Definitions for rap music
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1. 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. rap musicnoun

   a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; same as 7th rap, n..

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1. rap musicnoun

   A form of popular music emphasizing spoken rhymes over heavily rhythmic backing tracks.

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1. rap music

   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. rap music

   Rap music is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American and Latinx communities in the United States during the late 1970s. It is characterized by its use of rhythmic and rhyming speech, often referred to as rapping, over beats typically created by a DJ or a producer using a sampler, drum machine, or other instrumentation. Common elements of rap music include the use of complex wordplay, storytelling, social commentary and thematic exploration of issues such as race, socio-economic status, and urban life.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rap music in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rap music in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rap music in a Sentence

1. Tom Robbins:

   Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.

2. Father Ogalo:

   I use the rap music to bring … youths to the church, thereafter, I bring them to Christ.

3. Father Ogalo:

   Yes, Catholic Church has taken disciplinary measure against Father Ogalo. The use of rap music is not allowed in preaching.

4. Sheriff Grady Judd:

   There’s no rap music in jail.

5. Philip Anyolo:

   We have just barred him from preaching using rap music to allow him time to change his ways.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rap music
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=rap music
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rap_Music
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_Music
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