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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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