The Hip Hop Urban Culture
Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture predominately among African Americans and Latinos (the other two elements are graffiti art and breakdancing). The reasons for the rise in hip hop music are found in the changing urban culture in the United States in the 1970's. Beginning in the 1980's, hip hop culture began its spread across the world. By taking the time to explain a fertile culture expression, students of hip hop music place at our disposal some of the most intriguing investigations of a powerful art form.
The Hip Hop Urban Culture
Youth by Foxes (Adventure Club Remix) Khadafi Dub Edit - Music Video Debut
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Youth by Foxes (Adventure Club Remix) Khadafi Dub Edit - Music Video Debut
Dubstep.NET Music Video Debut: Youth by Foxes (Adventure Club Remix) Khadafi Dub Edit Please Subscribe Here: bit.ly Follow Adventure Club: www.facebook.com twitter.com www.soundcloud.com Follow Khadafi Dub: www.facebook.com www.twitter.com www.khadafidub.com Follow us @ http Download this tune off Khadafi Dub's mixtape "The Glitch" (July 31, 2012) @ www.khadafidub.com Produced by Ryan Hall Directed by Ryan Beacher and Ryan Hall Shot and Edited by Ryan Beacher Executive Producer - David Apostrophe Associate Producer - Khalief Khadafi
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Hip-Hop - Violent and Degrading Lyrics
Hip-Hop music includes violent and abusive lyrics that could possibly mirror other illegal activities used for sexual intent. The music identified as hip-hop verbally violates basic human rights, particularly the rights of women. Excessive and blatant sexual abuse connotations can be found in almost every musical score, as women are portrayed as whores and assets worth no more than existing for man's sexual pleasures. Much of the lyrics in rap songs are abusive and degrading to all women.
Hip-Hop - Violent and Degrading Lyrics
What's Up With Gaga? - Azealia Banks Confirms Collab, Versace Launch Party
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What's Up With Gaga? - Azealia Banks Confirms Collab, Versace Launch Party
bit.ly - Subscribe to ClevverMusic! on.fb.me - ClevverMusic Facebook Fan Page! Twitter.com - Follow Us! I'm Misty Monster, welcome back to your weekly Lady Gaga news recap! We've have some awesome Gagalicious news for you this week so let's get right to it! First, we told you guys back in August that Azealia Banks and Gaga were cooking some sort of collaboration up together, as they engaged in some teasing Twitter chats. News broke today that Azealia Banks confirmed to Mix TV she did in fact work with Gaga on two new songs titled, "Red Flame" and "Ratchet". Azealia revealed they worked on the songs from afar, via email. And Azealia admitted she's not sure if they will end up on Gaga's upcoming "ARTPOP" and only Gaga herself can answer that. Exciting! Moving on, last night Gaga attended her pal Donatella Versace's new NYC store launch party. Donatella opened a huge "Versace Vibe" store on Mercer Street and held a private dinner party to celebrate. Mother Monster attended to show her support, wearing a black skirt, thick belt, and crop top. Gaga is always such a good devotee for her friends and we think that's one of her best qualities. From earlier this week- Gaga confirmed via Twitter that a "Telephone" sequel song is coming! A fan tweeted to her asking, "@ladygaga I heard the continuation of Telephone will be on ARTPOP! Fact or fake?" To which Gaga shockingly replied, "fact". So now the big question is whether or not Beyonce will be returning to collab for the track. We ...
What's Up With Gaga? - Azealia Banks Confirms Collab, Versace Launch Party
What's Up With Gaga? - Azealia Banks Confirms Collab, Versace Launch Party
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Online Rap and Hip Hop Beat Maker
Picking the right hip hop beat maker or production software is important when you want to start making beats. Some tools are too simple and limits you creativity, while others are too overwhelming and limits your creativity with its excessive complexity.
Online Rap and Hip Hop Beat Maker
Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle (Explicit)
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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
If you are a serious hip hop music fan and need to find a place where you can catch up on all the latest hip hop action, then you want to check World Star Hip Hop. This website is designed with hip hop fans in mind and provides them music videos and entertainment that is geared toward the 'urban community'. With news, videos, music and more, this is comprehensive website for all of your hip hop needs.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Wildlife
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Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) arrives on the scene of a murder to find a young woman brutally killed, and carrying a rare bird species found dead in her purse. Dr. Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie) comes back with some startling evidence -- the saliva found in the cuts on the victim's body shows she was mauled by a tiger. Oscar Assadorian (guest star Carlos Leon) leads the detectives to the victim's twin sister, Anna Bleers (guest star Caitlin Fitzgerald) who in turn leads the detectives to Hip Hop artist, Gots Money (guest star Big Boi). Gots, who admits to working for an animal smuggling ring, agrees to go undercover with Detective Stabler to catch the smugglers, Andre Bushido (guest star Andrew Divoff) and Tybor (guest star Reg E. Cathey). But when Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) poses as a prostitute to help out her partner undercover, Detective Stabler finds himself wounded and his marriage in disarray. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Michaela McManus (ADA Kim Greylek), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and BD Wong (Dr. George Huang).
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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
If you are a serious hip hop music fan and need to find a place where you can catch up on all the latest hip hop action, then you want to check World Star Hip Hop. This website is designed with hip hop fans in mind and provides them music videos and entertainment that is geared toward the 'urban community'. With news, videos, music and more, this is comprehensive website for all of your hip hop needs.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
euronews le mag - Un pescadero con ritmo y el villancico de Travolta y Newton-John
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es.euronews.com Un pescadero pakistaní de Londres está causando sensación con su tema "One pound fish". La canción ha sido visionada más de 5 millones de veces en la web y Muhammad Shahid Nazir ya ha firmado con una gran discográfica. El reclamo está en boca de todos incluída la cantante pop Alesha Dixon y el grupo Behavior Mindless que ha realizado una versión hip hop. Los enamorados de la película "Grease", John Travolta y Olivia Newton-John vuelven a formar pareja en el disco navideño "This Christmas". Los fondos recaudados serán destinados al centro oncológico creado por Olivia Newton-John en Australia ya la Fundación Jett Travolta. SÃguenos: En YouTube: bit.ly En Facebook: www.facebook.com En Twitter: twitter.com
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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
If you are a serious hip hop music fan and need to find a place where you can catch up on all the latest hip hop action, then you want to check World Star Hip Hop. This website is designed with hip hop fans in mind and provides them music videos and entertainment that is geared toward the 'urban community'. With news, videos, music and more, this is comprehensive website for all of your hip hop needs.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Urban Media Exclusives - Dumb Luck aka Def Letter: Social Introduction Album Interview
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Urban Media Exclusives - Dumb Luck aka Def Letter: Social Introduction Album Interview
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Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
1. Everybody wants to be a gangsta
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
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The Wisdom Cube claims to hold all the wisdom in the universe, but it seems that he only possesses a knack for tiresome anecdotes.
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Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
1. Everybody wants to be a gangsta
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
LES TWINS - France 2012 World Hip Hop Dance Championship
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LES TWINS - France 2012 World Hip Hop Dance Championship
HHI 2012 DVD Available: hiphopinternational.com LES TWINS - France at Hip Hop International's 2012 World Hip Hop Dance Championship Finals held in Las Vegas!!
