A group of young adults in vibrant colored sweats hop, skip, and jump their way into the subway, searching for the right spot.
They find a deserted corner where the walls are covered in graffiti. One can no longer tell what the spray-painted messages say; they have been painted over many times. One member of the group sets up turntables and drops a beat. He freestyles to the rhythm as the rest of the clan begins to pop, lock, and break dance on top of a large piece of cardboard.
This is hip-hop. It is too complex to understand by definition only. You have to see it to understand it. You have to live it to appreciate it and love it.
Hip-hop’s roots stretch from West Africa to Jamaica and it soaks up inspiration from soul and rock and roll and anything else it can get its hands on. It takes the vibes and grooves it gains from the world and synthesizes it into the four elements of emceeing/rapping, DJ-ing, break dancing, and graffiti art.
Hip-hop started in the streets and subways of The Bronx, but it has since spread across the world. It became more than just about the music. It was a lifestyle, a way of getting up in the morning and getting dressed. It became a way of looking at the world, a way of responding to the stimuli around you. Indeed, for many, hip-hop is the fire, air, water, and earth that they stand on.
The genre was having its birth pangs decades before it emerged on the streets of New York in the 1970s. James Brown danced to beats that breakdancers, or b-boys, would soon break dance to. Mohammed Ali’s chant before his legendary fight with Sonny Liston was reminiscent of the future rhymes that emcees would place over driving drum beats. In fact, hip-hop’s origins stretch all the way back to West African traditions of storytelling which was characterized by chanting and rhythmic drumming.
It could be said that hip-hop was finally born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, as this is when and where Clive Campbell (“Kool Herc”) was born. Campbell would later become the father of hip-hop. Campbell migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and deejayed for the first time at his sister’s birthday party in 1973.
Afterward, hip-hop pioneers such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash joined the movement. As deejays and emcees continued to pop up all over the streets of New York, the term “hip-hop” was coined, giving a name to the phenomenon. Other pioneers of the genre included Sugar Hill Gang, whose classic song “Rapper’s Delight" is still popular, and Run DMC, who was instrumental in getting the movement going.
They find a deserted corner where the walls are covered in graffiti. One can no longer tell what the spray-painted messages say; they have been painted over many times. One member of the group sets up turntables and drops a beat. He freestyles to the rhythm as the rest of the clan begins to pop, lock, and break dance on top of a large piece of cardboard.
This is hip-hop. It is too complex to understand by definition only. You have to see it to understand it. You have to live it to appreciate it and love it.
Hip-hop’s roots stretch from West Africa to Jamaica and it soaks up inspiration from soul and rock and roll and anything else it can get its hands on. It takes the vibes and grooves it gains from the world and synthesizes it into the four elements of emceeing/rapping, DJ-ing, break dancing, and graffiti art.
Hip-hop started in the streets and subways of The Bronx, but it has since spread across the world. It became more than just about the music. It was a lifestyle, a way of getting up in the morning and getting dressed. It became a way of looking at the world, a way of responding to the stimuli around you. Indeed, for many, hip-hop is the fire, air, water, and earth that they stand on.
The genre was having its birth pangs decades before it emerged on the streets of New York in the 1970s. James Brown danced to beats that breakdancers, or b-boys, would soon break dance to. Mohammed Ali’s chant before his legendary fight with Sonny Liston was reminiscent of the future rhymes that emcees would place over driving drum beats. In fact, hip-hop’s origins stretch all the way back to West African traditions of storytelling which was characterized by chanting and rhythmic drumming.
It could be said that hip-hop was finally born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, as this is when and where Clive Campbell (“Kool Herc”) was born. Campbell would later become the father of hip-hop. Campbell migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and deejayed for the first time at his sister’s birthday party in 1973.
Afterward, hip-hop pioneers such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash joined the movement. As deejays and emcees continued to pop up all over the streets of New York, the term “hip-hop” was coined, giving a name to the phenomenon. Other pioneers of the genre included Sugar Hill Gang, whose classic song “Rapper’s Delight" is still popular, and Run DMC, who was instrumental in getting the movement going.
This is just the beginning, Cos Africa Got it All...there is more to come on this raving culture HIP hOP Hurray!!!
...NaijaBoy
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