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By Laurent Tran
Presentation Outline
• Music as a subset of a larger Hip Hop culture;• Historical overview of Hip Hop
music;• Very brief look into native Hip Hop;• Pop-quiz (do you know your Hip
Hop?);• Concluding thoughts.
Varying Elements
Of
Culture
• Artistic culture emerged in 1970s in New York;
• Various pillars of Hip Hop culture:-MCing;-Djing;-B-boying;-Graffiti;-Beatboxing, etc.
Hip Hop Culture
• African and African-American roots;• Emerged in New York in 1970s &
80s;• Jamaican influences (e.g. DJ Kool
Herc);
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
• DJ Kool Herc’s technique evolves into “turntablism”;
• MCing (aka rap) emerges, incorporating African-American dozens;
• Term “Hip Hop” spreads (e.g. Sugarhill Gang, 1979);
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
• From “Old School” to “New School”;• Golden age Hip Hop;
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
• From “Old School” to “New School”;• Golden age Hip Hop;• Hip-Hop as a worldwide phenomenon
(& billion-dollar industry);
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
• From “Old School” to “New School”;• Golden age Hip Hop;• Hip-Hop as a worldwide phenomenon
(& billion-dollar industry);• Great number of subgenres & derived
styles sprout from Hip Hop;
• Nu metal• Political hip hop• Ragga• Reggaeton• Rap opera• Rap rock– Rapcore– Rap metal
• Alternative hip hop
• Christian hip hop
• Conscious hip hop
• Country-rap• Crunk• Crunkcore• Freestyle
music• Freestyle rap• Funk carioca• G-Funk• Gangsta rap• Hardcore hip
hop
• Horrorcore• Hyphy• Industrial hip
hop• Instrumental
hip hop• Jazz rap• Lyrical hip
hop• Mafioso rap• Nerdcore hip
hop• New jack
swing
Hip Hop Music – Historical Overview
• From “Old School” to “New School”;• Golden age Hip Hop;• Hip-Hop as a worldwide phenomenon
(& billion-dollar industry);• Great number of subgenres & derived
styles sprout from Hip Hop;• Impact on Africa & Carribean.
• Grandmaster Mele Mel, native roots in Hip Hop;• First Nations youth active in Hip Hop
culture;• Primarily underground music scene;• Presence in Canadian Hip Hop:–War Party–Reddnation
• www.nativehiphop.net
Native Hip Hop
Native Hip Hop
• What are the four main pillars of Hip Hop?a) MCing, Beatboxing, Hustling, Djing.b) Djing, Breakdancing, Beatboxing, Graffiti.c) Breakdancing, MCing, Graffiti, Djing.d) Graffiti, Mcing, Swagger, Djing.
Hip Hop Quiz
• What are the four main pillars of Hip Hop?
c) Breakdancing, MCing, Graffiti, Djing.
Hip Hop Quiz
• What is the best-selling rap album of all time?a) 2Pac: Greatest Hitsb) Eminem: The Eminem Showc) MC Hammer: Please Hammer Don't Hurt ‘Emd) Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Hip Hop Quiz
• What is the best-selling rap album of all time?
d) Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below*Over 5.5 million copies sold. However, due to the fact that it was a double LP, the total sales came in at over 11 million copies and reached Diamond certification by going 11 times platinum.
Hip Hop Quiz
• Where was Hip Hop born?a) Queens.b) Manhattanc) Bronxd) Brooklyn
Hip Hop Quiz
• Where was Hip Hop born?
c) Bronx
Hip Hop Quiz
• Who is the following quote attributed to?
"The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. Theway they can communicate a complex message in a very shortspace is remarkable.“
a) Barack Obamab) MC Hammerc) Jay-Zd) Diddy
Hip Hop Quiz
• Who is the following quote attributed to?
"The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. Theway they can communicate a complex message in a very shortspace is remarkable.“
a) Barack Obama
Hip Hop Quiz
• This presentation was quite limited; there is much more which could be said on Hip Hop.
• Many themes from the course can be identified in Hip Hop music:–Migration/Cross-fertilization;–Adaptation/innovation;–Commercialization, etc.
Concluding Thoughts…
• Dead Prez “Hip Hop”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jNyr6BJZuI
• DJ Kool Herc “Merry Go Round”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4af1Knv-Q
• Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9RUmpR-KM&feature=fvsr
• Europe Diversidad Rap: http://www.youtube.com/user/DiversidadExperience#p/u/18/oQPG_aR6eyw
• War Party “All for One”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea1gGbtRfVQ
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