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Hip Hop is not a musical genre (although many people consider it to be so). It is a cultural movement characterized by four elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture:
Rap music [oral];
Turntablism or "DJing" [aural];
B-boying [physical];
Graffiti art [visual].
So basically, when someone refers to Hip Hop this is ...
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From my understanding Rap Music and Hip Hop music are the same, however Hip Hip music and Rapping are different.
Hip hop music:
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music, or hip-hop music, is a
music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly
accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.
Rapping:
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Mixing rap and rock is about as old as rap. Take Run-DMC's version of Aerosmith's "Walk this Way", or the early Beastie Boys, or Public Enemy recording with Anthrax, or Ice-T's Body Count project.
I think some people would put the groups you list in different categories. There's Rap rock and Nu Metal, and some alternative metal has rap/hip-hop components. I'...
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There's a hip hop relationship with the blues, but perhaps a distant one and not too evident.
There aren't many traces, if any, of the more traditional blues in hip hop. No 12 bar form and no blues harmonic structure (hip hop harmonic structure is usually fairly flat and static).
But the more primitive forms of blues where also rather static harmonically, ...
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This article says that the most sampled song of all-time is "Change the Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy:
According to the BBC, though, one song has proven particularly popular among DJs and musicians: "Change the Beat," by Fab 5 Freddy.
According to the site Who Sampled, "Change the Beat" has been featured in nearly 1,300 songs, ...
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The term "Crossover" generally denotes music mixing two or more genres, but was used more specifically in the nineties for bands combining (hard) rock and hip-hop elements - like Rage Against The Machine, Urban Dance Squad, Such A Surge etc.
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Rapping is a style of long-form narrative poetry recitation with a strong and regular rhythmic beat, typically spoken, but occasionally delivered in a sing-song fashion (Nelly, Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony). Rap is most closely associated with the hip-hop musical genre, which often includes sampling, vinyl scratching, rapping, a distinctive beat, a ...
answered Mar 10 '15 at 19:02
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After some research (that is not really my kind of music ;)) i found this video:
Snoop Dogg - Doggfather Feat. Charlie Wilson (Official Video)
It is in black and white and has this typical 20s Prohibition-area-style like you describe in your question. Maybe this is it?
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Like any historical artifact, this song can be difficult to judge from outside of it's own time and context. The things that made Missy Elliot revolutionary at the time of her peak popularity don't stand out now because they've become commonplace. When Elliot first debuted she was a larger black woman (years before Lizzo!) who was noted for being ashamed ...
answered Sep 26 '19 at 15:06
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It all started when Nas was supposed to appear on Jay-Z's debut album. Jay-Z had used a sample from one of Nas' song on his cut, "Dead Presidents", and asked Nas to come in and lay down some vocals on another track. Nas blew Jay-Z off, and then there was an issue with payments for the sample that Jay-Z used. As is often the case, it escalated with each of ...
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Some sources, that seem to have all copied themselves (e.g. here or there) say:
Born Marcel Hall in Harlem USA, Biz Markie stepped onto the scene in 1985, at age fourteen, as the beat box backup for Roxanne Shanté of the “Juice Crew.” He then adopted his alias–“Biz” a name his mother used to call him because he was such a busybody and “Markie,” short for ...
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Notorious BIG
3 studio albums + 3 posthumous studio albums (including collaborations)
3 #1 albums, 2 #1 singles
Subject of 4 documentaries and 1 feature
2 Billboard Music Awards, 4 Grammy nominations, a MTV Music Award, and a Soul Train Award
described by AllMusic as "the savior of East Coast hip-hop".
Named greatest rapper of all time by The ...
answered Jun 13 '19 at 15:06
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The instrument is a Flexatone. It's a percussion instrument with two balls which strike a metal blade controlled by the thumb. Shaking it produces spooky glissando effects. Dr Dre probably uses a sample.
Most professional percussionists have one and the instrument has been used in all kinds of music.
The predominant use is as a sound effect, particularly in ...