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How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps
When you're just starting out how to make beats it can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Trust me I was there. But it really is easier then you think. If you're making a beat here are 10 tips that will get yo stated.
How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps
JUDGEMENT DAY Dance Off (Rapture)
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JUDGEMENT DAY Dance Off (Rapture)
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The Hip Hop Urban Culture
Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture predominately among African Americans and Latinos (the other two elements are graffiti art and breakdancing). The reasons for the rise in hip hop music are found in the changing urban culture in the United States in the 1970's. Beginning in the 1980's, hip hop culture began its spread across the world. By taking the time to explain a fertile culture expression, students of hip hop music place at our disposal some of the most intriguing investigations of a powerful art form.
The Hip Hop Urban Culture
ICH HÖR AUF! "AF#17"
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ICH HÖR AUF! "AF#17"
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The History of Rap and Hip Hop Music
The origin of hip-hop can be traced back as far as the ancient tribes in Africa. Rap has been compared with the chants, drumbeats and foot-stomping African tribes performed before wars, the births of babies, and the deaths of kings and elders. Historians have reached further back than the accepted origins of hip-hop. It was born as we know it today in the Bronx, cradled and nurtured by the youth in the low-income areas of New York City.
The History of Rap and Hip Hop Music
The Efficacy - Dres Tha Beatnik
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The Efficacy - Dres Tha Beatnik
DRES has been described as the Johnny Carson of Atlanta Hip Hop, Dres Tha Beatnik started at a very early age in all aspects of entertainment but primarily as MC/Beatboxing/Dancer. Dres released the first ever 100% beatbox produced album called 'Have Mic, Will Travel' - and followed up with a worldwide tour. Listen more at: www.myspace.com
The Efficacy - Dres Tha Beatnik
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Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B
In the early 1970s, the cultural movement of hip hop music was born. Hip hop's fast paced music style is made of two parts; the rhythmic delivery of rap and the use ofinstrumentation by a DJ. Hip hop music also brought with it a fashion of its own, the fashion helped to represent this newly created music.
Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B
SYTYCD Experience with Nappytabs
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SYTYCD Experience with Nappytabs
Watch baby London's first road trip to Vegas for the SYTYCD Experience with Nappytabs! All Episodes of Nappytabs +1: goo.gl Subscribe to 3V: goo.gl More Shows from 3V: www.youtube.com You know Nappytabs as the hot choreography couple from shows like So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol, but you've NEVER seen them like this! On Nappytabs +1, get an inside look at the busy lives of Napoleon and Tabitha as they welcome their plus one. Follow their journey to become parents while juggling busy careers, keeping their marriage sexy and fun, and trying to lose their baby weight. Subscribe now for new episodes every Friday!
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Hip hop music has its roots from West African music and African-American music. The first rap song to be put onto a vinyl record was, "Rapper's Delight", a song by the Sugarhill Gang back in the 1970s. This is when block parties started becoming the norm in New York City, which gave hip hop and rap the chance to explode in popularity. Hip hop's instrumentation came from funk, R&B, and disco, when combined together make this dynamic type of music. When the DJs at these block parties learned what the people liked, they began mixing these vinyl records and created music that played continuously with amazing transitions between
songs. Hip hop was actually created by a DJ named Kool Herc, a Jamaican that had moved to the United States with a style that consisted of mixing music by using two copies of the same record. Many of the poor Jamaican's in the town could not afford vinyl records, so huge stereo systems were set up so that many could here the rhythmic beats. These stereo systems were the kick-off for the beginning of the
evolution of block parties. So with the musical talent of these amazing DJs, with the use of vinyl record mixing, the culture of hip hop and rap music was born.
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Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B
History of R & B
Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B
R&B, which stands for Rhythm and Blues, was the greatest influence on music around the world for most of the 20th century's second-half. Rhythm and Blues is a term with a broad sense, but typically recognizing black-pop music. This type of music was introduced to the world by artists' combining the music styles of jazz and blues. R&B is actually what was later developed into what we know as rock and roll. In the 1970s, the term R&B was being used to describe soul and funk music styles, which today we know it describes Rhythm and Blues. Along with being influenced by jazz and blues, R&B also had influences from gospel and disco music. Disco's downturn in the 1980s opened the door for R&B to truly take-off in popularity.
Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B
DRES has been described as the Johnny Carson of Atlanta Hip Hop, Dres Tha Beatnik started at a very early age in all aspects of entertainment but primarily as MC/Beatboxing/Dancer. Dres released the first ever 100% beatbox produced album called 'Have Mic, Will Travel' - and followed up with a worldwide tour. Listen more at: www.myspace.com
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Fast-forward from the tribes of Africa to the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica in the late sixties. The impoverished of Kingston gathered together in groups to form DJ conglomerates. They spun roots and culture records and communicated with the audience over the music. At the time, the DJ's comments weren't as important as the quality of the sound system and its ability to get the crowd moving. Kool Herc grew up in this community before he moved to the Bronx.
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The History of Rap and Hip Hop Music
During the late sixties, reggae wasn't popular with New Yorkers. As a DJ, Kool Herc spun rhythm and blues records to please his party crowd. But, he had to add his personal touch. During the breaks, Herc began to speak to his audience as he had learned to do in Jamaica. He called out, the audience responded, and then he pumped the volume back up on the record. This call and response technique was nothing new to this community who'd been reared in Baptist and Methodist churches where call and response was a technique used by the speakers to get the congregation involved. Historians compare it to the call and response performed by Jazz musicians and was very much a part of the culture of Jazz music during the renaissance in Harlem.
The History of Rap and Hip Hop Music
Herc's DJ style caught on. His party's grew in popularity. He began to buy multiple copies of the same albums. When he performed his duties as a DJ, he extended the breaks by using multiple copies of the same records. He chatted, as it is called in dance hall, with his audience for longer and longer periods.
Others copied Herc's style. Soon a friendly battle ensued between New York DJs. They all learned the technique of using break beats. Herc stepped up the game by giving shout-outs to people who were in attendance at the parties and coming up with his signature call and response. Other DJs responded by rhyming with their words when they spoke to the audience. More and more DJs used two and four line rhymes and anecdotes to get their audiences involved and hyped at these parties.
One day, Herc passed the microphone over to two of his friends. He took care of the turn table and allowed his buddies to keep the crowd hyped with chants, rhymes and anecdotes while he extended the breaks of different songs indefinitely. This was the birth of rap as we know it.
Hip-hop has evolved from the days of the basement showdowns to big business in the music industry. In the seventies and eighties, the pioneers and innovators of the rap record was the DJ. He was the guy who used his turntable to create fresh sounds with old records. Then, he became the guy who mixed these familiar breaks with synthesizers to produce completely new beats. Not much has changed in that aspect of hip-hop. The guy who creates the beat is still the heart of the track. Now, we call him the producer. Even though some DJs work as producers as well as DJs (quite a few start out as DJs before they become producers), today's title "DJ" doesn't carry the same connotative meaning it did in the eighties. Today's hip-hop producer performs the same tasks as the eighty's DJ.
