CLASS 03_HIP HOP 2520_The Genesis Of Hip Hop (Part One)

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Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in the Bronx New York City in the early 1970s,
and has since spread around the world.

4 Elements of Hip Hop
MCing (rapping)
DJ'ing
Breakdancing
Graffiti
5th Elelments: Human Beat Box | Activism | Fashion
Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in the Bronx New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world.

The four main aspects, or "elements", of hip hop culture are MCing (rapping), DJing, graffiti, and breakdancing.

Some consider beatboxing the fifth element of hip hop; others might add political activism, hip hop fashion, hip hop slang, double dutching (an urban form of rope skipping) or other elements as important facets of hip hop.

The term has since come to be a synonym for hip hop music (or rap music) to mainstream audiences.

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.


Daddy U Roy | James Brown | Afrika Bambaataa
DJ Kool Herc
KOOL HERC & Jamaica JAMES BROWN_CONNECTION: “Hip Hop..the whole chemistry of that came from Jamaica.. I was born in Jamaica and I was listening to American music in Jamaica. My favorite artist was James Brown. .That's who inspired me. A lot of the records I played was by James Brown.

During the hip-hop block parties of the 1970s, the sounds of James Brown dominated the soundscape. Cuts such as Say It Loud, The Payback, Get Up, Get Into It and Get Involved, Get on the Good Foot' and the B-boy anthem and sampling favorite Funky Drummerwere staples.

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa has explained that songs such as Get on the Good Foot and Brown's colorful dance moves were primary influences upon early break dancers. He has said that the James Brown songs filled a void that was left by commercial black radio in New York City, which was broadcasting watered-down disco songs by white rock artists such as Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart.

Bambaataa has described hip-hop as evolving from an adverse response to disco, which prompted early B-boys and B-girls to seek out funk. That claim has been supported by Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc, a hip-hop founding father, who has said that, while he did bring a reggae-influenced style of DJ’ing from the islands, he was primarily attracted to funk music. He also has noted in recent interviews that even reggae was influenced by funk.

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