn't? About 99% of that mess we hear on the the radio and see on TV. But hey, that's just my opinion.

Answer 2

What do you mean? Like what is hip hop, and what isn't hip hop? I'd say hip hop is most everything that comes on when you turn to MTV or pop radio.

Answer 3

Hip hop isnt music rappers isnt not musicians rap isnt great but rap IS CRAP add a c in front of rap and you have CRAP

Answer 4

the best music ever