what does hip-hop mean to you
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the art of hip hop is dying. Only a handful of artists really get it. Right now it feels like in the late 80's when 5 brands of shoes came out with a Jordan knockoff to try and capitalize on the craze of Jordans only they were a 1/8th of the price and quality. But if you had some, you could fool people into thinking you had some Jordans if they weren't paying attention. That's what hip hop has become.
And Hip hop is the culture, including DJ'ing, graffitti, b-boying and rapping. Rap is only 1 element of Hip Hop. People associate the term hip hop with east coast music because that's what they called the music/culture when it originated. People started breaking away from that when terms like "gangsta rap" were coined. It's a different style of music, all hip hop
hip hop is a culture. it was the interaction and the shit people were doing in south bronx based around what DJ's and MC's were doing. those things were grafitti, b-boying, dressing in weird fashions, etc. MCing outgrew hip hop as a culture, now you can rap and not be apart of the culture or you can rap about shit just in the culture and that's what we like to call hip hop or backpack rap. (it's called backpack rap cuz all the fools who listened to that rap had a backpack full of cans blackbooks, markers, etc. relating to graff an element of hip hop).
The prevalent rap everywhere now, but especially on the west has been gangsta/hardcore rap and the culture it celebrates is gangsta shit (wheter thug bay area shit, or crip blood, ese , ene, whatever). And hip hop fashion and culture influenced gangbangin out west wheter fools wanna admit it or not, but where you think them fat laces came from, writing your hood with 3 initials like a graffitti crew, etc. So why hate hip hop? Most likely without hip hop gangstas wouldn't have such an aggressive form of music to voice they lifestyle. SHit alotta the original hip hoppers were gang members.
The prevalent rap everywhere now, but especially on the west has been gangsta/hardcore rap and the culture it celebrates is gangsta shit (wheter thug bay area shit, or crip blood, ese , ene, whatever). And hip hop fashion and culture influenced gangbangin out west wheter fools wanna admit it or not, but where you think them fat laces came from, writing your hood with 3 initials like a graffitti crew, etc. So why hate hip hop? Most likely without hip hop gangstas wouldn't have such an aggressive form of music to voice they lifestyle. SHit alotta the original hip hoppers were gang members.
the common definition of what, if hip-hop were a culture, it would be comprised of is the problem. the 4 elements or whatever the fuck people tell themselves hip-hop is is a idiotic concept.
hip-hop as a culture, as defined by a handful of rappers, breakdancers and DJs in the 80s is not a representation of the true hip-hop culture. the attempt at standardization is a failure. if hip-hop is possible to define as a culture, and if their definition is the standard for what hip-hop is and HAS to be then hip-hop is not a culture.
the 4 elements bullshit is more like a cult that has no followers.
hip-hop as a culture, as defined by a handful of rappers, breakdancers and DJs in the 80s is not a representation of the true hip-hop culture. the attempt at standardization is a failure. if hip-hop is possible to define as a culture, and if their definition is the standard for what hip-hop is and HAS to be then hip-hop is not a culture.
the 4 elements bullshit is more like a cult that has no followers.
the common definition of what, if hip-hop were a culture, it would be comprised of is the problem. the 4 elements or whatever the fuck people tell themselves hip-hop is is a idiotic concept.
hip-hop as a culture, as defined by a handful of rappers, breakdancers and DJs in the 80s is not a representation of the true hip-hop culture. the attempt at standardization is a failure. if hip-hop is possible to define as a culture, and if their definition is the standard for what hip-hop is and HAS to be then hip-hop is not a culture.
the 4 elements bullshit is more like a cult that has no followers.
hip-hop as a culture, as defined by a handful of rappers, breakdancers and DJs in the 80s is not a representation of the true hip-hop culture. the attempt at standardization is a failure. if hip-hop is possible to define as a culture, and if their definition is the standard for what hip-hop is and HAS to be then hip-hop is not a culture.
the 4 elements bullshit is more like a cult that has no followers.