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To my understanding, rap music is usually all about the lyrics, while hip-hop can simply be a 'street' style of house beats or other genres.
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Rap music is the combination of rhyming and poetry to a beat. It is part of the Hip-Hop genre, which involves lyrics over fast-paced music. Some people have described Hip-Hop as a way of life and a subculture, while rap is a specific genre of music. The Grammys for the Hip-Hop category include R&B and Rap subcategories.
From Diffen.
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At 8tracks they have a section with only instrumental music, most of them are not samplers to be reused, but might be useful here and there: http://8tracks.com/explore/instrumental
A very good way to find Instrumental samplers is on Soundcloud, most of them are royalty free and can be used freely: https://soundcloud.com/.
Looperman is a more professional ...
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There does not appear to be a single linear narrative.
This essay by Phil Sandifer gives a sort of critical overview of Monáe's work and the Metropolis saga. (All quotes throughout this answer are excerpted from Sandifer's essay.)
Nothing so straightforward as a plot summary is given, however, and Sandifer comments,
"by the end of the fifth track [of ...
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This is probably Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0q74jtV8s
It was one of The Game's first big hits, and featured production by Kanye West with a distinctively mournful vocal sample of Jerry Butler (the "old man") from his song No Money Down.
answered Aug 6 '15 at 14:56
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As the Beatles are widely considered the greatest artist of their generation, Glover is saying that Migos is the greatest artist of this generation.
This is actually a pretty common way of comparing artists, albums, etc., and such comparisons even extend beyond music. More examples:
NME calls Radiohead the "Beatles of the 21st Century"
Chris Martin says ...
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This is rapper Kendrick Lamar's ironically titled hit "HUMBLE" from the 2017 release DAMN.
You can discern the title lyric pretty clearly in the trailer, as well as the distinctive phrase
am to the pm, pm to the am
meaning "morning to evening, evening to morning"
https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics
answered Jul 23 '18 at 15:06
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Was it The Feeling by Simon Blaze (feat Razah)?
It has the Push The Feeling On sample, with a slower tempo.
It does have several different male voices.
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Does anyone recognize this song in which the rapper goes through what appears to be an ancient tomb?
The name of the rapper is Joey Bada$$ and song title is Christ Conscious.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfQGXFRr30
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It wasn't always blurred. The first one is United States and the other was United Kingdom. Its been blurred since it first release. Probably for international political reasons. Ha!
Here's the original unblurred video.
https://vimeo.com/180016993
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I think the are referring to the M10 bus line that runs along 8th avenue from Columbus Circle at the southwest corner of Central Park up to 158th street in Harlem
source: https://genius.com/203208
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Putting the song through a frequency analyser shows nothing unusual in the frequencies of this song. The synth kick-drum sounds are at about 50Hz. It doesn't sound particularly bass-heavy. It seems like your memory is deceiving you.
Age-related hearing loss usually affects the higher frequencies much more than the lower ones.
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Any band that takes members from multiple previously established bands should always be considered a new band. If Cornell wanted these songs to be Soundgarden songs, he'd have done them with Soundgarden. But, at the same time, when you have a certain writing style which permeated your previous band, you're always going to sound a little like that band.
So,...
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I believe the song that you are looking for is called Sweat
http://www.azvideos.com/videos/snoopdogg/sweat.html
The video features Snoop in a suit and it looks like it was shot under black lightning.
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It is more likely that it is Tim McGraw's delivery which is confusing you.
Rolling Stone refers to McGraw's "croon[ing] the brooding hook" (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/a-history-of-hick-hop-the-27-year-old-story-of-country-rap-22010/nellys-over-and-over-september-2004-225624/) which contrasts Kelly's hip-hop.
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From what I've found, Eminem (or Mathers) is credited on this song as Writer and Producer.
From Discogs and Wikipedia:
Eminem is an American rapper, record producer.
Also, about his own producing style:
Eminem is considered unusual in structuring his songs around the lyrics, rather than writing to beats. (...) After doing little production on Relapse ...
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