![]() That's category A and this is category C. we don't like this aspect of it, e.g., commercialism, lack of substance or political message, focus on materialism, and because we don't like that part, we say O.K. You take hip-hop/rap music and then say O.K. The famous Chris Rock with the "N" word vs black people. In a strange way, it reminds me of discourse like hoes vs queens/real women, or even worse. Hip-hop is not a music at all, it's a culture that contains within it other elements or pillars. The other three are breakin', graffiti, and DJin'. Rap is one element of the hip-hop culture. This guy doesn't know what is talking about. Rap, however, is a sub-genre of Hip Hop and an element of it, especially when practiced without the conventions and aesthetics of the parent genre. Hip Hop is both a culture and a genre of music. The banana is Rap, a sweet fruit used for desserts and snacks, while Hip Hop is the plantain, used for main meals and can be converted into a wider range of food options. Both come from the same family, and look similar, but are two completely different types of food crops and taste different even when prepared the same way. It has its place.īut, I like to use the analogy of the difference between a banana and a plantain. This is not to dismiss commercial output. For example, the conventions which artists such as De La Soul, producers like Pete Rock or BBoys like Crazy Legs follow are vastly different from those practiced by commercial examples. Even though this is mistakenly often described as Hip Hop and vice versa, Rap (music) exhibits multiple aesthetics, often at odds with its core elements, enough to make it appear unrecognizable from Hip Hop forms still being practiced. It is not enough to say Rap (music) is one element, or that Hip Hop is merely a cultural term, because fast forwarding decades on, you now have a sub-genre which follows and ascribes to different aesthetics, politics and conventions than that which is practiced by the rest of the culture. While culture is subject to flux and change, there is and has always been, a requirement to adherence to each element in context with the Fifth Element, so as to inform and establish authenticity. The Five Elements, Emceeing (Rapping when inculcated with the other elements), BBoying (and the cultures within that), DJing (and producing) and Graffiti (not stencilling such as made popular by artists such as Banksy) are all embellished by the Fifth Element: Knowledge of the culture, which subsumes the history, politics, aesthetics and conventions of the rest of the whole. This is a basic explanation, but will be lost on people who do not understand or do not participate in the culture. The problem is over the years (for different reasons), the two terms have become intermingled and newer/later listeners have been unable to distinguish between them, partly because of commercial definitions dictated by establishment labels seeking to package and market it to new audiences without understanding or deliberately misrepresenting the aesthetics of either, and partly because in earlier days and still to a lesser degree, the use of the term 'Rap' or 'Rap music' to legitimate proponents of the culture and music to describe it, creating confusion.Īs others have stated, KRS One and others such as Rakim, Chuck D, Guru, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, et al, have defined it thus: “Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live.” While there are many other minor sub-genres and ways to categorize the different approaches in the hip-hop and rap world, these are 24 of the most notable and significant sub-genres that are highly popular today or decided the course of the genre in the past.I feel the author is still at an entry level of discourse on this subject.Īnon52831 is the closest to the truth in this piece. From it’s roots in the 70s, hip-hop and rap gave birth to many different sub-genres that enriched the scene. Rap and hip-hop music are now among the most popular genres in the world, thanks to their gigantic subculture, famous rappers, great lyrical content, and sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes uplifting, and sometimes dark narratives. Instead of the slow and heavy rhymes of trap artists, Mumble Rap combines trap beats with lightning-fast rhyming with sometimes made-up words. It is more important to rhyme fast than the lyrical content.Īrtists like 645AR, Young Thug, and Lil Yachty are the most notable artists of Mumble Rap, and they are some of the fastest rappers in the hip-hop world. That is where the name is derived from and the most important characteristic of the genre. Mumble rap is a direct approach to rap with trap-style beats and very fast rhyming with absurd words that mainly do not mean anything. ![]()
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