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	9 Elements of Hip hop
	buy 9 elements of hip hop mugs, tshirts and magnets The 9 Elements of Hip hop: 1.MCing (rapping) 2.DJing 3.Batteling 4.Grafitti 5.B-Boying 6.Beatboxing 7.The Style (fashion) 8.The Slang 9.Double Douching (Rope Skipping) The origin of the term "hip hop" itself is unclear; but, over time, the term has taken on a life of its own. The movement that later became known as "hip hop" is said to have begun with the work of DJ Kool Herc, while competing DJ Afrika Bambaataa is often credited with having invented the term "hip hop" to describe the culture. A variety of mythical etymologies and complex meanings have been attached to the term and continue to propagate within the hip hop community. Kool DJ Herc (born Clive Campbell on April 16, 1955) is a Latin-Jamaican-American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop during the 1970s. Afrika Bambaataa (born April 10 or October 4, 1960, though his birthdate is hotly debated; he himself refuses to comment on his age) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who in the late 1970s, was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. The term has since come to be a synonym for hip hop music (or rap music) to mainstream audiences. "Rap is something you do. Hip Hop is something you live"- KRS One Learn the 9 Elements of Hip hop. hipo-hop elements 9 rapping deejaying djing mcing emceeing grafitti beatboxing slang style buy rap mugs, tshirts and magnets The American media's watered-down version of MCing in hip-hop music and culture. Many people confuse MCing with rapping, however, they don't realize there is a big difference. MCing involves the use of techniques such as multisyllabic rhymes, unconventional rhymes, internal rhymes, cliffhangers, catch-phrases, metaphors, similes, puns, and other forms of word play. MCing also involves the use of "droppin' science," or making songs that are used to educate or, as KRS-One calls it, "edutainment." Rapping is used in forms of "music" such as "gangsta rap," Hip-Hop buy hip-hop mugs, tshirts and magnets A lifestyle that includes the original four elements: DJing, MCing, B-Boying (i.e. breakdancing), and graffiti art. Fasion is also often considered an important aspect of the life" "When you talk about rap, you talk about an DJ and an MC. When you talk about hip-hop, you talk about the way you live"   rudegirl buy rudegirl mugs, tshirts and magnets Rudegirl or as they like to call themselves, "Rudegyals". Usually associate themselves with taking an interest in "garage, house and 2step" after buying the first So Solid Crew album. Can be seen in any form of consumer brands, including nike, reebok and most often the fake burberry, reading bubery or 'guchi.' They tend to slick their thin hair back tight against their forehead causing receding hairlines 40 years early, and a mass of white snow gel flakes surrounding the hair. Language consists of standard english with a twist. eg, "Wow thats good, mannnnnn, yeh but i couldnt, innniiit." And the mcing consists of "im heavy numanumana". An all round nuisance to the neighbourhoods of "ghetto souf london". MC buy mc mugs, tshirts and magnets Short for master of ceremonies or mic controller. Essentially a word for a rapper but the term is not limited to hip hop. Drum and Bass, Garage, Happy Hardcore, Ragga and old school rave all feature MCs, however with these genres, the MC generally MCs live while a DJ mixes the tunes, whereas hip hop MCs mainly do so on record Navigator is a wicked MC    Wildstyle   buy wildstyle mugs, tshirts and magnets The best and only true hip hop movie/documentary ever made which focused on the unification of Graf, B-Boying, MCing and DJing and also bringing the sounds of the Bronx to Manhattan. Excellent party scene which truly captured the essence of old school hip hop. Wildstyle is one dope ass flick along with The Freshest Kids.     GRAFFITI buy graffiti mugs, tshirts and magnets An element of the Hip Hop culture misinterpreted and misrepresented by the mainstream media, and most especially hated by affluent (usually white) businessmen who don't understand the roots or meaning of the writing on the walls. Contrary to popular belief, Graff is NOT any of the following: writing on houses of worship, people's houses in general, other writer's names, or tombstones. The aforementioned need not be identified with bus, train, subway and wall burners. That's REAL graffiti, the visual aspect of Hip Hop accompanied by the physical (breakdance), verbal (emceeing), and rhythmic (turntablism). Since Graffiti is an element in Hip Hop just as important as DJing, MCing and Breaking, any assault on Graffiti (i.e., calling it "vandalism", "not art", etc.) should be viewed as an assault on Hip Hop altogether. From the beginning, the powers that be have sought afte the destruction of our culture, from transit authorities chasing after writers, to housing police harassing people at block parties, to lawsuits being filed against DJs for sampling ("copyrighted" material). Now it may seem like everything is okay since Rap   hip-hop buy hip-hop mugs, tshirts and magnets A set of attitudes and behaviors originating in the stark, deprived inner-city ghettos and inexplicably adopted by middle-class suburban teens. Hip-hop represents resourcefulness and ingenuity in the face of unspeakable material and intellectual poverty: 1. Graffiti: Can't afford real art supplies? Spray paint someone else's property! Dat shit be da bomb! 2. Break dancing: Can't afford a place to dance? Flatten a cardboard box and flop around on the sidewalk! Dem pedestrians be laughing wit you, not at you homie! 3. Rapping/Mcing: Can't afford a musical instrument or too lazy to learn how play? Shout some rapid-fire rhymes. Extra points awarded for butchering the english language. Yo yo dem badass rhymes gots da Man afeard of da revolution! 4. DJing: Can't afford to put together a band or too lazy to write your own music? Find someone else's work on vinyl and move it back and forth on a fancy turntable. Dat skritch-skratch be musical genius! Your hip-hop credibility will be enhanced by rejecting the strides made in your behalf by the civil rights movement. Don't apply for scholarships; drop out of school. Fail to learn proper English, thereby ensuring that you'll never qualify for a decent job. Try never to read any books. Reject any activity that requires hard work or discipline. Show the world you're a hip-hopper by wearing garish, impractical, cheap-knock-off clothing and jewelry that mimics rap stars and basketball players. Make sure you l...   Hip-Hop buy hip-hop mugs, tshirts and magnets A culture and form of ground breaking music and self expression with elements that consisted of the elements of graffiti art, DJing, MCing, and breaking. Today Hip-Hop is considered to be dead in the mainstream because so-called mainstream Hip-Hop doesn't have the elements of hip-hop and have no meaning. The stuff on MTV and the radio can't be called Hip-Hop because the lyrics don't have any meaning or self expression. Wack artists today just rap about their shopping lists and other bullshit. There are no more DJs making a prescence since artists today think they can manage without them. Without a DJ there are no scratches and cuts. No much graffiti art is being shown in videos. Artists such as 50 Cent, Nelly, Chingy, J-Kwon, P. Diddy, Cash Money Millionaries lack the 4 elements since their lyrics are ridiculous (no MCing skills), they don't have any DJ presence in their tracks (notice that so-called hip-hop today lacks scratches and cuts), and not much graffiti art is being expressed. The point of this defintion is to show that MTV/Radio mainstream Bling Rappers should be categorized as Hip-Pop artists, not Hip-Hop artists. Hip-Hop Music is: Run DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Wu-Tang Clan, Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, Aceyalone, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Public Enemy, Common, Mobb Deep, Nas, Rakim, and many more old school and underground acts.