20th century Hip-Hop

Introduction

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hip-hop-is-born-at-a-birthday-party-in-the-bronx

The start of hip-hop was started In the 1970s, an underground urban movement to develop in the Bronx, New York City. It focused on emceeing or raping over "breakbeats", house parties and neighbourhood block party events, held outdoors. DJ Kool Herc,(a man known for starting the culture) Afrika Bambaataa created a street organization called Universal Zulu Nation, centered around hip hop, as a means to draw teenagers out of gang life, drugs and violence. This was just a escape from local struggles, Until it was made something much bigger and spread through out the world. Image result for hip-hop

1. What was the purpose of the creation of hip-hop 

2. What rappers do you currently listen to

3. Who were the top pioneers of the music 

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Task

1. How was Hip-Hop created? 

2. Where was the DJ art form originated? 

3. What is the impact of the Hip-hop Genre? 

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Process

https://genius.com/Nwa-straight-outta-compton-clean-lyrics

NWA is one of the most revolutionary rap groups in the 20th century. This group had impacted the culture of the music and even for the black community as a whole. In this song they talk about something is still a trend in the rap game. Where they are from. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usv442G6H8A&t=23s

This is show takes place on where the Hip-Hop origin came from. In the hard knocks of Bronx New York, a group of individual set out to become part of the culture. This show gives a very bold vision of how the culture was very involved throughout the projects of New York.  

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hip-hop-is-born-at-a-birthday-party-in-the-bronx 

On this day you see how the culture of hip-hop was born and who influence the neighborhood movement, into the most diverse genre of music in the world. This article explains the process on how Hip-hop became the movement that it is. 

https://spinditty.com/genres/Hip-Hops-Influence-on-America 

This article talks about the influence this genre has had on America every since it was started. It also explains the impact it had on music as a whole since it started off as something that people thought couldn't be brought out in production. 

https://genius.com/Afrika-bambaataa-and-soulsonic-force-planet-rock-lyrics

This song was made by one of the founding fathers of the Hip-Hop culture. even thought he wasn't the first to put the music on an actually record, once it was now made popular enough for him to step in and display his skill set with the turn tables.   

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/social-impact-hiphop 

Everybody talks about new motions of slang terms. whats cool and what isn't. This article focuses on the social impact on the people when listening to the music. The social impact the genre expelled was something that made the hip-hop culture so unique. Even beyond the 20th century the music has grown an even stronger impact then what the era left off. 

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall09/bein_k/history.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8j5RnTNtw

This video shows the drastic change hip-hop took from the 20th century, to now. the different styles of rap and the different forms of the music make see how interchangeable and different this genre of music really is. From Cool herc to J Cole, grandmaster flash to young thug this video shows you the true revolution of Hip-Hop 

 

https://genius.com/Public-enemy-welcome-to-the-terrordome-lyrics

Public Enemy is a rap group that shared the theme of revolutionary music. Songs such as this one that talk about the struggle and the unfairness of the world and how it is. Even tho society wasn't to keen on the music, revolutionary rap is something that the public tend to pay attention a lot since the music mainly took place during the civil rights era.  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjKoVHf4jw

This is where the culture all started. DJing, one of the many art forms  that make up the culture of hip-hop and here is it being done by one of the best Dj to come out the Bronx. Grandmaster flash, one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop 

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Conclusion

A lot of people turn down the genre because of what it brings to the table. They hear the explicit rhymes and tune out the culture as a whole.  Rap has become something a lot then a cardboard box and  dance moves, or a mic and  turn tables. This is Hip-Hop. A Genre of music that came from bottom of the bronx, to the entire planet. A culture based  on pure passion has impacted the world in more ways then anyone ever thought. It's not just music. Its an art form that tells a message through words. This is Hip-Hip. 

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Credits

“Hip Hop Is Born at a Birthday Party in the Bronx.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hip-hop-is-born-at-a-birthday-party…;

“The Social Impact Of HipHop.” The Odyssey Online, 26 Aug. 2017, www.theodysseyonline.com/social-impact-hiphop. 

Odenthal, Kathleen. “How Hip-Hop Music Has Influenced American Culture and Society.” Spinditty, Spinditty, 20 Apr. 2016, spinditty.com/genres/Hip-Hops-Influence-on-America. 

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