http://www.britannica.com/topic/hip-hop Light, Alan. "Hip-hop." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 04 May 2016. “Origins and the old school” Hip Hop stemmed from the South Brox section in New York city in the 1970’s era. The culture of Hip Hop is dominant amongst African American and Latino cultures, mostly hailing from poor rural areas. Hip Hop is comprised of four elements, that being deejaying, rapping, graffiti, and b-boying. Each of these factions of hip hop has had a variety of effects, some lasting longer than the others. Let’s take a look at a facet of Hip Hop with the least lasting effect on culture in general. Graffiti began a movement in 1972, after a teenager tagged his name and street name across …show more content…
DJ Herc was the first major Hip Hop Dj, developing the style or the blueprint of Hip Hop. By the age of 18, DJ Herc, ‘ introduced huge sound systems of his native Jamaica to inner city parties. Grand Wizard Theodore, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash are some that are credited as pioneers of Hip Hop, they introduced the isolations/ extenstion of the break beat. This alone helped B Boying come into existance as a style of dancing, a dance that focuses on acrobatics and airborne moves. Grandmaster Flash is also credited for inventing a technique of turntable manipulation, “Needle Dropping” Kool Herc is also credited as the “ father of modern rap”, he would say injections amonsgt his records which would soon become …show more content…
Outkast pusehd the bounderies of what could creatively be done to the rap genere. Style played a huge role within their success, Big Boi has the persona of the street while Andre represented more of the playboy. Sound was another way the duo separated themselves from their competition and peers. Organized Noise was the production team mostly responsible for a lot of Outkasts hits, they made their own beasts through the user of live instrumentation, venturing in the realms of soul and funk, gospel, P- Funk, electronica, and drum and bass. Each album of theirs showed growth and evolution, sonically, musically, stylistically, and lyrically. Their album, Stankonia brought all the elements of thiers cohevively, blending each facet well together , the player funk, futureistic sounds, social commentary, adult issues. This album propheside the music of today’s