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    Hip hop consists of spoken word poetry performed over music. It originated in the Bronx in the 1970s when DJ Kool Herc began hosting block parties and developed breakbeat mixing techniques. He brought the Jamaican tradition of toasting to the parties, laying the foundation for rapping. The four pillars of hip hop are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art. In the 1980s, hip hop began to incorporate social and political themes, and its popularity grew with collaborations like Run DMC and Aerosmith. Hip hop culture provided expression and community for youth.

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    Hip hop consists of spoken word poetry performed over music. It originated in the Bronx in the 1970s when DJ Kool Herc began hosting block parties and developed breakbeat mixing techniques. He brought the Jamaican tradition of toasting to the parties, laying the foundation for rapping. The four pillars of hip hop are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art. In the 1980s, hip hop began to incorporate social and political themes, and its popularity grew with collaborations like Run DMC and Aerosmith. Hip hop culture provided expression and community for youth.

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    Hip hop consists of spoken word poetry performed over music. It originated in the Bronx in the 1970s when DJ Kool Herc began hosting block parties and developed breakbeat mixing techniques. He brought the Jamaican tradition of toasting to the parties, laying the foundation for rapping. The four pillars of hip hop are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art. In the 1980s, hip hop began to incorporate social and political themes, and its popularity grew with collaborations like Run DMC and Aerosmith. Hip hop culture provided expression and community for youth.

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    Hip Hop

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    Hip hop consists of spoken word poetry performed over music. It originated in the Bronx in the 1970s when DJ Kool Herc began hosting block parties and developed breakbeat mixing techniques. He brought the Jamaican tradition of toasting to the parties, laying the foundation for rapping. The four pillars of hip hop are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti art. In the 1980s, hip hop began to incorporate social and political themes, and its popularity grew with collaborations like Run DMC and Aerosmith. Hip hop culture provided expression and community for youth.

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    What is Hip Hop?

    • Hip Hop consists of poetry that is


    spoken rather than song
    • It is spoken over music/ whether
    sampled or instrumental
    • There are four pillars of Hip Hop
    • Mcing, Djing, B-boying and grafitti
    Hip Hop Bellwork
    • Who are THREE Hip Hop groups/artists that
    you know? And maybe like?
    • Answers Vary
    Objective
    WWBAT: Introduce the culture and history of
    Hip Hop and discuss early examples
    Jamaican Toasting
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBWGF8ynVec
    History of Hip Hop
    • Kool Herc the father of hip hop
    • Jamaican born raised in the Bronx
    • He created the blueprint for hip
    hop music and culture
    o Based on the Jamaican tradition of toasting
    o Impromptu, boastful poetry and speech
    over music which he witnessed as a youth
    in Jamaica

    • This provided the base for Mcing


    o Rhythmic delivery of rhymes and wordplay
    o Rapping is derived from the griots (folk
    poets) of West Africa and Jamaican style
    toasting
    History of Hip Hop
    • But hip hop as we know it
    started in the late 1970’s
    • Herc the Father of Hip Hop
    • Developed break-beat
    which include cutting and
    scratching on a record
    usually a disco(1970’s
    Donna Summers beat)
    http://www.youtube.com/wa
    tch?v=QeX-h51eEF8
    • You could notice some
    James Brown/1960’s
    an1970’s music
    History of Hip Hop
    • DJ Kool Herc began organizing dance
    parties in his home in the Bronx to
    keep kids out of trouble
    • The parties became so popular they
    were moved to outdoor venues to
    accommodate more people.
    • City teenagers, after years of gang
    violence, were looking for new ways
    to express themselves.
    • These outdoor parties, hosted in
    parks, became a means of expression
    and an outlet for teenagers, where
    "instead of getting into trouble on
    the streets, teens now had a place to
    expend their pent-up energy."
    History of Hip Hop
    The first rap recordings were in 1979. The
    Fatback Band recorded “King Tim III” and
    the Sugar Hill Gang recorded “Rapper’s
    Delight.”
    Rapper’s Delight would go onto be a huge
    popular success and lead the way for all
    future raps.
    Mr. Magic’s “Rap Attack” would become
    the first hip-hop radio show.
    History of Hip Hop
    1980’s Hip Hop began to directly focus on
    political and social issues more

    By mid-1980 New School Hip Hop became


    majorly popular

    The two races were combined in “Walk This


    Way” by Aerosmith and Run DMC.

    With the growth of white audiences came


    the onset of white rap performers.
    Hip Hop Culture
    • Break Dancing
    • Street-dance crews
    • Beatboxing
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ARBgBeHY
    1w
    • Graffiti artists
    • What do you think of Doug E. Fresh’s comments
    about what Hip Hop is all about?
    • Can you think of some other aspects of Hip Hop
    Culture?
    Hip Hop Culture
    Both a cultural movement and a genre of music
    developed in New York City in the 1970s
    primarily by African Americans and Latinos.

    The four historic "elements" of hip hop are:


    Rap
    Dj-ing
    Breakdance
    Graffiti art
    Hip Hop Culture
    Crews developed with members exceling at
    different aspects of Hip Hop culture

    Provided opportunity for expression of


    energy, anger, identity
    Styles
    Tag
    Throw-up
    Piece
    Bubble
    Blockbuster
    Wildstyle
    Roller
    Hip Hop Bellwork

    Who is considered the Father of Hip Hop?


    DJ Kool Herc

    What is something you learned about Hip Hop


    yesterday, that you didn’t know?
    Answers Vary
    Objective

    WWBAT: Examine the evolution of Hip Hop and


    discuss changes

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