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Originally Posted by MaDaM Merk
But rap is hip hop. how can people seperate the two.. hip hop purist vs rappers? no such thing should have even been developed no matter how intellectual and deep one is with hip hop or not. Graffers=Hip hop,DJ's=Hip Hop,Bboys-Girls=hip hop..so why is certain rap NOT being considered hip hop just because of lyrical content or just because of the lack of impact in the hip hop community??..its still rap. which is part of hip hop. which in fact would mean rap is hip hop..hip hop is the movement and culture.
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Rap is NOT Hip Hop. You just hit on the main point and didn't realize it, Rap is UNDER Hip Hop, it's an off-shoot of Hip Hop, rap is not "Hip Hop". When I say "Hip Hop" I mean Hip Hop MUSIC. The MUSIC that fuels all those other movements like grafitti and b-boying, scratching, etc which are not music at all. Hip Hop is the music they revolve around. Rap is the commercialized clone of Hip Hop.
Hip Hop has nothing to do with: Intellect, lyrical ability, public impact, etc. That's the point. Hip Hop is not about status. Rap is all about status. "look at what I got, look at me, I get all the bitches I'm thugged out!!" that's the image. Hip Hop is not about an image.