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rap is a branch from hip hop.

hip hop's the lifestyle.raps the element.

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Originally Posted by Ysdat

rap is a branch off the hip hop legacy.

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werd...

dont mess with the man thats behind this thread yall...

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rap is about persons life
hiphop is like sumthing everybody dose like from the way u act to clothing
i mean thats wat i think it is

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Originally Posted by FuxJustAWord

hip hop is dead

rap is what i do

Rap - popular
Breakin - popular
graff - popular
DJing - popular
hiphop heads - many

yup... sure is dead

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Originally Posted by Ysdat

Hip hop isnt all about money bitch's and gun's.

original hip hop wasnt, but modern hip hop definitely is about having money, bein a gangsta/dealer/pimp, moving weight, killing people, fucking ho's, etc.
there are a few exceptions, but not many

hip hop=life true dat bitches

RAP as potrayed by the mainstream is pop music. the ghostwriters, simple ass topics(guns bitches, money, etc.), and overall lack of originality is not a true representation of REAL hip-hop. to me, i'm no longer a rapper. that title got twisted by the coke dealers turned wannabe gangstaz turned rappers. i consider myself to be a hip-hop artist. i flow and love the art of makin my emotions come to life in my rhymes(which is why i started writing in Poetic Scriptures). it pains me to think my aspirations of bein' a mainstream artist iz bein' ruined by people who already made it in the industry. i refuse to sell my soul(yeah my music is my heart and soul) just to make a buck. i'ma be underground bcuz to me that's where hip-hop REALLY is. the kid spittin' in the cafeteria of his schoolnot bcuz he gets paid to, but bcuz it's what he loves to do. bcuz of that kid real hip-hop will never die.

*shout to the kid rappin' at lunch, i see u, i see u boy

-Chip

^^^True that man....hip hop is my inspiration to life with out hip hop....id be in a cell right now.........

this thread needs to be filtered and cleaned of freeposts and bullshit so my original post is more effective, kids need to read it before they type.

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Originally Posted by Natural killa

so hip-hop's not a genre? :huh:

Nope. Media just screws a whole lot of things up. Its rap, not hip hop, and rap is part of hip hop which is a culture. RnB is RnB... I dont know what dumbass decided one day that RnB was hip hop.

But anyway, you should read up about it cos im tired of explaining.

Yeah really....Most rappers make rap/hip hop... But then again they are rappers so how come some songs of theres are rap an the others hip hop? two completely different things.

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Originally Posted by .Mystique.

Yeah really....Most rappers make rap/hip hop... But then again they are rappers so how come some songs of theres are rap an the others hip hop? two completely different things.

rap=money

hip hop=the love and respect for what we have as the next generation to express ourselves.

big diffrence.

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Originally Posted by Ysdat

What is hip hop?

Hip hop is a lifestyle.It is an artform.It is a culture of self expression.
Hip hop isnt just rap music. It is based on 4 element's.
Breakdancing,graffiti art,turntablism and of course rap music. these four element's are all based upon self expression, if you do any 1 of these element's proberly with skill yet in your own original style.you have used hip hop the way it is spose to be used. Hip hop is to be respected. Hip hop isnt all about money bitch's and gun's.NO!! It's about diffrent culture's and religion's coming together to enjoy the realist music ever created. It doesnt matter what color your skin is. Hip hop isnt abou tyour color, it's about unity. It's about showing our elder's we have belife's,were not just wild youth with no understanding of the world.

Hip hop is our way of gaining knowlegde of the world,and the way the world work's.It is the expression of the youth of the year 2000. It is our outlet.

Afrika Bambaataa's definition of hip hop

Hip Hop means the whole culture of the movement.. when you talk about rap..Rap is part of the hip hop culture..The emceeing..The djaying is part of the hip hop culture. The dressing the languages are all part of the hip hop culture.The break dancing the b-boys, b-girls ..how you act, walk, look, talk are all part of hip hop culture.. and the music is colorless.. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red, white.. whatever music that gives you the grunt.. that funk.. that groove or that beat.. It's all part of hip hop....
(thank's to davy d's hip hop corner)

well that's my thought's on hip hop.what's left to say?

Everyone keep respecting the culture,and the culture will respect you back.

This thread has been cleaned. Please try stay real to yourself and our culture and post deep meaningfull shit for future rv heads to read and see how we stood on this culture of hiphop.

-Ysd@-

hip hop is what that description all said and it can be done by any person, color, religion, and it dont really matter where u come from...u can be from the burbs and still put together words as good as people in the hood...u just gotta learn how ta use them and elevate