Hip Hop Music and the four core elements

Hip Hop is also known as rap music or hip hop music which is also a music genre that consisted of four key elements Mcing , Break dancing , DJing ,rapping and beat boxing

keith cowboy is one person that is said to coin the term hip hop as he teased a friend in the army who when walking would hip hop as they march which created a rhythm

Hip hop is also about rhythm because when you hear a beat you just cant literally stop dancing especially when your in your own zone and the beat of the music just makes you dance lol .
Rapping is basically a rhyme that is spoken lyrically to a beat which may consist of 8 bars-16bars and so on
rapping is a way of communicating poetry to a vocal style
DJ kool herc is an Mc that introduced rap first as he would rap a simple poetry to funk music


Break dancing is style of dancing that consists of movement to a beat Dj herc coined this term and recognised that people would wait for a beat in a section of a song or rap and would start to break out into a dance infront of an audience and bust some moves. break dancing today has become very entertaining in the tv industry as hip hop dancing keeps people thrilled and entertained to see the latest break dance moves

DJing also known as scratching is a way of mixing two or more beats into a song to create a new style of music

Beat boxing is making vocal sounds through the use of mouth to make beats which is very creative

here are a few of my fav hip hop artist and there music

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RIP Left Eye AKA lisa Lopes When i was young i looked up to you and tlc and i always wanted to be left eye in the group i loved how you were so creative and a free spirit in your own way you did you and played a big part in the hip hop culture you and tlc showed people that dreams can be achieved and to never give up i'm studying fashion design and i wont give up love and peace God's looking after you xxx

R.I.P Aaliyah

2pac

Hip Hop Fashion

Yes Yes Yes my favourite bit about this subculture oh my gosh when i grew up i couldn't stop looking at what artist wore in hip hop videos and how they wore the 90s style was so amazing people just knew how to dress. but i guess when dressing it was about style and image. my favs would have to be the bright colour bomber jackets to the baggy mom Levi jeans to the high top timberland's or a classic pair of Nike trainers i just loved the whole 90s fashion galore. if i go on and on and on tomorrow wont come but moving on swiftly i'm going to be talking about my favourite part in this section.

hip hop fashion was also known as urban street wear and started in america and spread to places like New York ,  Los Angeles, Chicago,Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay Area,  Detroit,  Memphis,  Virginia, Atlanta, and St. Louis i guess you can say that each state stated has contributed to america's style as one whole city which is known around the world today

In the 1970s-1980s big sports brands like Nike, Adidas and puma were known well in the hip hop scene
Airforces by Nike , superstar black and white 3 stripe Adidas and Puma trainers were worn by hip hop icons

Hairstyles became really popluar in the 1980s-1990s such as jherri curls and the high top fade which was rocked by will smith and Christopher "kid" Reid.



Luxury Fashion houses such as Louis vuitton , Gucci and Fendi were also popular as hip hop icons , artist , rappers wore their tracksuits , bomber jackets , and baggy pants were among the favs




Heavy Gold jewellery was also a big trend in this subculture and still is a big trend today men always wore long and heavy chains and rings and bracelets whilst women wore big gold earrings and rings as well wearing heavy jewllery or gold represented wealth and symbolised that your were prestige.

Hiphop Artist that contributed to the scene were left eye , Aaliyah , Mc Hammer and Will smith these people have to be my favs well i will start off with left eye she introduced the whole layering of baggy clothes and she introduced a big movement to the youth about practicing safe sex by wearing condoms in her music video she also wore baseball hats aswell. 

Aaliyah started dressing in a way to show her femininity as a singer by wearing sports bras and showing her boy boxers.

Mc Hammer dressed in baggy trousers and made the hareem trousers popular.

Will smith brought out the bright colours , baggy bomber jackets , disco cycling shorts and oversized tees

Luxury Fashion houses in the 1990s such as isaac mizrahi and chanel were influenced by the whole black on black movement for their runway shows they would send down models in slim fitted catsuits to tight camisole dresses with heavy gold chains and black leather jackets

Unfortunately "the hip hop trend didn't last for designers as designers moved onto new influences and ideas"
i would have to disagree and agree to some extent for this as designers do move onto ideas and develop new ideas and influences but at the same time they look back at inspiration which comes from the 90s most of the time and about 25% is original ideas

when musician jodeci came onto the scene in the 90s he had more of a edgy and sexy look with a bad boy style, the group were known for wearing baggy clothes which meant they were hand me downs from a bigger family relative which represented toughness running through their family.

