The 1990's Hip Hop Subculture
Over the past 30 years hip hop has grown and influences many ages, genders and races. Often hip hop reflects on the outlook on their life. The hardships, violence, struggles, economic and political problems. African american music was heard at every corner in all time periods. The genre of hip hop profoundly the voice of america and influencing the nation.It all started around the same man known as DJ kool herc. Jamaican Born and raised in the bronx new york created the blueprint for hip hop music and culture. Based on the jamaican tradition of toasting, kool herc witnessed impromptu, boastful poetry and speech over music provided the base for MCing.
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1990’s Hip Hop experienced a lot of diversity in terms of style, dance and rapping. In the east coast nas,jay z and biggie were popular. In the west coast,snoop dogg, tupac, and dr.dre were popular. The group that represented the south was outkast. The introduction to fast rapping was presented by twista. It’s not too noticeable now, but in the 90s, west coast generally used funk samples while east coast generally used jazz samples. Just compare artists like Dr. Dre and DJ Quik to A Tribe Called Quest and …show more content…
A lot of hip hop artist were asked to promote food brands and sports brands and fashion. Like diddy and jay z. A lot of the lyrics were catchy and fun, the music made people dance which made the it really popular and mainstream.
Is hip hop dead now? Well starting in 2005 hip hop sales started to drop. Everything from merch from your favorite artist to album sales dropped. Why do you think? Time claimed hip hop was dead and Nas created and Album entitled “Hip Hop is Dead”
Nas said, “When I say 'hip-hop is dead', basically America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead ... Our way of thinking is dead, our commerce is dead. Everything in this society has been done. …..once hip-hoppers owned hip-hop ... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say”. The introduction new and alternative rap of the mid to late 2000’s and 2010’s changed hip hop to what we know it today and helped to increase
People understand through stories. For centuries stories have been shared as a way of …show more content…
1990’s Hip Hop experienced a lot of diversity in terms of style, dance and rapping. In the east coast nas,jay z and biggie were popular. In the west coast,snoop dogg, tupac, and dr.dre were popular. The group that represented the south was outkast. The introduction to fast rapping was presented by twista. It’s not too noticeable now, but in the 90s, west coast generally used funk samples while east coast generally used jazz samples. Just compare artists like Dr. Dre and DJ Quik to A Tribe Called Quest and …show more content…
A lot of hip hop artist were asked to promote food brands and sports brands and fashion. Like diddy and jay z. A lot of the lyrics were catchy and fun, the music made people dance which made the it really popular and mainstream.
Is hip hop dead now? Well starting in 2005 hip hop sales started to drop. Everything from merch from your favorite artist to album sales dropped. Why do you think? Time claimed hip hop was dead and Nas created and Album entitled “Hip Hop is Dead”
Nas said, “When I say 'hip-hop is dead', basically America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead ... Our way of thinking is dead, our commerce is dead. Everything in this society has been done. …..once hip-hoppers owned hip-hop ... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say”. The introduction new and alternative rap of the mid to late 2000’s and 2010’s changed hip hop to what we know it today and helped to increase