DJ Kool Herc

Listening to music in today’s society, you will find that there are many types of music, some genres being similar to others, and some not so similar. Two genres that are different but somewhat similar is Pop and Rap. If you were to sit down and listen to one another; you’ll notice the difference between the two.On the other hand, also may notice some similarities that they share. Such as, the producers, year founded, and etc. To begin with, as anyone should already know that Pop is the…

What was the original purpose of Hip-hop music? The original purpose of Hip-hop music was to dance at get-togethers and other occasions like birthday parties or dances. It all first started on August 11,1973, DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party. He tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat to let people dance longer because he began to take notice that people got up on the part they like to dance on. Then he began…

The History of Rap/Hip-Hop Rapping, also known as rhyming, spitting, and emceeing it is still referred to as rap and hip-hop. But, it seems that nobody ever talks about the story of how rap and hip-hop started. The history of rap and hip-hop was not only the start of a genre but, something new and creative. Rap and Hip-hop has an interesting origin story, has influenced by different genres of music, and created a new movement of freedom of speech. Dating back to the 60s and 70s in the South…

rapping. Telling a story was still a prevalent part of rapping but improvisation was introduced around the 1970’s. During this time, there were block parties around New York and largely the Bronx going on where DJs would introduce their innovation of popular funk and soul tunes. DJ Kool Herc is one of those who is thought to be a founding father of hip hop for his manipulation of these genres in his work and the isolation of percussive breaks in the songs.…

Angela Conner Class 78537 Professor C. Robinson 10 October 2015 Essay 1 Dr. Renford Reese, did and article back in the summer of 2000 on popular culture review. The title of the article “From the Fringe: The Hip Hop Culture and Ethnic Relations”. Reading this article I felt very enlightened, because I knew about Hip Hop music but not the background of Hip Hop music. The quote that enlightened me was, According to Geneva Smitherman, the foundation of rap music is rooted in “Black oral…

Rap music is one of today 's most successful and influential music forms. But what do we really know about it? Knowledge on rap music in my generation consists mostly about who we think is "doper", whose "played out", who is just a singer posing as a rapper, whether underground or mainstream is better and whose the sexiest. But none of us really know who started this movement. None of us understand what it took to create not just a genre, but a whole culture that influenced our parents ' and…

hip hop formed in 1960s- 1970s. A lot of african movements have influenced hip hop as well as tap and swing, the movements are all similar in many ways the movement of fast footwork and fast arm movements as well as upper and lower body movement. Kool DJ Herc moved from Jamaica to NY to start off his career in DJing which brought up the opportunity for more people to put together these dance movements we now consider in this day and time hip hop..(Hanson, R. (n.d.). History of Hip Hop Dance.…

the divide between women in the game, and consequently between women and the art form itself. These ideas of not being respected in their field, being refused teaching, and being seen only for their gender can also be seen in DJing, in the story of DJ Kuttin Kandy, and in Graffiti in words of lady pink. In MC’ing, which has developed into the modern genre of rap music has the most severe examples of misogyny. Misogyny and “womanhating” pervade every…

music collections which actually reminds me of myself. It’s amazing how the life style of a parent could go a long way in charting a child’s future. Grandmaster Flash carefully studied the styles and techniques of earlier DJs, particularly Pete Jones, Kool…

Rap music, also called hip hop music, is one of the biggest music genres there is. From different artists, songs, beats, and labels, also makes it have a lot of variety, and people like that. Rap is a song full of rhymes. It was originated in the united states in the 1970’s. It consisted of stylized rhythmic music. It commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming that is mostly chanted. Different people in the industry have their own style of rap music. The rap scene has come far since…