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    The Hip Hop Movement

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    that help create lanes to ghetto kids and was able to get out of the rumble in the Bronx. The Godfathers were innovators. The Kool Herc the creator has led the way how a DJ now spin a record‚ same as Grandmaster Flash with his scratching. Lastly with Afrika Bambaata‚ he was the one that gave purpose for people to do this art form. Able to represent it in a positive way. Teaching Kids to become leaders and guiding them in the right path. Also creating the biggest Hip-hop organization called the Zulu

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    Essay On Hip Hop

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    Hip hop is now a popular kind of music and is known and liked throughout the world. This kind of music goes back to the 1970s‚ at that time it was an underground urban development. It was born in south Bronx‚ New York. As the hip-hop movement began at society’s margins‚ its origins are shrouded in myth‚ enigma‚ and obfuscation. music that is mostly rap‚ a rhyming speech that is chanted along with some music. It consists of a stylized rhythmic. The usage of literary devices and a lot of lyrics along

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    In 1935‚ American commentator Walter Winchell coined the term "disc jockey" (the combination of "disc"‚ referring to the disc records‚ and "jockey"‚ which is an operator of a machine) as a description of radio announcer Martin Block‚ the first announcer to become a star. While his audience was awaiting developments in the Lindbergh kidnapping‚ Block played records and created the illusion that he was broadcasting from a ballroom‚ with the nation’s top dance bands performing live. The show‚ which

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    Hip Hop Music Analysis

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    More than a hundred years before the Hip Hop music raised in the USA‚ in Africa there were people that told stories rhyming only with the rhythm of drums‚ this kind of music indeed arrived to the new continent and it mixed with other rhythms; that was how the Hip Hop or Rap was born. For instance‚ the first Rap song was “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang‚ hearing this music is like hearing rhymes over a disco song notably being inspired in the hits from the beginning of the 80s. They were the

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    Hip Hop Influence

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    An immigrant from Jamaica who introduced the upbeat drums breaks of his home country to New York. Other Mentionable contributors to deejaying are Afrika Bambaataa‚ Grand Wizard Theodore‚ and Grandmaster Flash. Grandmaster Flash introduced new technique in deejaying called Needle Dropping‚ in which he would have two identical records playing but moving the needle back to the beginning of the record while

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    HH106

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    Hip Hop Music Music 106HH Spring 2011 Instructor : Glen Garrett Office : Cy 209 Credit : 3 Units Phone : ex3172 Day Fridays Email : glen.r.garrett@csun.edu Time : 2pm-4:45pm Office Hours : M&W 9am-10am Location : Cy 159 F 1pm-2pm Course Description: This course is a historical survey of Hip Hop culture and its ”Four Elements”. Particular emphasis will be placed on the music that accompanies

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    through slavery. The tribal chants would be known as “rapping”‚ which is a rhythmic use of speech or semi-sung lyrics. Later on‚ hip-hop would be known by African-American youths on streets and block parties. Busy Bee Starski‚ DJ Hollywood‚ and DJ Afrika Bambaataa are three New York artists who have been credited for creating the term “hip-hop”. (Reese). Rap music can be traced back to the Bronx in the 1970s where rap music was used by black youth to express themselves‚ along with graffiti‚ breakdancing

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    Beat Street

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    AA00218MN3 Beat Street is a 1984 drama film‚ following Wild Style in featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s; breakdancing‚ DJing‚ and graffiti. Set in the South Bronx‚ the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends‚ all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip-hop culture. Kenny Kirkland (Guy Davis) is a budding disc jockey and MC‚ and his younger brother Lee (Robert Taylor) is a hardcore b-boy who dances with Beat Street Breakers (the

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    History of Rap Music

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    Rap music is truly an American minority artist creation of which students need to be proud. Unfortunately‚ rap music is not perceived by many Americans as an art form‚ but as a fad which they hope will soon fade away. One of my intentions with my unit is to show that rap music is not a fad‚ but a musical art form that has been around for over 20 years in the United States. In fact‚ one can trace the history of rap back to the West African professional singers/storytellers known as Griots. However

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    The history of Hip-Hop

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    Music has been around since the beginning of civilization. Music was used to tell myths‚ religous stories and even warrior tales. Since the beginning of civilization music has greatly progressed. Music still tells a story‚ now we just have many genres to fulfill the cultural and social tastes of our modern day society. Hip-hop is a genre of music that has significantly grown the last couple of decades. It’s increased popularity has brought it to the forefront of globalization. Since hip-hop has come

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