The History of Rap and Hip Hop Music
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More than a musical style, hip-hop is a history of American culture, and a testimony by its artists of their life experiences. In 1985, when Run-DMC ordained themselves the "Kings of Rock," in their lyrics of their hit song of the same name, they probably never imagined that one day they would be recognized as such. As the pioneers of hip-hop music, they convinced the world to dance to poetry with a beatbox. They invited anyone who would listen to "Walk This Way" in "My Adidas," all the way to the top of VH1's list of the "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists." And in the words of the great Run-DMC themselves, "It's like that! And that's the way it is! Huh!"
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The Hip Hop Urban Culture
VH1's "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists" serves as a platform for hip-hop music's superstars of the past, present and future to acknowledge their hip-hop peers. Proof that hip-hop music has woven itself into the fabric of American music and culture.
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"50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists" features archival clips, classic performances and exclusive interviews with the some of the world's greatest entertainers. It also represents VH1's recognition of hip-hop music as a significant music form and the integration of the genre into our music programming repertoire.
The lyrics found in hip hop music are expressions that are linked with cultural and societal feelings of an individual. Hip hop lyrics are known for their conversational quality. Hip hop lyrics are used to teach stylistic features, imagery, assonance, alliteration, rhythmic structure and rhyme are taught while basic literacy (vowels, consonants, blends, syllables and spelling) is embedded.
Hip hop lyrics typically employ inner-city slang with poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance and rhyme. The slang of hip hop lyrics may include words like, yo, dis, flow, phat and homie. Hip hop lyrics have been likened to what rock music lyrics used to be, and in some cases have taken the place of rock and folk songs within the culture. Hip hop lyrics contain many references that the listeners can relate to. Hip hop lyrics that tell of excess wealth and luxury of artists may connect to a group of individuals with such dreams.
As in the language, hip hop lyrics are poetry, but poetry with something more added to it. Some hip hop lyrics are extremely articulate in that they express a certain subject in a different form. Though it is true that many hip hop lyrics are slang it is also true that much of our commonly spoken language is slang and sometimes vulgar. Hence, allowing us to see that there is a difference between descriptive and prescriptive language.
Adding to the hip hop music and song lyrics, dancing is another element of the hip hop culture better known as the hip hop dance style. Hip hop dance is a collaborative movement that continually grows and evolves through individual improvisation. Hip hop dance is an art form that has the nation and world trying to one-two step or breakdance to krumping.
Hip hop music and dancing, or breaking, rose in the 1970's and 1980's, centered on urban communities of young dancers and musicians and their popular culture.
Hip hop dancing continues to evolve into many different forms today, heavily influenced by the evolution of music and its popularity in the media.
Hip-hop is a strenuous dance style that involves using the entire body to create sharp, expressive movements. As in all dance forms, hip hop dance is a technique with defined steps and movements that must be learned and practiced.
Hip hop music is a popular style of music. It is everywhere from commercials to television sitcoms. Hip hop culture and music range from those akin to mainstream popular music to the blues version of the human condition. There is a big influence of R&B in the hip hop music industry that provides an exhilarating experience to the listener. This urban culture is sweeping the world in music, movies and clubs. It is truly an American minority creation which deserves more credit and recognition as an art form rather than as a fad which should just fade away with time.
The Hip Hop Urban Culture
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1. Pick a style- Know the style of beat you want to make before you start making it. Like rnb,rap,pop, etc. There have been plenty of beats that I made and could not figure out what style it was.
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How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps
2. Pick A Major Artist- Think of a known artist that you would want to make the beat for. Like if you chose a style a rap, think now what rap artist do you want to make the beat for. Try to imagine that artist on your beat. This will make your hip hop beat-making experience a whole lot easier.
How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps
3. Listen To Their Song- Take a listen to the rap artist you are making the beat for songs. See the style. Get a feel for the kind of hip hop beats the artist raps over.
4. Formatting The Song- Very important. formatting is, the intro, verse, chorus, verse, bridge, etc. That's all it is but basically you just change the order around however you feel like it. Turn on the radio and see how your favorite artist formats there song. When instruments come in, when they drop out. The most basic form to start with is, 2 or 4 bar intro, 16 bar verse, 8 bar chorus, 16 bar verse, 8bar chorus, 16 bar verse, 8 bars chorus. This is the most basic beat-making song format. This is very common in rap. If you want an even simpler way, you can create an 8 bar loop and keep it the same throughout the whole song. I have seen this done a lot.
5. Laying down the beat- I have learned that for starters, it's easier to start with the drums. Kick, Snare, Hi hat, are always a good start. Record a pattern for four bars with those first. Then layer that with maybe some toms, cow-bell, symbols, etc. Whatever you want to use. THE DRUMS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MAKING HIP HOP BEATS! Your drums must hit and hit HARD. The best way to get your drums hitting hard is by not using "pitty pat" free kits you downloaded from the internet for free. If your drums are weak, then your beat is going to be weak.
6. Laying Down A Melody- This is where most hip hop beat-makers have the most trouble. Because most eat makers can't play the keys. For starters, you might want to learn basic keyboard skills. The major thing you need to learn are, major and minor scales. After you learn that, try and do different combinations and patterns with the drum beat you have made. Use an instrument like, a lead guitar, horns, clav, something that will stand out. Your melody can be however you want it, but for starters, you could do a 4 bar melody, or an 8 bar melody.
7. Layering The Beat- What is done a lot in beat making is layering. If you have your whole beat finished. You can go and make it sound bigger by layering. All you do is fill in some gaps, do the same pattern you did with one instrument with another instrument. Do this throughout your beat. This will make you beat sound a lot fatter.
8. Pan- Panning is basically having an instrument all the way to the right, all the way to the left, and anywhere in between. You pan for all kinds of different reasons. It gives each track its own little space in the stereo field. There are no rules for panning, put you have to do it. So just try it out and see what you like best.
9. The Mixdown- Very important! Very Important! Very Important! If you have a poor mix on your beat, then you have pretty much wasted your time. When mixing a beat, start with each track individually. Solo each track and make sure it sounds good by itself. EQ it if you have to, but if each track sounds good by itself, the whole beat will sound that much better. DO NOT DISTORT! If your master levels are in the red before you bounce to disc or .mp3, your distorting. Don't worry about if its not loud enough. You never ever ever want to distort. If you are distorting, check any instrument that has boom or low end, Like a kick, bass, sub, etc. these tend to distort more often.
10. The Bounce- Now that you made you're beat, Its the hottest hip hop beat ever, you want to put it on cd or upload it to the internet. When you're exporting a beat for cd, Use .wav file. 44.1 16bit. If you want to upload to the internet use, 320kbps (the highest .mp3 quality) or 128kbps. Most websites wont accept 320kbps because the file size is too big. So go with 128kbps.
These are all just guidelines to help you get started. There are millions of ways to make a beat, But this is just to help you get your feet wet if you don't know where to start.
