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Those who are young or relatively new to the HipHop culture do not realize that Rap Music has a lot of divergent genre s:

East Coast: The East Coast, the majority notably New York City, was the genesis for rap music hitting the mainstream. Run-D.M.C. led the pack, with Rakim and Big Daddy Kane furthermore breaking through to make rap emerge as a national phenomenon.

West Coast: While HipHop has been cooking in the East, West Coast rap music gained national recognition in the mid-1980s with performers like Ice T and Too $hort. Miami Music included the 2 Live Crew.

Dirty South: While most of the music world’s attention focused on rap coming from New York and Los Angeles, HipHop artists in the South were turning to independent music labels to release their work. Geographically, the Dirty South genre encompassed places as diverse as Houston, Birmingham, and Miami, and has been greatly influenced by Ghetto Mafia in the mid-1990s. Musically, Dirty South rap is known for is danceabilty and rhythmic delivery.

Gangsta Rap: Some say Gangsta Rap first emerged on the West Coast with N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” release, while others credit Ice T with taking Gangsta Rap to national acclaim. Characterized by lyrics glamorizing elements of a criminal lifestyle, violence, promiscuity, misogyny, and materialism, Gangsta Rap’s controversy came to a head with the murder of the West Coast Tupcac Shakur in 1996, and the subsequent murder of the East Coast’s The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997.

Pop Rap: Known for its wide spread, mainstream appeal, Pop Rap’s 1st breakout star has been LL Cool J. The Fresh Prince and MC Hammer quickly rose to the top of the Pop Rap scene and the music charts with lyrics that were less controversial than those of the Gangsta Rap genre, and thus were more prefer ly to receive radio airplay. Michael Sterling Music Group.

Christian Rap: While HipHop has been garnering a reputation for less than savory lyrics and musicians for questionable activities, other musicians were expressing their faith through HipHop. Christian Rap took off in the late 1980s and early 1990s with rap groups like P.I.D. and S.F.C. Lovers And Friends.

Jazz Rap: Although Jazz Rap has never enjoyed mainstream commercial success, the genre a lot of the time in corporates Afrocentric and political themes. Gang Starr and Gil Scott-Heron are a lot of the time cited as two of the 1st Jazz rappers.

Conscious HipHop: Similar to Jazz Rap, Conscious HipHop has never enjoyed mass commercial success. With an emphasis on social issues, Conscious HipHop isn’t overtly political, but rather deals with issues such as poverty and religion.

Electro HipHop: A combination of dance music and rap, Electro HipHop 1st emerged in the 1980s on the West Coast from artists prefer Arabian Prince and Egyptian Lover. By the mid-1990s, Electro HipHop had pretty much run its course.

Those who are young or relatively new to the HipHop culture don’t realize that Rap Music has a lot of varying type of s:

East Coast Rap Music: The East Coast, most notably NY City, was the genesis for rap music hitting the mainstream. Run-D.M.C. led the pack, with Rakim and Big Daddy Kane additionally breaking through to make rap emerge as a national phenomenon.

West Coast Rap Music: While HipHop has been cooking in the East, West Coast rap music gained national recognition in the mid-1980s with performers like Ice T and Too $hort. Miami Music included the 2 Live Crew.

Dirty South Rap Music: While the majority of the music world’s attention focused on rap coming from New York and Los Angeles, HipHop artists in the South were turning to independent music labels to release their work. Geographically, the Dirty South type of encompassed places as diverse as Houston, Birmingham, and Miami, and was greatly influenced by Ghetto Mafia in the mid-1990s. Musically, Dirty South rap is known for is danceabilty and rhythmic delivery.

Gangsta Rap Music: Some say Gangsta Rap first emerged on the West Coast with N.W.A.’s “Straight Outta Compton” release, while others credit Ice T with taking Gangsta Rap to national acclaim. Characterized by lyrics glamorizing elements of a criminal lifestyle, violence, promiscuity, misogyny, and materialism, Gangsta Rap’s controversy came to a head with the murder of the West Coast Tupcac Shakur in 1996, and the subsequent murder of the East Coast’s The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997.

Pop Rap Music: Known for its wide spread, mainstream appeal, Pop Rap’s first breakout star has been LL Cool J. The Fresh Prince and MC Hammer hurriedly rose to the top of the Pop Rap scene and the music charts with lyrics that were less controversial than those of the Gangsta Rap genre, and thus were more like ly to receive radio airplay. Michael Sterling Music Group.

Christian Rap Music: While HipHop has been garnering a reputation for less than savory lyrics and musicians for questionable activities, other musicians were expressing their faith through HipHop. Christian Rap took off in the late 1980s and early 1990s with rap groups prefer P.I.D. and S.F.C. Lovers And Friends.

Jazz Rap Music: Although Jazz Rap has never enjoyed mainstream commercial success, the genre frequently in companys Afrocentric and political themes. Gang Starr and Gil Scott-Heron are frequently cited as two of the first Jazz rappers.

Conscious HipHop Music: Similar to Jazz Rap, Conscious HipHop has never enjoyed mass commercial success. With an emphasis on social issues, Conscious HipHop is not overtly political, but rather deals with issues such as poverty and religion.

Electro HipHop Music: A combination of dance music and rap, Electro HipHop first emerged in the 1980s on the West Coast from artists like Arabian Prince and Egyptian Lover. By the mid-1990s, Electro HipHop had pretty much run its course.

The history of rap music would not be complete in the absence of a look at the performers who make it all possible – the rap musicians. Most rap music typically includes one or more rappers who generally rap about their own individual life stories, important get togethers in their lives, or social problems they wish to make a public statement about. Rap songs could furthermore represent romanticized or fictional themes. The sky is the limit. Musically, rap songs generally have a strong rhythmic aspect with the spoken lyrics emulating the intense rhythm of the beat. Rap songs are known to make use of a lot of poetic techniques including easy word rhymes and alliteration.
The history of rap music furthermore shows that the instrumental track or beat performed by the disc jockey generally includes the rhythms and beat “samplings” from popular and/or well-known funk, rock, or soul songs. The sampled sounds and rhythms are synthesized, integrated, and reinvented with original twists by the performers.
Two other highly popular aspects of rap music that saw their hasty growth into the American mainstream are break dancing and tagging (graffiti). Break dancers and taggers are now stars in their own right with loyal followers and audiences throughout the world. Annual break dancing competitions are now truly popular even in countries throughout Europe and Asia. The history of rap music can be considered relatively new, yet it’s obvious ly a compelling influence in today ’s music world. Indeed,  the musical influence of New York(NY) City African American and Latino culture is now as pervasive globally as fast food hamburger chains.