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To adequately address what the variety of hip hop’s linguistic contributions are potentially, it is necessary to begin with a set of questions about the development, history, and social aspects of southern rap and hip hop. Most important, what defines Southern hip hop, from where does it originate and thrive, and how did it develop?
Sep 7, 2022 · Crunk is a subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged in the early 1990s and gained mainstream success during the mid-2000s. Crunk is often up-tempo and one of Southern hip hop ‘s more dance and club-oriented subgenres. It is typified by its aggressive, hard-hitting beats and often loud, heavily distorted basslines.
Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P ...
Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or Dirty South, is a blanket term for a subgenre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis, and Miami. The music was a reaction to the 1980s flow of hip hop culture from New York City and the Los ...
Dec 1, 2022 · Thanks to the proliferation of bounce music and early successes from Juvenile and the Hot Boys, Cash Money Records was already a force in Southern hip-hop when this single from B.G.’s Chopper ...
West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast of the United States.West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records ...
The Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap explores hip-hop’s widespread cultural impact over the last 45 years — and chronicles the genesis, rise and evolution of hip-hop as a social and musical movement. 0:00 / 0:00. A first-of-its-kind collector’s item, the Anthology captures hip-hop's evolution from its earliest days in the late 70s ...