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There used to be all kinds of MCs rhyming about all aspects of life. Hip-Hop used to be fun. Hip-Hip used to be social conscious. Hip-Hop used to political and militant. Hip-Hop used to be grown and sexy before Jay-Z made the phrase popular on his song, "Excuse me Miss".
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Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
Hip-Hop has always been gangsta. Many credit Schoolly D with making the first Gangsta rap record, "P.S.K." Ice-T came out with "6 N in the morning". Boogie Down Productions released "Criminal Minded". And how could anyone fail to mention "the most dangerous group", N.W.A. and their infamous classic record, "Straight Outta Compton".
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
What I'm saying is that Gangsta rap is not new and most of the so-called gangsta rap acts nowadays all sound the same (regardless of where they're from) and are not nearly as good and cutting edge as the pioneers of that sub-genre within Hip-Hop.
Bottom-line: Hip-Hop needs to diversify by returning to its true tradition of telling stories that reflect a variety of perspectives and not just the same ol', same ol', "shoot 'em up, bang, bang" mentality and lifestyle.
2. Hip-Hop is driven more by commercial success than cultural integrity
Hip-Hop is no longer a culture, it's a business. But the truth is Hip-Hop is indeed a culture that has been commercialized, therefore, compromised. Corporate America, whether you're talking about corporate-owned record labels, magazines or cable channels, are in complete control of Hip-Hop.
Hip-Hop is big business and is making a lot of people a lot of money. But how many of those who profit from Hip-Hop are actually true to the preservation of the culture? And how much of the profits are being recycled back in the communities all over the world that gave birth, raised and praise the culture like a proud parent?
Bottom-line: Hip-Hop, as a culture, needs to be resurrected and moved forward in having an impact on the world socially, politically, religiously, economically and not just exploited to make greedy opportunists rich.
3. BEEF
Let me start out by saying that there is a big difference between "beef" and "battling". Beef is what happens on the streets and even in the boardroom. Battling is competition; what happens in sports for example and of course Hip-Hop music. Battling is the foundation of MC'ing.
Battling separates the thorough MCs from the "Sucker MCs". There have been legendary "battles" throughout Hip-Hop history; KRS-ONE & BDP vs. MC Shan & The Juice Crew, L.L. Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee to name a couple.
But beef is another whole can of "words". Beef can (and has) spread outside of records and onto the streets. Beef, real beef, is about more than words. Beef can be dangerous and should be taken serious. Beef is dangerous to Hip-Hop because it damages the culture's credibility and hinders its true intent. Hip-Hop as a culture and rap as a form of music was not founded on "greasy talk" and violence.
Bottom line: Beef may garner some publicity and sometimes, tragically claim lives but it does nothing to uplift Hip-Hop culture and the communities it represents.
4. The most popular MCs are often the most overrated
You can ask today's average fan to list their 10 favorite MC's and at least half of the ones they name are average at best or downright wack. The MCs who get the most attention in radio, print and television are often not MCs at all; they're rappers, or I guess you can say, entertainers that rap. Your favorite rapper may have a hit song getting 100's of spins a day on the radio but that doesn't necessarily mean that he or she is a true MC.
Most rap songs played on the radio are the weakest lyrically. Most of the elements of Hip-Hop are completely absent from the music videos that serve as a visual for the songs. These entertainers benefit from a variety of factors that put them at the forefront of Hip-Hop. But often lyrical prowess is not one of these factors. Meanwhile many of the best MCs that have mastered the art of MC'ing (see #9) receive little to no promotion from corporate America and their great talents are heard and witnessed by few.
Bottom line: True MCs who are in the game for the love of it should be more visible and the more popular MCs who dominate the charts and grace the covers of magazines should challenge themselves and be challenged to step their rhyme game up.
5. Hip-Hop journalism needs to step their game up
I'm a writer. I grew up an avid reader of Hip-Hop themed publications. There was a time when I thoroughly enjoyed reading these publications waiting anxiously for the new issues to hit the newsstand or be delivered in my mailbox.
But the last 5 years or so, the "Hip-Hop press" has let the culture down. For example, the two biggest and most successful magazines (I won't name them. You know...) in my opinion have perpetuated, instigated and contributed to pushing on-going beefs between rap crews. And these publications themselves have engaged in on-going beefs between each other!
This doesn't happen in other publications unless you're talking about the tabloids. And if it does happen within other publications, the ramifications are not as detrimental to the overall well being of the "profiles" featured in their pages or the readers of their publications.
Plainly, the Hip-Hop press has a responsibility to the culture it covers. It should challenge the culture while celebrating it. The Hip-Hop press shouldn't lower their journalistic standards or "dumb down" just to sell magazines. I hate to say this, but some of the best pieces I've read on Hip-Hop have come from mainstream publications which really have no authority to speak on matters of Hip-Hop.
Bottom line: At times, the Hip-Hop press comes across cartoon-ish and for many of us that grew up in Hip-Hop, we expect and deserve better. The younger generation of Hip-Hop desperately need better (even if they don't realize it). There are great writers within our culture but we all must present Hip-Hop in a shining light while being objective. The Hip-Hop press has a credibility problem (and I ain't talking about street cred).
6. Radio & TV has yet to step their game up
Radio and television programming as it relates to Hip-Hop is wack. The most popular Hip-Hop show on TV (You know what I'm talking about) is the wackest. And it's not because of the hosts or the young, ill informed audience. The blame could be spread across the board between the producers and the corporate companies who are responsible for putting the show on the air.
I don't want to pick on one particular television show. The point is radio and television do a terrible job of how they present Hip-Hop culture to the masses. And, frankly, advertisers don't care; all they want are the eyeballs to whatever they're peddling.
Bottom line: Radio & Television need to create more formats and programming that celebrate all the elements of Hip-Hop so that more eyes and ears will see and hear the many faces and sounds of Hip-Hop and not just the often negative stereotypical stuff.
7. The younger generation doesn't know or acknowledge the pioneers of the game
When I was a teenager, I loved Big Daddy Kane but I also loved and appreciated the soulful sounds of Marvin Gaye. I was a student of music, fairly knowledgeable about history and not just hung up on the latest song on the radio. Many of my peers were the same way.
On Nas' new record, "Hip-Hop is Dead", one of my favorite songs is "Carry on Tradition" where Nas challenges, "Let's see who can quote a Daddy Kane line the fastest." The younger generation need to be more informed about Hip-Hop pre-2004. I love fire-spittin', Lil' Wayne, or the charismatic, T.I., but there's been a lot of Hip-Hop before the new school or next school of Hip-Hoppers.
I've always said that the pioneers of the game don't get the proper platform that they deserve. That's why I like VH1's Hip-Hop Honors. It's not the best way to pay tribute to the MCs of the past but at least the producers are trying.
Bottom line: The pioneers of the game paved the way for the MCs that you see now. The MCs of today, radio, television, print and just the average Hip-Hopper on the street should pay homage to the legends. The culture has a history and that history is the foundation from which the future of Hip-Hop should be built upon.
8. Live performances are loud, crowded and wack
You might be a hardcore Hip-Hop fan but you'll have to admit that the live Hip-Hop performance is awful. It hasn't always been this way. As a matter of fact, in its short history, Hip-Hop is known for its performance element. There have been great performers within Hip-Hop and many of these performances were witnessed in the park before they reached the Grammy stage.
