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Old 05-30-05, 01:08 PM   #1
Keith Moon
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Originally Posted by iLL as a killers grillĀ®
I only read the first page, 9th degree got it.. Sort of..

Rap itself grew from dudes like kool herc and africa bombaata, etc..
But it depends how you define hip hop..

Its more of an evolution of a style of DJing and MCing at parties..
People used to jus say little rhymes to big note emselfs or to aknowledge other important dudes who come to their parties n shit..

Then it slowly formed into story telling......And it took off in new york and made its way across america.. I think the first gangsta rappers were on the west side.. But rap definatly started in new york.. I mean hip hop is DJing, break dancing, graffiti... Its a big culture.. As far back as whats recorded, kool herc was the first rapper/dj..

But a lot of his shit was more related to reggae.. The style of hip hop we know today is a lot different.. Like I said though, what we have today is an evolution of styles..


Wrong.. Africa bombaata came after kool herc..


Truth..it started off with Kool Herc and other Jamacian DJ's mixing music and spinning records.....
Then they would make their hype shoutouts sound "cool" by making them rhyme....once a culture evolved (hip hop is about freedom of ones self and the expression of that,etc.) They began to write for it w/ Graffiti..like the gangs did in the 60's except instead of tagging " Eight Tray Gansgta's" all over a wall they would get their name out and make dope designs...
.....People began to do the shoutout style of rapping to the break music...which people began to cover with a new style of dancing called bboying, commonly confused as breakdancing.....You can tell its a houtout because they rhyme so slow and listen to the style even in Rapper's Delight...
.....Hip Hop began to evolve and soon there would be bboy battles, Dj's and even a rapper (and maybe rap battles) at Bronx and New York clubs....

It All took off from there....oh yeah the reason for the heavy influence of drums in hip hop is....watch the Discovery channel and see what the Africans ALWAYS play...
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