Hip-Hop Explained

not a bad article but of course its hard to sum up an entire genre of music in one article. there is a lot missing but for the newbies it's a good start. missed a lot of stuff like sugar hill gang, curtis blow, no mention of dj premier, dougie fresh, PE, MARLEY MARL...hehe that dude started sampling in hip hop. people also think that because hip hop music sounds easy to make that they aren't using musical talent. dr dre actually studies the piano (he's taken one one one lessons from a famous composer) the roots are almost entirely live music and NOT loops and samples, there are other producers like this that don't just loop a sample and beatbox LOL.

remember Hip Hop started from kids in the ghetto, they didn't have pianos and guitars (couldn't afford it) they borrowed record players from their parents or friends, grabbed a mic and got creative. as they got more sophisticated they were able to invest in the drum machines, keyboards and other stuff but for the most part most cats keep a very minimal setup.

Check out Madlib that kid uses a little cheap drum machine and makes fire!

Hip-hop is what it is. Any effort to define it and break it down always falls shirt. The samples chosen here werent the best examples for the sub-genres they were supposed to define.

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I have no need of an explanation for Hip-hop, I have a radio with an off switch.

Actually, a while ago I found out why radios have tuning dials. It's so when you move house you can find BBC Radio 4 again.

Who cares. Make it go away.