Nowadays, MCs just don't have a clue of what it takes to satisfy an audience. There's so much wrong with Hip-Hop performances today. The music is too loud. There are way too many people on stage. MCs are too cool or too tough to dance or simply groove with the music. The stage show just lack true excitement and creativity. Often what you have is a bunch of guys on stage as if they're standing on a street corner. Is that the best they can come up with? I think not.
Bottom line: MCs haven't shown true Hip-Hop heads nothing if they can't put on a solid show. MCs spend a lot of time on the road bringing their music to the people but they really need to spend more time working on their performance when they hit the stage.
9. "Real" MC'ing is a lost art
If I had to come up with a percentage, I would say that only about 25% of MCs today can actually rhyme. Some have very little skill at all. The MCing element within Hip-Hop is the most celebrated but the least mastered. Now I love beats and I get hooked on a catchy hook, but back in the day, when I heard a record, I zeroed in on the MC. If he or she couldn't rhyme, my ears closed quickly.
Too many songs are chorus/hook and basically nothing else. The MC really is the voice of the culture. What is said and how it's said is important. A MC should be able to articulate his or her message clearly and skillfully. A real MC would not compromise his or her lyrical prowess to make a hit record. Jay-Z, for example, has made many hits and yet he rarely disappoints lyrically. Biggie was like this as well.
Bottom line: MCs of today should study the MCs of the past and the great ones that are still doing their thing. These MCs are the true masters of wordplay.
10. The ladies are being denied the opportunity to shine and continue to be degraded and pushed to the background.
The women of Hip-Hop still haven't gotten their due. We can talk about any other music genre and some of its biggest names are females. Maybe it's the nature of Hip-Hop and rap music. But to have that position would be selling Hip-Hop culture short.
If you think back, women have been celebrated in Hip-Hop. Now too much of Hip-Hop degrades its own women just for the sake of doing so. Hip-Hop rarely makes the distinction between a bitch and a lady anymore. Bitch or Hoe are two words that have seemed to officially replace the words woman, lady or girl in the Hip-Hop lexicon.
Whatever happened to calling a woman a chick or honey?
Some feminists wouldn't like those terms but at least they're spoken as a compliment to women. Most women are offended by being referred to as a bitch or a hoe. Of course, nowadays some women embrace these derogatory terms, seeing themselves in this way and calling one another by these names.
But I won't simply dwell on how men treat women in Hip-Hop. That's a record that's been played many times. I agree with those who say that the degradation of women in Hip-Hop is influenced by society's treatment of women. But Hip-Hop could also be a leading influence in changing that.
What I'm really troubled by as far as women, is the fact that there are just not enough females in the game on the mic. Who's representing for the ladies? I don't mind saying that some of my favorite MCs are females. MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill...these ladies and others are great MCs in their own right. Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim both can go toe to toe lyrically with anybody in the game; past and present!
Bottom line: Hip-Hop needs to uplift our women more oppose to holding them down. There needs to be more females MCs in the game to represent all aspects (not just the "baddest bitch" perspective) of being women within Hip-Hop culture.
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
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There used to be all kinds of MCs rhyming about all aspects of life. Hip-Hop used to be fun. Hip-Hip used to be social conscious. Hip-Hop used to political and militant. Hip-Hop used to be grown and sexy before Jay-Z made the phrase popular on his song, "Excuse me Miss".
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Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
Hip-Hop has always been gangsta. Many credit Schoolly D with making the first Gangsta rap record, "P.S.K." Ice-T came out with "6 N in the morning". Boogie Down Productions released "Criminal Minded". And how could anyone fail to mention "the most dangerous group", N.W.A. and their infamous classic record, "Straight Outta Compton".
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
What I'm saying is that Gangsta rap is not new and most of the so-called gangsta rap acts nowadays all sound the same (regardless of where they're from) and are not nearly as good and cutting edge as the pioneers of that sub-genre within Hip-Hop.
Bottom-line: Hip-Hop needs to diversify by returning to its true tradition of telling stories that reflect a variety of perspectives and not just the same ol', same ol', "shoot 'em up, bang, bang" mentality and lifestyle.
2. Hip-Hop is driven more by commercial success than cultural integrity
Hip-Hop is no longer a culture, it's a business. But the truth is Hip-Hop is indeed a culture that has been commercialized, therefore, compromised. Corporate America, whether you're talking about corporate-owned record labels, magazines or cable channels, are in complete control of Hip-Hop.
Hip-Hop is big business and is making a lot of people a lot of money. But how many of those who profit from Hip-Hop are actually true to the preservation of the culture? And how much of the profits are being recycled back in the communities all over the world that gave birth, raised and praise the culture like a proud parent?
Bottom-line: Hip-Hop, as a culture, needs to be resurrected and moved forward in having an impact on the world socially, politically, religiously, economically and not just exploited to make greedy opportunists rich.
3. BEEF
Let me start out by saying that there is a big difference between "beef" and "battling". Beef is what happens on the streets and even in the boardroom. Battling is competition; what happens in sports for example and of course Hip-Hop music. Battling is the foundation of MC'ing.
Battling separates the thorough MCs from the "Sucker MCs". There have been legendary "battles" throughout Hip-Hop history; KRS-ONE & BDP vs. MC Shan & The Juice Crew, L.L. Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee to name a couple.
But beef is another whole can of "words". Beef can (and has) spread outside of records and onto the streets. Beef, real beef, is about more than words. Beef can be dangerous and should be taken serious. Beef is dangerous to Hip-Hop because it damages the culture's credibility and hinders its true intent. Hip-Hop as a culture and rap as a form of music was not founded on "greasy talk" and violence.
Bottom line: Beef may garner some publicity and sometimes, tragically claim lives but it does nothing to uplift Hip-Hop culture and the communities it represents.
4. The most popular MCs are often the most overrated
You can ask today's average fan to list their 10 favorite MC's and at least half of the ones they name are average at best or downright wack. The MCs who get the most attention in radio, print and television are often not MCs at all; they're rappers, or I guess you can say, entertainers that rap. Your favorite rapper may have a hit song getting 100's of spins a day on the radio but that doesn't necessarily mean that he or she is a true MC.
Most rap songs played on the radio are the weakest lyrically. Most of the elements of Hip-Hop are completely absent from the music videos that serve as a visual for the songs. These entertainers benefit from a variety of factors that put them at the forefront of Hip-Hop. But often lyrical prowess is not one of these factors. Meanwhile many of the best MCs that have mastered the art of MC'ing (see #9) receive little to no promotion from corporate America and their great talents are heard and witnessed by few.
Bottom line: True MCs who are in the game for the love of it should be more visible and the more popular MCs who dominate the charts and grace the covers of magazines should challenge themselves and be challenged to step their rhyme game up.
5. Hip-Hop journalism needs to step their game up
I'm a writer. I grew up an avid reader of Hip-Hop themed publications. There was a time when I thoroughly enjoyed reading these publications waiting anxiously for the new issues to hit the newsstand or be delivered in my mailbox.
