HipHop 101, back to the basics- We are trying as much as possible to break it down to all newbies in the HipHop Culture.
I know most are aware about the codes, but i know most dont know what HipHop is.
Hip Hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated within a marginalized Subculture in South Bronx among black and Latino youth during the 1970s. It is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: Rap Music (oral), turntablelism or "DJing" , breaking (physical) and graffiti art(visual). Even while it continues in contemporary history to develop globally in a flourishing myriad of diverse styles, these foundational elements provide stability and coherence to the culture.The term is frequently used mistakenly to refer in a confining fashion to the mere practice of rap music.
HIPHOP CULTURE
What is Hip Hop Culture?
Too many people are unclear as to what Hip Hop Culture really is and tend to use the term frivolously. Hip Hop Culture is commonly recognized by its main elements: Graffiti, Djing, Breakdancing (B-boying), Mcing (Rapping), and Beatboxing. However, these elements are simply forms of art designed to express a deeper meaning. At its core, Hip Hop is so much more than mere art and entertainment. Hip Hop is the constantly evolving spirit and consciousness of urban youth that keeps recreating itself in a never-ending cycle. It is joy, sorrow, pleasure, pain, victory, defeat, anger, happiness, confusion, clarity, humor, intensity, dream, nightmare, life, death, and everything else in between.
It is the spirit that connects the past to the present and lays a path towards the future.
The spirit of Hip Hop is the same as Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Doo-wop, Be-bop, and a multitude of other
types of expressions, be it musical or otherwise, that African people throughout the Diaspora have given birth to and introduced to the world. That very spirit is what breathes life into a simple idea and transforms it into a living cultural movement. Hip Hop Culture cannot be assimilated, integrated, diluted, watered-down, sold for profit, or pimped. It will always exist, in this incarnation or another.
What the mainstream promotes as Hip Hop is only a commercial product misleading you into believing that it represents Hip Hop in its totality.
I know most are aware about the codes, but i know most dont know what HipHop is.
Hip Hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated within a marginalized Subculture in South Bronx among black and Latino youth during the 1970s. It is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: Rap Music (oral), turntablelism or "DJing" , breaking (physical) and graffiti art(visual). Even while it continues in contemporary history to develop globally in a flourishing myriad of diverse styles, these foundational elements provide stability and coherence to the culture.The term is frequently used mistakenly to refer in a confining fashion to the mere practice of rap music.
HIPHOP CULTURE
What is Hip Hop Culture?
Too many people are unclear as to what Hip Hop Culture really is and tend to use the term frivolously. Hip Hop Culture is commonly recognized by its main elements: Graffiti, Djing, Breakdancing (B-boying), Mcing (Rapping), and Beatboxing. However, these elements are simply forms of art designed to express a deeper meaning. At its core, Hip Hop is so much more than mere art and entertainment. Hip Hop is the constantly evolving spirit and consciousness of urban youth that keeps recreating itself in a never-ending cycle. It is joy, sorrow, pleasure, pain, victory, defeat, anger, happiness, confusion, clarity, humor, intensity, dream, nightmare, life, death, and everything else in between.
It is the spirit that connects the past to the present and lays a path towards the future.
The spirit of Hip Hop is the same as Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Doo-wop, Be-bop, and a multitude of other
types of expressions, be it musical or otherwise, that African people throughout the Diaspora have given birth to and introduced to the world. That very spirit is what breathes life into a simple idea and transforms it into a living cultural movement. Hip Hop Culture cannot be assimilated, integrated, diluted, watered-down, sold for profit, or pimped. It will always exist, in this incarnation or another.
What the mainstream promotes as Hip Hop is only a commercial product misleading you into believing that it represents Hip Hop in its totality.
