Do you feel theres a difference?!
Question: Rap and Hip Hop...do you believe that hip hop is the culture and rap is the action? I just got done watching a documentary where camron insisted that Rap is down south music and hip hop is more up north. I have to write a paper on this subject and thought I'd ask. I believe that rap is the music and hip hops the life style, but thats just me....gimme yall opinions
Answers: Rap and Hip Hop...do you believe that hip hop is the culture and rap is the action? I just got done watching a documentary where camron insisted that Rap is down south music and hip hop is more up north. I have to write a paper on this subject and thought I'd ask. I believe that rap is the music and hip hops the life style, but thats just me....gimme yall opinions
listen to krs-one's "Hip Hop Lives" track. He says "Hip and Hop is more than music. Hip is the knowledge. Hop is the movement. Hip and Hop is intelligent movement." He also says in "Classic", "This is the difference between MCin and rapping. Rapper spit rhymes that are mostly lethal. MC spit rhymes to uplift their people. Peace, love, unity, having fun, these are the lyrics of KRS-One" Basically, he's saying Rappers are those "gangbangers" and only talk about shoot up n****s and how they sold their stuff and so on. He's also sayin that hip hop, is when a MC is spittin about things around them, like Pac. An MC also has fun wit wat their spittin and is creative about it. I think there is a big difference between Hip-hop and rap. i can't really define it but, i feel that rap is that new, revolutional stuff thats sellin ring tones and stuff u no? i feel that hip hop is where the rapper is spittin about changes, or things that bother them or other stuff u no? like for example, rappers:50, Cassidy, Hell Rell, J.R., Jim Jones, etc.
mcs: Nas, Common, Kanye, Talib, KRS, etc.
sry for rightin an essay for u but its real difficult to explain. but try to listen to some KRS-ONE tracks if u haven't already cuz he talks a lot about this stuff.
hip hop is the music, the life style, the culture alltogether..its kind of hard to put it in words, but i dont know what Cam'ron is talking about. Hip Hop is universal, so is rap
generally speaking, i do agree: hip hop is the culture, rap is the action
A lot of people think like Cam'rom but their wrong Hip-hop is the entire culture, rap is just rhyming over a beat. Pretty much what HNIC said.
Hip Hop is a culture that includes: music (reggae and rap) graffiti, clothing, DJing, etc.
Rap is just a branch of hip hop
Some people think they are the same thing... but they aren't
Hip hop is more of a mindset, if you wanna get into it. lol. Its the abandonment of societal validations and the formation of individual thought.
Rap is rhymin over a beat. i agree def.
What is Camron talking about? LOL! Hip hop & rap are different.
Hip-hop n., an American cultural movement composed of four main parts: breakdancing and graffiti art along with two more well-known aspects known as hip-hop music; they are rapping (emceeing) and DJ-ing.
Rap v., the act of saying rhymes to the actual beat of the music.
One is part of a whole. Rap is part of a larger entity we call hip-hop, which is a culture.
Different hip-hop styles:
Alternative: Often eclectic rap that deviates from the traditional hardcore, gangsta, pop and party rap. Artists: Outkast, The Roots, Common, Black Eyed Peas, Michael Franti.
Bass: A fast-paced dance floor sound frequently associated with Miami and Atlanta, where deep bass accompanies beats that travel at breakneck speeds. Artists: DJ Magic Mike, Luke.
Chopped & Screwed: According to allmusic.com, Houston's DJ Screw had an uncanny mixing style where his records were pitched down to a slow and lumbering pace. Artists who have employed this style: Lil Flip, David Banner.
Crunk: A frenetic, energy-driven type of style specifically engineered for the dance floor. Artists: Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Three 6 Mafia.
East Coast: Or more specifically northeast U.S. sound, the first nationally recognized hip-hop epi-center. Dense, aggressive break beats — a dominant repetitive drum beat — but also jazz-oriented dusty-grooves. Artists: Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas, Talib Kweli.
Gangsta: An edgy and often profane hip-hop style where the common element is the content: gritty street tales that portray a dim reality where the artist can be the subject or the observer. Artists: 2pac, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks.
G-Funk: A specific sound that employs P-funk, melodic synthesizers and slow and steady grooves. This style is most identified with the West Coast gangsta aesthetic of the mid-1990s. Artists: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Warren G.
Golden Age: A period in hip-hop between 1986 and 1993. Many argue that the best hip-hop albums were recorded during this era. Artists from that period: Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Slick Rick.
Hardcore: Both a description of the content and of the sonic quality, which often has a minimalist sound bed of a sample and hard drumbeat. Artists: Jadakiss, DMX, Lil' Kim
Old School: Hip-hop at the beginning, before it became such a mainstream commodity. Artists: Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, Run D.M.C., The Fat Boys.
Pop Rap: Hip-hop music specifically tailored to have a radio-friendly, crossover type of appeal. Artists: P. Diddy, Will Smith.
Southern: The most identifiable elements are ''bounce'' beats and deep bass-grooves that often are party-centered, or can be created in the tradition of Southern soul and blues. Artists: Ludacris, David Banner, Lil' Flip, T.I.
Trip-Hop: Down-tempo soul, funk and jazz over a breakbeat. It's also a dance-based techno music, but set to a hip-hop groove. Artists: DJ Shadow, tricky, Morcheeba, Portishead.
Underground: Purist, avante-garde hip-hop that strives to align itself with the sound's origins. The music tends to place an emphasis on lyricism and unconventional beats. Artists: Madlib, MF Doom, El-P, Jurassic 5.
West Coast: While it could be described as any hip-hop from this particular region, West Coast also can describe a sound: slow grooves, Parliament-Funkadelic samples and synthesizers. Artists: NWA, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg.
Hope I helped some with your homework. =0)
Hip-Hop to me is about clothes, shoes, DJing, Beatboxin, graffiti, MCing, Sending a message, brining people together through music.
Rap/Gansta Rap to me is about, selling drugs (trapping) robbing people, killing people, slapping hoes, having big rims on your low rider, bragging about what you own (cars, money etc..) how many girls you got on your dick etc..
They are both similar genres but rap is more focussed on the darker side of things. Most of the time these genres cross over but then you get someone like common who has a rapping rnb/hiphop style about him who just confuses people who try and label his music. Now your getting stuff like crunk and grime which is just a mashup of everything and i think its great.
what do i know? im just a white boi with a black heart ;p
I feel there is a big difference between rap and hip hop.People tend to mix the two togather but they are totally different just as in rock and heavy metal.Hip hop is not a lifestyle it has different bounce and tone to the song then rap.Rapping is not the action rhyming is the action.
Hip hop is its own category it has a faster tempo and beat to the song typically made for dancing.Hip hop is generally the beat that makes the song.Subject in the matter is not a factor as you can still have a heavy content but still be considered hip hop.Many people have confused the two due to the heavy amount of hip hop played on the radio,which this mistake is completely understandable since they both have the same origin.
Rap is more on the subject instead of the beat more like a poetry.Rap has more of a lyrical content as the listeners are more geared towards the lyrics.Rap has slowley been removed from the radio because it is cosidered to inrease violence in the governments opinion, this is why most cant hear the difference in the two.
Just think rock and heavy metal when you hear a band you cant automatically think one or the other you have to consider tempo beat lyrical content and what audience the band is trying to reach with this song.Hip hop is as much its own style as r&b as for what is the culture it would be either urban or plain and simply American as both were invinted here.