But the last 5 years or so, the "Hip-Hop press" has let the culture down. For example, the two biggest and most successful magazines (I won't name them. You know...) in my opinion have perpetuated, instigated and contributed to pushing on-going beefs between rap crews. And these publications themselves have engaged in on-going beefs between each other!
This doesn't happen in other publications unless you're talking about the tabloids. And if it does happen within other publications, the ramifications are not as detrimental to the overall well being of the "profiles" featured in their pages or the readers of their publications.
Plainly, the Hip-Hop press has a responsibility to the culture it covers. It should challenge the culture while celebrating it. The Hip-Hop press shouldn't lower their journalistic standards or "dumb down" just to sell magazines. I hate to say this, but some of the best pieces I've read on Hip-Hop have come from mainstream publications which really have no authority to speak on matters of Hip-Hop.
Bottom line: At times, the Hip-Hop press comes across cartoon-ish and for many of us that grew up in Hip-Hop, we expect and deserve better. The younger generation of Hip-Hop desperately need better (even if they don't realize it). There are great writers within our culture but we all must present Hip-Hop in a shining light while being objective. The Hip-Hop press has a credibility problem (and I ain't talking about street cred).
6. Radio & TV has yet to step their game up
Radio and television programming as it relates to Hip-Hop is wack. The most popular Hip-Hop show on TV (You know what I'm talking about) is the wackest. And it's not because of the hosts or the young, ill informed audience. The blame could be spread across the board between the producers and the corporate companies who are responsible for putting the show on the air.
I don't want to pick on one particular television show. The point is radio and television do a terrible job of how they present Hip-Hop culture to the masses. And, frankly, advertisers don't care; all they want are the eyeballs to whatever they're peddling.
Bottom line: Radio & Television need to create more formats and programming that celebrate all the elements of Hip-Hop so that more eyes and ears will see and hear the many faces and sounds of Hip-Hop and not just the often negative stereotypical stuff.
7. The younger generation doesn't know or acknowledge the pioneers of the game
When I was a teenager, I loved Big Daddy Kane but I also loved and appreciated the soulful sounds of Marvin Gaye. I was a student of music, fairly knowledgeable about history and not just hung up on the latest song on the radio. Many of my peers were the same way.
On Nas' new record, "Hip-Hop is Dead", one of my favorite songs is "Carry on Tradition" where Nas challenges, "Let's see who can quote a Daddy Kane line the fastest." The younger generation need to be more informed about Hip-Hop pre-2004. I love fire-spittin', Lil' Wayne, or the charismatic, T.I., but there's been a lot of Hip-Hop before the new school or next school of Hip-Hoppers.
I've always said that the pioneers of the game don't get the proper platform that they deserve. That's why I like VH1's Hip-Hop Honors. It's not the best way to pay tribute to the MCs of the past but at least the producers are trying.
Bottom line: The pioneers of the game paved the way for the MCs that you see now. The MCs of today, radio, television, print and just the average Hip-Hopper on the street should pay homage to the legends. The culture has a history and that history is the foundation from which the future of Hip-Hop should be built upon.
8. Live performances are loud, crowded and wack
You might be a hardcore Hip-Hop fan but you'll have to admit that the live Hip-Hop performance is awful. It hasn't always been this way. As a matter of fact, in its short history, Hip-Hop is known for its performance element. There have been great performers within Hip-Hop and many of these performances were witnessed in the park before they reached the Grammy stage.
Nowadays, MCs just don't have a clue of what it takes to satisfy an audience. There's so much wrong with Hip-Hop performances today. The music is too loud. There are way too many people on stage. MCs are too cool or too tough to dance or simply groove with the music. The stage show just lack true excitement and creativity. Often what you have is a bunch of guys on stage as if they're standing on a street corner. Is that the best they can come up with? I think not.
Bottom line: MCs haven't shown true Hip-Hop heads nothing if they can't put on a solid show. MCs spend a lot of time on the road bringing their music to the people but they really need to spend more time working on their performance when they hit the stage.
9. "Real" MC'ing is a lost art
If I had to come up with a percentage, I would say that only about 25% of MCs today can actually rhyme. Some have very little skill at all. The MCing element within Hip-Hop is the most celebrated but the least mastered. Now I love beats and I get hooked on a catchy hook, but back in the day, when I heard a record, I zeroed in on the MC. If he or she couldn't rhyme, my ears closed quickly.
Too many songs are chorus/hook and basically nothing else. The MC really is the voice of the culture. What is said and how it's said is important. A MC should be able to articulate his or her message clearly and skillfully. A real MC would not compromise his or her lyrical prowess to make a hit record. Jay-Z, for example, has made many hits and yet he rarely disappoints lyrically. Biggie was like this as well.
Bottom line: MCs of today should study the MCs of the past and the great ones that are still doing their thing. These MCs are the true masters of wordplay.
10. The ladies are being denied the opportunity to shine and continue to be degraded and pushed to the background.
The women of Hip-Hop still haven't gotten their due. We can talk about any other music genre and some of its biggest names are females. Maybe it's the nature of Hip-Hop and rap music. But to have that position would be selling Hip-Hop culture short.
If you think back, women have been celebrated in Hip-Hop. Now too much of Hip-Hop degrades its own women just for the sake of doing so. Hip-Hop rarely makes the distinction between a bitch and a lady anymore. Bitch or Hoe are two words that have seemed to officially replace the words woman, lady or girl in the Hip-Hop lexicon.
Whatever happened to calling a woman a chick or honey?
Some feminists wouldn't like those terms but at least they're spoken as a compliment to women. Most women are offended by being referred to as a bitch or a hoe. Of course, nowadays some women embrace these derogatory terms, seeing themselves in this way and calling one another by these names.
But I won't simply dwell on how men treat women in Hip-Hop. That's a record that's been played many times. I agree with those who say that the degradation of women in Hip-Hop is influenced by society's treatment of women. But Hip-Hop could also be a leading influence in changing that.
What I'm really troubled by as far as women, is the fact that there are just not enough females in the game on the mic. Who's representing for the ladies? I don't mind saying that some of my favorite MCs are females. MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill...these ladies and others are great MCs in their own right. Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim both can go toe to toe lyrically with anybody in the game; past and present!
Bottom line: Hip-Hop needs to uplift our women more oppose to holding them down. There needs to be more females MCs in the game to represent all aspects (not just the "baddest bitch" perspective) of being women within Hip-Hop culture.
Hip-Hop Isn't Dead-But It's Dying-Here's 10 Reasons Why
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Videos seem to be a big attraction for people and World Star Hip Hop has plenty of them. They have a searchable database collection that you connect to when you join the site and as a member you will be able to learn about the videos and watch related video content as well. Just imagine how nice it would be to watch all of Jay-Z's videos in one place without having to troll the Internet. You can search the database by video or artist and then watch the result. You can also chat with other users in the attached chat box and make new friends while you enjoy the latest in hip hop.
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Currently World Star Hip Hop has over 508,000 fans with 78% of them being in the United States. It is considered a top 5,000 websites and while it is geared towards the urban community as a whole, its main demographic base is African American teen and young adult oriented, leaning slightly towards the ladies. People who enjoy Black Entertainment Television (BET) and shop at stores like Finish Line are most likely to be found frequenting a website such as this, based on the market research done prior to launching the website to the world.
