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Hip hop is a cultural movement and type of music that became popular in the United States in the 1980s. Hip hop music originated in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s. Hip-hop artists vocalize over beats and instrumental tracks, usually consisting of repeated phrases. The use of extended drum breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. The early DJs used this technique as hip-hop dance grew in popularity. Fans began to wear hip-hop clothing, which consisted of heavy gold jewelry in the 1980s to baggy pants in the 2000s. Hip hop and rap are sometimes thought to be interchangeable, but rap involves rhythmic wordplay, which is a component of hip hop...
Hip hop is a cultural movement and type of music that became popular in the United States in the 1980s. Hip hop music originated in the South Bronx region of New York City in the late 1970s. Hip-hop artists vocalize over beats and instrumental tracks, usually consisting of repeated phrases. The use of extended drum breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. The early DJs used this technique as hip-hop dance grew in popularity. Fans began to wear hip-hop clothing, which consisted of heavy gold jewelry in the 1980s to baggy pants in the 2000s. Hip hop and rap are sometimes thought to be interchangeable, but rap involves rhythmic wordplay, which is a component of hip hop. Its popularity grew over the years as hip hop music videos entered the mainstream media and fans clamored for the latest news on the artists.
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'Scarface Nation' details film's effect on hip-hop
andy.edelstein@newsday.comNearly 25 years after its release on Dec. 9, 1983, the movie "Scarface" has become a pop-culture phenomenon, profoundly influencing hip-hop style and attitude. And now, the movie gets major print props with the recent "Scarface Nation: The Ultimate...Tags: Al Pacino, Oliver Stone, Snoop Dogg, Movies, Game Playing
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Beats and poetry from Kevin Coval
Special to the TribuneIn "Stranger Than Fiction" Will Ferrell plays Harold Crick, an IRS auditor with an expansive list of frighteningly precise habits: He uses the same number of strokes to brush his teeth each morning, he counts his steps to the bus stop and pauses daily for...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Northbrook, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio
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For Q-Tip, 'Renaissance' is full of hope and love
Q-Tip wants to put "new flavor in your ear." In the process, he hopes you feel the love, too. The rapper's engaging new album, The Renaissance, glows with loving, downright sunny sentiments often unheard these days in mainstream hip-hop - or any other...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Barack Obama, Sales, Music, Rap
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New York hip-hop and electronica make waves
E-mail Ed Morales at sonidoslatinos@edmorales.net.New York Latin music fans have much nostalgia for the '70s, when salsa, an urban spin on Afro-Caribbean dance music, became all the rage. But at the same moment, literally across town, new electronic sounds were fusing with uptown street culture to create...Tags: Gnarls Barkley, Prince, New York, Electronica, Coconut
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Obama And Hip-Hop: Where Will The President-Elect Stand On Rap Lyrics?
Barack Obama was in his last year of high school in 1979 when hip-hop broke out of the ghettos of New York on its way to becoming a national phenomenon. He is in many ways a child of hip-hop, but sometimes a reluctant one. Even as the president-elect...Tags: Chuck D, Barack Obama, Racism, Jay-Z, Al Sharpton
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Rapper is living up to the hip-hop hype
247-4732Lil Wayne, one of hip-hop's brightest rising stars, will headline a show at Hampton Coliseum Jan. 3. The concert will also include hit-makers T-Pain, Keyshia Cole, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson. Tickets to the show, presented by Live Nation, go on...Tags: Hampton Coliseum, Migraine, Music, Rap, Pain
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Polo Ralph Lauren fits 88-Keys just fine
He wears many hats -- rapper, singer, producer for artists such as Mos Def and Macy Gray -- but 88-Keys, whose teasingly genre-bending debut "The Death of Adam" was released this month, insists that all his hats bear one label: Polo by Ralph Lauren....Tags: Raekwon, Kanye West, Ralph Lauren, Macy Gray, Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
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Displaced by Katrina, pair develops raw hip-hop charm
Tribune criticFrom the get-go, the Knux stand apart from most hip-hop artists. Krispy Kream and Rah Almillio, Los Angeles-based siblings displaced from their native New Orleans when their home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, function as a self-contained band. They...Tags: Los Angeles, MySpace, Eminem
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Homecoming dance helps special-needs students feel included
South Florida Sun-SentinelTo get ready for the Homecoming dance, Andrew DiMauro, 18, picked out new khaki pants, new socks and a new blue shirt. It was his first dance. "It's an opportunity my son wouldn't have had otherwise," said his mother, Carol DiMauro, who lives in...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Dance
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Hip-hop stars stump for Barack Obama in South Florida
The Associated PressWith two days remaining until Election Day, Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs told voters in South Florida not to be scared away from the polls by long lines. "It's bigger than us," Combs said. "We have to do it for our children, we have to do it for the...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Barack Obama, Florida Memorial University, Jay-Z, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Rapper Q-Tip talks about hip-hop at CMJ Music Marathon
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comRapper Q-Tip threw down the gauntlet early at this year's CMJ Music Marathon, repeating his controversial complaint from years ago, saying, "Hip-hop is dead." "The appetite for music is bigger than it ever has been," Q-Tip said at the "Hip-Hop...Tags: New York University, Marathon
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