Tommy hilfiger was a prominent brand in 1990s in new york people would wear Tommy hilfiger ,snoop is said to influence the movement because he wore a Tommy hilfiger top on a show and it sold out in stores the following day which is shocking but people wanted to look good and keep up with the flashy trend that hip hop icons set.

Throwback clothing such as jerseys and snapback were very popular and cost hundreds of dollars in sterling maybe about 500 pounds - 1000 grand for clothing it was so popular but too expensive for fans or followers of the trend to follow so counterfeit become involved and flooded the market with knock off so that people who couldnt afford to keep up could keep up with a faux version.

In order for artist to keep up with trends and make more money some decided to even create their own lines
here are some examples  Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Wear, Nelly Apple Bottom Jeans), Russell Simmons (Phat Farm), Kimora Lee Simmons (Baby Phat), Diddy (Sean John and Enyce), T.I. (AKOO),, 50 Cent (G-Unit Clothing), Eminem (Shady Limited), 2Pac (Makaveli Branded), OutKast (OutKast Clothing), Eckō, Famous Stars and Straps, Bape, Billionaire Boys Club, 

Hip Hop fashion now is still pricey people still want the latest and would go 2weeks without a proper meal for the latest givenchy or versace tee which i find crazy well i don't mess around with food but its crazy how people would do anything to feel a part of a trend which is what i call a crazy society. Rappers today still wear a bit of baggy clothing most look the same as they have tried to revert the black on black style by layering different types of black outfits in one look. also rappers have songs after luxury brands rapper migos named his song versace and he has a tacky video with versace clashing everywhere oh no but or Mr kanye west trying to call himself the worlds best creator of everything with his ego as big as 2 pence thinks he is a designer after having a line with guiseppe zanotti "cruel summer" to be honest i don't like kanye west and never will its funny how he didn't get into central saint martins but that's another story for another day.




  

The Youth culture

In the 1970s many teenagers were inspired by DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaataa as they set up the universal Zulu nation which was a hip hop cultural event where people would try and draw kids out of gangs and violence and bringing the youth together to look at the brighter side to life

The youth looked at hip hop as a way of expressing themselves in this subculture . the youth looked up to music as an influence and it wasn't just the music they looked at style which was important as it showed what sort of style and persona the person had.

Block parties helped the youth to stop getting into trouble in the streets instead they would use their energy into enjoying music and having a great vibe with people who loved the hip hop scene.

1985 youth worldwide started to embrace hip hop subculture and they whole idea of being a community supporting talent and finding your own talent.

Another thing that the youth did was marking territories by doing shoefiti which was basically tying shoes together and throwing them over a power line or thin bridges. Ahh when i write it seems so boring sorry viewers i'm going to try and make it understanding in such a cool way :)

Jordans and Chuck taylors

Another thing that the youth did was marking territories by doing shoefiti which was basically tying shoes together and throwing them over a power line or thin bridges.

Influences on the evolution of Hip Hop

With every cause there's always a beginning on how things started i honestly wonder what influenced people to start dancing like mc hammer or how people started to beatbox and i don't mean batter a cardboard box into pieces it's literally the sound of music through the use of your mouth.

Well Hip Hop is two slang words put together the word hip originated in 1898 meaning current and hop meaning movement so basically its about the whats the latest in the culture e.g fashion ,food , arts and entertainment and how rhythm and movement are entailed with today's dancing and dancing in the past.

Hip Hop started when people started to find common issues that most people faced which was either poverty , violence or environmental problems.

The four core elements of hip hop culture was rap music , turntablism (DJing), breaking(style of dancing) and graffiti art people being turning their problems into talents an example of this would be a rapper rapping about poverty and how his family struggled.Or how a graffiti artist illustrates poverty or life in south Bronx

People such as the ghetto brothers throw block parties and plugged in music to their stereos and played music this was to help the streets come together and find a common interest which mainly was hip hop music.
when people started Mcing and rapping they would normal rap or mc to a beat which a DJ would make also rap battles took place which made people want to learn how to rap and beat the champions lol i couldnt rap to save my life the only thing i guess i could do is make a beat from my hand using a table lol african style but i guess African beats contributed to the start of hip hop aswell as it consisted of different styles and mixing different music to create new music.