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Music videos aren't the only thing showing up on World Star Hip Hop. All types of special interest videos are being mixed into the sites database. There are videos surrounding the current Presidential campaign - not surprising since Democratic candidate Barack Obama is African American - as well as entertainment and general interest videos. The database currently has over 40 pages of videos to look through, and that is before you even join the website to investigate the rest of the content available to members.
The site should definitely not be viewed by children under the age of 18 as there is some very adult content available on it just in the public areas. For example, if you click on the 'WSHH Honey's' link at the top of the home page, you are taken to a web page that displays ladies in all states of undress including their videos showing why they should be considered a 'WSHH Honey'. There are even instructions on the World Star Hip Hop site on how to submit your own video.
What is interesting to note is that while World Star Hip Hop is a membership site, it doesn't seem to be any links on how to join. When you run your mouse over the website and text that talks about membership, it does not give you an option to click and join.
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Videos seem to be a big attraction for people and World Star Hip Hop has plenty of them. They have a searchable database collection that you connect to when you join the site and as a member you will be able to learn about the videos and watch related video content as well. Just imagine how nice it would be to watch all of Jay-Z's videos in one place without having to troll the Internet. You can search the database by video or artist and then watch the result. You can also chat with other users in the attached chat box and make new friends while you enjoy the latest in hip hop.
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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Currently World Star Hip Hop has over 508,000 fans with 78% of them being in the United States. It is considered a top 5,000 websites and while it is geared towards the urban community as a whole, its main demographic base is African American teen and young adult oriented, leaning slightly towards the ladies. People who enjoy Black Entertainment Television (BET) and shop at stores like Finish Line are most likely to be found frequenting a website such as this, based on the market research done prior to launching the website to the world.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Music videos aren't the only thing showing up on World Star Hip Hop. All types of special interest videos are being mixed into the sites database. There are videos surrounding the current Presidential campaign - not surprising since Democratic candidate Barack Obama is African American - as well as entertainment and general interest videos. The database currently has over 40 pages of videos to look through, and that is before you even join the website to investigate the rest of the content available to members.
The site should definitely not be viewed by children under the age of 18 as there is some very adult content available on it just in the public areas. For example, if you click on the 'WSHH Honey's' link at the top of the home page, you are taken to a web page that displays ladies in all states of undress including their videos showing why they should be considered a 'WSHH Honey'. There are even instructions on the World Star Hip Hop site on how to submit your own video.
What is interesting to note is that while World Star Hip Hop is a membership site, it doesn't seem to be any links on how to join. When you run your mouse over the website and text that talks about membership, it does not give you an option to click and join.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) arrives on the scene of a murder to find a young woman brutally killed, and carrying a rare bird species found dead in her purse. Dr. Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie) comes back with some startling evidence -- the saliva found in the cuts on the victim's body shows she was mauled by a tiger. Oscar Assadorian (guest star Carlos Leon) leads the detectives to the victim's twin sister, Anna Bleers (guest star Caitlin Fitzgerald) who in turn leads the detectives to Hip Hop artist, Gots Money (guest star Big Boi). Gots, who admits to working for an animal smuggling ring, agrees to go undercover with Detective Stabler to catch the smugglers, Andre Bushido (guest star Andrew Divoff) and Tybor (guest star Reg E. Cathey). But when Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) poses as a prostitute to help out her partner undercover, Detective Stabler finds himself wounded and his marriage in disarray. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Michaela McManus (ADA Kim Greylek), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and BD Wong (Dr. George Huang).
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Videos seem to be a big attraction for people and World Star Hip Hop has plenty of them. They have a searchable database collection that you connect to when you join the site and as a member you will be able to learn about the videos and watch related video content as well. Just imagine how nice it would be to watch all of Jay-Z's videos in one place without having to troll the Internet. You can search the database by video or artist and then watch the result. You can also chat with other users in the attached chat box and make new friends while you enjoy the latest in hip hop.
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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Currently World Star Hip Hop has over 508,000 fans with 78% of them being in the United States. It is considered a top 5,000 websites and while it is geared towards the urban community as a whole, its main demographic base is African American teen and young adult oriented, leaning slightly towards the ladies. People who enjoy Black Entertainment Television (BET) and shop at stores like Finish Line are most likely to be found frequenting a website such as this, based on the market research done prior to launching the website to the world.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Music videos aren't the only thing showing up on World Star Hip Hop. All types of special interest videos are being mixed into the sites database. There are videos surrounding the current Presidential campaign - not surprising since Democratic candidate Barack Obama is African American - as well as entertainment and general interest videos. The database currently has over 40 pages of videos to look through, and that is before you even join the website to investigate the rest of the content available to members.
The site should definitely not be viewed by children under the age of 18 as there is some very adult content available on it just in the public areas. For example, if you click on the 'WSHH Honey's' link at the top of the home page, you are taken to a web page that displays ladies in all states of undress including their videos showing why they should be considered a 'WSHH Honey'. There are even instructions on the World Star Hip Hop site on how to submit your own video.
What is interesting to note is that while World Star Hip Hop is a membership site, it doesn't seem to be any links on how to join. When you run your mouse over the website and text that talks about membership, it does not give you an option to click and join.
World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information
Music video by Kendrick Lamar performing Backseat Freestyle (Explicit). © 2012 Interscope
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There are a lot of beat makers available on the market. You have the MPC that works even without the computer; you have tools you need to install and online tools that let you work on their server.
Some of these are more complex than others.
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Online Rap and Hip Hop Beat Maker
If you are an experienced producer I would recommend you try the different software systems for installation. I do have not much experience with these types of tools myself, as I have only been making hip hop beats for a year. I have tried to work with a few of them and it was very confusing.
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Personally I prefer an online rap and hip hop beat system. While not as complex as the ones you have to install, they let you start right away making beats. However, there are some important elements you need to consider before investing in such a system.
What to Consider When Choosing an Online Hip Hop Beat Maker
The first thing you need to look into is the ease of use. If it is too advanced you will be spending weeks if not months trying to get a grasp on what everything on the beat maker can do for you. More often than not, you will get confused and eventually give up.
On the other hand you need to ensure yourself that the online beat production system will not limit you when you are working on your hip hop beats. If the beat maker has too few instruments or beat elements you can often be limited in making the hip hop beat the way you imagined it to be.
The beat maker also needs to be advanced enough. Does it have enough track sequencers for your need? Can you adjust the tempo of the beat or the sound of each track line?
A great online hip hop beat maker also needs to give you the option to record using a piano or pad function.
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Hip-Hop is a manifestation and spin on exploitation of African-American and Latino-American youth, and is often considered to have sexism and misogyny attributes. New York City blacks and Latino youths originally started the hip-hop culture, with included rapping, deejaying, break-dancing and graffiti-writing. But, it has evolved into something much more than just local expressions.
