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Histories
roots, genesis
Breaks and Beats
No video was selected.Hip Hop Music - The Wikipedia Story
Hip hop music is a musical genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latin Americans. The term rap music is often used synonymously with hip hop music.
Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the performer speaks rhythmically and in rhyme, generally to a beat. Beats are traditionally generated from portions of other songs by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer,[http://www.samplesdb.com/ SamplesDB - Internet's Largest Music Samples Database] though synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands are also used, especially in newer music. Rappers may perform poetry which they have written ahead of time, or improvise rhymes on the spot with or without a beat. Though rap is usually an integral component of hip hop music, DJs sometimes perform and record alone, and many instrumental acts are also defined as hip hop.
Beat This! A Hip Hop History - Various Videos
Freedom of Expression
Hip-hop thrived in the 1970s long before the record industry paid attention; this also had a lot to do with the recent affordability of cassette recorders. During this time, the only way to hear hip-hop music was at live performances in South Bronx parks, public-school gyms, small nightclubs, or on boom boxes. DJs and crews sold dubbed copies of their live performances, and their fans copied these cassettes-passing them on from friend to friend, acquaintance to acquaintance. "Around 1977," said DJ Disco Wiz, "we used to record all our battles. Every party we had we always had a boom box on the side, and we used to record what we did and who we did it to. And those things used to sell-we used to sell them in high school." Jazzy Jay, an MC in Afrika Bambaataa's Soulsonic Force, boasted, "I mean, we had tapes that went platinum before we was even involved with the music industry." An exaggerating Grandmaster Flash said that tapes of his performances sold at "a buck a minute."Hip-hop prospered because of the wide diffusion of bootlegged tapes. This is true for hip-hop even today, because record companies frequently leak exclusive tracks to popular DJs who make and sell illegal mix-tapes. Giving away tracks that float around the underground mix-tape circuit is a way of promoting up-and-coming artists and building buzz for an established act's new record. "At first," said Rob Love, an executive at the seminal hip-hop label Def Jam, "I was anti-mix-tape, because I thought it was stealing and I thought that the resale of [the recordings] did not benefit the artist." But Love changed his mind when he realized mix-tapes were extremely effective promotional tools; the success of mix-tape favorite (and others) demonstrates this. Even Metallica, in the early 1980s, directly benefited from the unauthorized trading of their tapes, an irony that would rear its ugly head years later.
Reproduced from - Freedom of Expression: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity by Kimbrew McLeod licensed under a Creative Commons License. Additional link editing by lensmaster David Holmes.
Hip-Hop Playlists
Playlists are the Internet version of mixtapes. Use this Plexo to share links to hip-hop tracks and mixes.
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Homemadejam.Muxtape.com
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Old School Hip Hop #2-NYC Style
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Blentwell.com - the peoples dj mixset link collective - Genre:hip-hop
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DatPiff :: The Authority in Free Mixtapes
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MuxFind: Muxtape Discovery
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Classic Hip Hop Tracks
Recommended Hip Hop music on CD and MP3.
Jam-Master Jay
Jam Master Jay (RUN DMC) @ United DJ Mixing School Sydney, 1998.
This video was upload in tribute and to carry the legacy of one of the first DJs that showed to the 'world of pop music' that a DJ is a band and the turntable is a musical instrument. Jam Master Jay Lectured at our United DJ Mixing School in Sydney, 1998 and 3 years later formed the scratch academy in N.Y.C (The first DJ School in the U.S). He was fatally shot dead at his studio in Queens 2002 for reasons yet unresolved. RUN DMC and Jam Master Jay (R.I.P) was inducted into rock and roll hall of fame on 4th April 2009!! Please pay tribute and listen to his lecture on history of Hip Hop.. We will upload more segments of the lecture very soon.. email us at admin@djsunited.com.au with any feedback. One Love!
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Hip Hop Films
Share your favorite Hip Hop movies on video and DVD.
Scratch: Hip Hop DJ Documentary (DVD)
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The Freshest Kids - A History of the B-Boy (DVD)
A comprehensive history of B-Boying, its evolution more...0 points
Style Wars: Graffiti (DVD)
A documentary that tracks the rise and fall of sub more...0 points
Tupac - Resurrection (Full Screen Edition DVD)
A look at Tupac's short, full life from beginning more...0 points
Hip Hop Portals
- History of Hip Hop - Mahalo
- Hand-selected links to articles and media focusing on historical developments, timelines, people, etc.
- Hip-Hop Categories - Mahalo
- Mahalo is a human-powered search engine. This page provides access to all categorized "Hip-Hop" search results. (Links to popular artists).
- The Hip Hop Portal - Wikipedia
- A useful entry-point to Wikipedia content on Hip Hop music and culture including articles, images and media.
Book Spotlight
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 07/10/2009)
Anthology of Hip Hop history with facts, trivia and lists for everything imaginable.
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Hip Hop Books
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Home Girls Make Some Noise!: Hip-hop Feminism Anthology by Gwendolyn D. Pough
An in-depth look at the attitudes, roles and stori more...0 points
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Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc
Tells many less-told stories to create a picture o more...0 points
Remix Culture
sampling arts, cultural trends
Talking about Sampling
Copyright Criminals Trailer
Copyright Criminals, a documentary about digital samplings head-on collision with copyright law, features many of hip-hop musics celebrated figures—including Public Enemy, De La Soul, the Beastie Boys, and Digital Underground—as well as emerging artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more. The documentary also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as former James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield, as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton.
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Remix Stories
Narratives, reports, events, definitions, developments, tools and initiatives associated with Remix Culture.
