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Stylistic origins Funk, disco, dub, rhythm and blues, soul, jazz, reggae, dancehall, toasting, performance poetry, spoken word, signifying, the dozens, scat singing, talking blues
Cultural origins 1970s, the Bronx, New York City
Typical instruments Turntable, synthesizer, DAW, rapping, drum machine, sampler, guitar, bass guitar, piano, beatboxing, vocals
Mainstream popularity Worldwide since the late 1980s but most popular in early 2000s
Derivative forms Electro - Breakbeat - Jungle/Drum'n'bass - Trip hop - Grime
Subgenres
Australian Hip Hop - Alternative hip hop - Turntablism - Acid rap - Christian hip hop - Comedy hip hop - Conscious hip hop - Freestyle rap - Gangsta rap - Homo hop - Hardcore hip hop - Horrorcore - Instrumental hip hop - Mafioso rap - Nerdcore hip hop - Political hip hop - Baltimore club - Bounce music - Brick city club - Chicano rap - Mobb music - Native American hip hop - Jerkin'
Fusion genres
Country-rap - Hip hop soul - Hip house - Crunk/Hyphy - Jazz rap - Merenrap - Neo soul - Nu metal - Hip pop - Ragga - Rap opera - Rap rock - Rapcore - Rap metal - Cumbia rap - Merenrap - Hip life - Low Bap - Glitch hop - Wonky - Industrial hip hop - New jack swing - Electro hop
East Coast hip hop - West Coast hip hop - Southern hip hop - Midwest hip hop...
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Hip Hop: music.. is a musical genre that developed as part of hip hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the South Bronx of New York City in the 1970s. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop, but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture.
Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the artist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse, generally to an instrumental or synthesized beat. Beats, almost always in 4/4 time signature, can be created by looping portions of other songs, usually by a DJ, or sampled from portions of other songs by a producer. Modern beats incorporate synthesizers, drum machines, and live bands. Rappers may write, memorize, or improvise their lyrics and perform their works a cappella or to a beat....
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