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Hip-Hop is a lifestyle for many people between the ages of 13 and 30. It involves music, videos, fashion, club-scenes, and the ways that young people interact with each other. The media has embraced and adopted the hip-hop culture, as well as big corporations, such as Coca-Cola and Burger King. Versions of hip-hop can be found in marketing media and corporate advertisements. The Brooklyn Museum of Art even has an exhibit dedicated to hip-hop culture.
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The most influential part of hip-hop has become known as rap music. Rap music is a form of poetry, recited over musical instrumentation. Many consider rap music to be brutally honest, violent, and misogynistic. But to others, the violence to and hatred of women appears blatant and offensive.
Much of rap music portrays black women in negative images. The hip-hop culture views all women, but mostly black women, as sex objects. Most hip-hop videos show women dancing or displayed in explicit sexual poses, clothed in bikinis (or less), with the focus on their body parts. The images go hand in hand with the explicit language that suggest women are nothing more than sex objects or money-generating commodities. Many rappers describe themselves as 'pimps' and women as second-class and sexual commodities. Many rap songs, not only, glorify the pimp lifestyle, and refer to women in ways a pimp might describe their prostitutes, but the lyrics promote violence to women that "disobey."
Of course, not all rap music is misogynistic, and not all black men think of women in this light, but large percentages within the hip-hop culture do. The name calling in the rap music dishonors, disrespects, and dehumanizes women. When society accepts labeling women in this manner, will physical and psychological abuse become acceptable? Unfortunately, many black men battle racism or oppression within hip-hop culture, and have been conditioned to distrust intrusive feelings of trust and love.
Many women consent to these collaborations, and believe racism or subjugation are viable excuses or justification for the practice of degrading and exploitation of women. The numbers of women that show up for unpaid try-outs for video shoots indicate that significant amounts of hip-hop consumers are women. Groups of women can be seen loitering in concert backstage areas, expressing their willingness to perform sexually in return for money and jewelry, or perhaps realize a feeling of being wanted.
Black women have, historically, been used as sex instruments, and continue to fight for power and material wealth. When slavery was legal and rampant, black women were routinely sexually abused by any man that wanted her. They could be used for breeding purposes and create more slave trade for their owners. Black women, also, used sex in order to lower chances of cruel treatment by the slave masters. They were paying with their bodies to survive and achieve better treatment within the uncontrolled, abusive slave life.
Black women emerged out of slavery as oversexed and promiscuous. Some viewed themselves as society dictated, and believed they did not have control over their bodies. As they tried to fit into white societies, some black men wanted the women to be employed in subordinate roles in a white household; while some black women wanted the men to acquire jobs and be the sole provider. Hip-hop culture displays similar oppressive obsessions. Some black women prefer to use sexual powers to reap economical gain. And, many black men have learned how to manipulate women by using money. In order for many black women to get what they want, they accept mistreatment and allow themselves to be exploited through hip-hop images.
Sometimes black women are uneducated and have no job skills. Many believe their bodies are all they have to offer to gain status. Many dysfunctional relationships can be found within the hip-hop culture. Some women believe men are instruments of use to gain access to money; some men think women are only have value when it comes to sexual gratification.
Would censoring hip-hop music and lyrics be an answer? Perhaps, the solution would be to change the hip-hop society and ideology by discontinue negative and misogynistic lyric promotion. But, the first step to change gender relations within the hip-hop community is education. People need to be made aware of the negative and derogatory connotations that continue to violate women's rights, in sexist lyrics, physical interactions, and at hip-hop gatherings. But, of course, people need to be receptive to the devastating results that violating human rights cause, and be willing to change.
Are human flesh traders alive and well in the United States? Of course, we all know trafficking women is illegal, but considering the more than 45,000,000 dating websites on the Internet, is this a modern legal tool that continues the exploitation of women?
Speaking out against exploitation of women in hip-hop cultures, and for women everywhere, can help change ideologies. But, if women are not interested or willing to stop exploitation tactics, they will continue to be used and considered as just sexual instruments.
Although women have come very far, their work is not finished, and they have a long way to go before equality will be realized.
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More than a musical style, hip-hop is a history of American culture, and a testimony by its artists of their life experiences. In 1985, when Run-DMC ordained themselves the "Kings of Rock," in their lyrics of their hit song of the same name, they probably never imagined that one day they would be recognized as such. As the pioneers of hip-hop music, they convinced the world to dance to poetry with a beatbox. They invited anyone who would listen to "Walk This Way" in "My Adidas," all the way to the top of VH1's list of the "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists." And in the words of the great Run-DMC themselves, "It's like that! And that's the way it is! Huh!"
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VH1's "50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists" serves as a platform for hip-hop music's superstars of the past, present and future to acknowledge their hip-hop peers. Proof that hip-hop music has woven itself into the fabric of American music and culture.
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"50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists" features archival clips, classic performances and exclusive interviews with the some of the world's greatest entertainers. It also represents VH1's recognition of hip-hop music as a significant music form and the integration of the genre into our music programming repertoire.
The lyrics found in hip hop music are expressions that are linked with cultural and societal feelings of an individual. Hip hop lyrics are known for their conversational quality. Hip hop lyrics are used to teach stylistic features, imagery, assonance, alliteration, rhythmic structure and rhyme are taught while basic literacy (vowels, consonants, blends, syllables and spelling) is embedded.
Hip hop lyrics typically employ inner-city slang with poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance and rhyme. The slang of hip hop lyrics may include words like, yo, dis, flow, phat and homie. Hip hop lyrics have been likened to what rock music lyrics used to be, and in some cases have taken the place of rock and folk songs within the culture. Hip hop lyrics contain many references that the listeners can relate to. Hip hop lyrics that tell of excess wealth and luxury of artists may connect to a group of individuals with such dreams.
As in the language, hip hop lyrics are poetry, but poetry with something more added to it. Some hip hop lyrics are extremely articulate in that they express a certain subject in a different form. Though it is true that many hip hop lyrics are slang it is also true that much of our commonly spoken language is slang and sometimes vulgar. Hence, allowing us to see that there is a difference between descriptive and prescriptive language.
Adding to the hip hop music and song lyrics, dancing is another element of the hip hop culture better known as the hip hop dance style. Hip hop dance is a collaborative movement that continually grows and evolves through individual improvisation. Hip hop dance is an art form that has the nation and world trying to one-two step or breakdance to krumping.
Hip hop music and dancing, or breaking, rose in the 1970's and 1980's, centered on urban communities of young dancers and musicians and their popular culture.
Hip hop dancing continues to evolve into many different forms today, heavily influenced by the evolution of music and its popularity in the media.
Hip-hop is a strenuous dance style that involves using the entire body to create sharp, expressive movements. As in all dance forms, hip hop dance is a technique with defined steps and movements that must be learned and practiced.
Hip hop music is a popular style of music. It is everywhere from commercials to television sitcoms. Hip hop culture and music range from those akin to mainstream popular music to the blues version of the human condition. There is a big influence of R&B in the hip hop music industry that provides an exhilarating experience to the listener. This urban culture is sweeping the world in music, movies and clubs. It is truly an American minority creation which deserves more credit and recognition as an art form rather than as a fad which should just fade away with time.
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