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Freedom of Expression: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity by Kimbrew McLeod
A book documenting the battle between Open traditi more...0 points
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Remix Theory
Research by Eduardo Navas focusing on material rel more...0 points
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The Genesis of Hip Hop - Big Think
Rising from an abandoned city, hip hop captured th more...0 points
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Samplinglaw.com
Opinions and facts about sampling, turntablism, sa more...0 points
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6 Ways That Bloggers are Like Rappers | Copyblogger
Bloggers and rappers are pretty much the same peop more...0 points
Sampling Resources
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Freesounds : Digital Audio Tools, Sound Sample Collections, Open Music Resources
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A guide to free sound solutions for Digital Audio Editing, Music Creation, and Podcasting. Providing links to free audio applications, sound samples and loops, legal music you can download, share, reuse and remix. Easily find musical works, software...
Social Media
auctions, blogs, bookmarks, tweets
Delicious Hip-Hop
eBay - Hip Hop Culture
Current auctions for all kinds of hip=hop related items, some new, some rare. Updated continuously 24/7.
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Blog Buzz
- Jay-Z Crowned Highest Earning Hip-Hop Star
- Jay-Z Crowned Highest Earning Hip-Hop Star. Published Friday, 10th July, 2009 at 10:06 AM. Jay-Z has been crowned as the Biggest earning hip-hop artist of the last year. Retaining his position at the top of the annual Forbes magazine ...
- Jay-Z Highest Hip-Hop Earner According to Forbes // Gossip On This ...
- And now her husband, rapper Jay-Z, is sitting at the top of the ?Hip-Hop Cash Kings List,? earning an estimated $35 million over the past 12 months. A far cry from the $82 million he pulled in last year, but still pretty damn good, ...
- download Twista Ft. R.Kelly Yellow Light mp3 | Hip Hop Loaders ...
- Hip Hop Loaders: News, Rappers, Free MP3, And Videos. We Upload The Hottest Hip Hop News Daily! download Twista Ft. R.Kelly Yellow Light mp3 ... Contact · Hip Hop Video Vixens. Recent Entries. download Twista Ft. R.Kelly Yellow Light ...
- Hip-Hop Artist 'Novakane' Loves Dunks | The Hoop Doctors
- July 9, 2009 - Dr. J-Water EverPresent Ink Records is an independent label out of New York. Their artists record music in the Hip-Hop, R&B , Reggae, and.
Hip Hop Blogs
Share your favorite blogs.
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Cocaine Blunts & Hip Hop Tapes
A popular MP3 blog specializing in rare hip-hop tr more...0 points
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FROM DA BRICKS
Hip hop audioblog covering the best that the genre more...0 points
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Unkut.com - A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)
Focusing on underground and old school artists tha more...0 points
Bling for Blogs
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Widget Finder : A Map for the Widgetsphere
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An easy way to find the widgets you want and the gadgets you need. Discover the best tools to build your blog, feed your space and pump up your PC. Widgets are tools that make it easy for you to customize your web pages, desktops or mobile devices w...
Hip Hop Tweets
Twitter comversations via Summize, updated hourly.
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DJ Mix List - Free MP3 Music Mixes via Twitter
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A place to share DJ mixes in MP3 format posted via Twitter and other social music sites. Focusing on independent / netlabel tracks and music licensed under Creative Commons. Discover free DJ mix sets, netlabel resources, free audio software and Open...
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Twittersweet Music - Tracking the Social Music Buzz on Twitter.com
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A social media toolkit for publishing and tracking music tweets on Twitter.com. Discover music related conversations, follow popular music channels and find people with similar interests. Add your music related twitter channels to the plexo lists to...
YouTube Videos
shortcuts to short stories
Beatmaking Videos
Breakdancing Videos
DJ Videos
Viral Videos
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The Viral Video Directory - Tracking the Most Recent and Most Popular Online Videos
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A guide to free online tools and services for tracking viral videos. Discover the most popular movie clips spreading on social networks like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Easily share your favorite video sites and movie making tools using the specia...
Images
every picture tells a story
Hip-Hop Images
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Graffiti Books
Graphics Collections
Party Flyers
A WRITING on the WALL - Urban graphics Flickr group.
Brithop
British developments
Ruthless Rap Assassins
Ruthless Rap Assassins - Justice (Just Us)
The Mase remix. From SnubTV 1991
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British Hip Hop - The Wikipedia Story
British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of hip hop music made in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as Brithop, and is generally classified as one of a number of styles of urban music. British hip hop was originally influenced by the New York hip hop scene, with British rappers often adopting American accents in the early years.
In 2003, The Times described British hip hop's broad ranging approach:
"...UK rap' is a broad sonic church, encompassing anything made in Britain by musicians informed or inspired by hip-hop's possibilities, whose music is a response to the same stimuli that gave birth to rap in New York in the mid-Seventies.''
Monie Love
British Hip-Hop Slang
The DL: Hip Hop Slang Dizzee Rascal - Lesson 1
In our ongoing effort to advance international diplomacy and understanding, we at the DL Show are proud to bring you the first in a series of videos to help you communicate more effectively with our Briton brethren. Put your learning caps on, because class is now in session with Professor Dizzee Rascal. Sit up straight and take the gum out of your mouth -- it's time for your first lesson in British hip-hop slang.
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Shout Box
comments, music lenses
Shout Box Comments
CALLOUS_ wrote...
Nice Blog.Check out mine at www.callouscentral.blogspot.com.Really Good Job!!!I see you have done your research.I'm also on Titter following you as Callous_ I would love to open up a dialog with you on the current state of the Industry and get your comment's on my Older blog post as I will comment on yours.My blog is a more modern take on""WHAT IZ REAL HIP-HOP???" But you can be the judge.So Once again thank you so much your blog is Amazing and refreshing in this day and age of "Commercial Rap"Sincerely-CALLOUS
Posted April 20, 2009
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