Definitions for hip-hop
ˈhɪpˌhɒphip-hop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hip-hopnoun

   an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city

2. rap, rap music, hip-hopnoun

   genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

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1. hip-hopnoun

   An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc

2. hip-hopnoun

   rap (genre of music)

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1. hip-hop

   Hip hop music or hip-hop music, also known as rap music and formerly known as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in New York City in the 1970s. It consists of stylized rhythmic music (usually built around drum beats) that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.Hip hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx. At block parties, DJs played percussive breaks of popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer to be able to play breaks from two copies of the same record, alternating from one to the other and extending the "break". Hip hop's early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became widely available and affordable. Turntablist techniques such as scratching and beatmatching developed along with the breaks. Rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks or chants along rhythmically with an instrumental or synthesized beat. Hip hop music was not officially recorded for play on radio or television until 1979, largely due to poverty during the genre's birth and lack of acceptance outside ghetto neighborhoods. Old school hip hop was the first mainstream wave of the genre, marked by its disco influence and party-oriented lyrics. The 1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex styles and spread around the world. New school hip hop was the genre's second wave, marked by its electro sound, and led into golden age hip hop, an innovative period between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s that also developed hip hop's own album era. The gangsta rap subgenre, focused on the violent lifestyles and impoverished conditions of inner-city African American youth, gained popularity at this time. West Coast hip hop was dominated by G-funk in the early-mid 1990s, while East Coast hip hop was dominated by jazz rap, alternative hip hop, and hardcore hip hop. Hip hop continued to diversify at this time with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap and Atlanta hip hop. Hip hop became a best-selling genre in the mid-1990s and the top-selling music genre by 1999. The popularity of hip hop music continued through the late 1990s to early-2000s "bling era" with hip hop influences increasingly finding their way into other genres of popular music, such as neo soul, nu metal, and R&B. The United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk, a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics, and alternative hip hop began to secure a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of its artists. During the late 2000s and early 2010s "blog era", rappers were able to build up a following through online methods of music distribution, such as social media and blogs, and mainstream hip hop took on a more melodic, sensitive direction following the commercial decline of gangsta rap. The trap and mumble rap subgenres have become the most popular form of hip hop during the mid-late 2010s and early 2020s. In 2017, rock music was usurped by hip hop as the most popular genre in the United States.

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1. hip-hop

   Hip-hop is a cultural movement and music genre that originated in African-American and Latinx communities in the Bronx, New York, in the late 1970s. It is characterized by distinctive rhythmic music accompanied by rapping, a vocal style where words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung traditionally. Hip-hop often includes other elements such as dance (breakdancing), visual art (graffiti), and a distinctive fashion style. Beyond music, hip-hop culture is often viewed as a powerful vehicle for social commentary, addressing issues such as poverty, violence, and racial discrimination.

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1. hip-hopnoun

   In Jamaican ska era, 60's, a DJ would spin and cut the wax and a MC would sing or shout or dub poetry over it. That is the roots of hip-hop which was brought to New York City by DJ Kool Herc, but hip-hop or rap was created n the Bronx.

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1. • Black Music
   • Popular Music
   • Youth Culture

How to pronounce hip-hop?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hip-hop in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hip-hop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hip-hop in a Sentence

1. Ernest Wooden:

   It's easy to imagine that much of what the Chinese know about living in the United States, the slang, the hip hop the technology, comes from the movies, and L.A. has that pedigree.

2. Kathy Iandoli:

   You have something like trap soul now, or trap RB, or even rappers who just sing over hip hop and electronic beats.

3. Tony Visconti:

   We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar, we wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock roll.

4. Roma Khanna:

   We can confirm the passing of Andre Harrell, everyone in the REVOLT family is devastated by the loss of our friend, mentor and Vice Chairman. Andre's impact on Hip Hop, the culture and on all of us personally has been immeasurable and profound. May he Rest In Peace.

5. Iggy Azalea:

   This award is the first award I've ever won in my entire life, and it means so much to me that it is for best hip-hop because that's what inspired me to move to America and pursue my dreams, and it's what helped me when I was a teenager to escape and to get through my life and to better times.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hip-hop
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hip-Hop
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip-Hop
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