Hip-hop is a cultural term, including rap, graffiti, street dance, streetball, B-Boy and DJ.
It is said that singing originated in the 1960s, while Hip-Hop as a musical understanding originated in the early 1970s, and its predecessor was RAP (sometimes with a little R&; B) yes.
Literally, Hip-Hop is Hip, Hop is hop, and together it is Hip-waking. At first, it refers to the budding hip-hop (that is, we used to talk about break dancing), and then it gradually developed into a huge concept-the hip-hop culture we are talking about now also includes loose clothes, heavy pure gold ornaments, and "YoYo?" What's the matter? "Oral habits-in short, it is the lifestyle and their" style "of black people in poor neighborhoods in the United States.
The origin of hip-hop can be summarized by one word "poor". Why do you have to wear a bigger size? In addition to facilitating sports, most black families have a large population and low income, so the clothes worn by older brothers will be worn by younger brothers, forming a style of giant clothes; Why is there graffiti? This thing was originally a symbol of dividing the sphere of influence between gangs in the block, and later it became more and more exquisite and developed into folk art; Why is there street dance? Because they can't afford to go to the ballroom, and the problem of racial discrimination still exists at that time, they may not be able to have fun in the white ballroom if they have money; Why are pure hip-hop works dominated by black and dirty words? Because these black street youths have no future and hope, they hate much more than love.
Hip-hop: (in a broad sense) is a kind of culture, cultural phenomenon, cultural movement and lifestyle that originated from the street.
Hip-hop: (in a narrow sense) includes MC, DJ, Dance (dance, especially street dance) and Graffiti (graffiti), supplemented by streetball and beatbox.
[Edit this paragraph] History
The so-called street dance is the most popular kind of street dance. From the perspective of dance, it can be divided into two categories: new school and old school. How to distinguish these two types? We can distinguish them by age, action or music type. In fact, hip hop is the floorboard of all kinds of hip hop.
In fact, what we call break dancing or old school is also a kind of hip-hop. This old school dance includes locking, popping, breaking and fluctuating. These things (Rock Steady Crew is a famous break dance style group) originated from the impromptu dance movements of American street dancers. Most of these street dancers are black or Mexican. Perhaps it is the so-called "entertainment for the poor". Most of these popular street dances originated in Brooklyn, new york, USA (this area is full of poor blacks or Mexicans). It is natural for these black and Mexican children to dance together in the street all day.
The evolution of street dance
The key to the evolution from the old school to the new school can be traced back to the music of the early old school, which has a very fast beat to match these breakthrough movements. Then, with the evolution of hip-hop music, people began to understand that breaking is not suitable for these new hip-hop music (because the so-called new hip-hop music is slow, if you do some movements like cars or footwork in this slow hip-hop music, you will feel that there is no explosive force at all. Even lost the feeling of dancing. ) At this time, the dances of the old school and the new school began to separate. Around 1986, the dance steps of the new school are very simple, such as the well-known "Running Man", which can be seen in the previous video of MC Hammer and bobby brown ... Maybe we can call this "explosive" hip-hop dance at that time funk dance.
The emergence of a new hip-hop genre
But from now on, these hip-hop dances, which were all the rage during the period of MC HAMMER and bobby brown, have gradually become old-fashioned, because at the beginning of 1992, a black dance group called MOP TOP (composed of Henry Link) appeared. Loose joints. BuddhStretch)。 They developed a new hip-hop style. I call it original hip-hop. Unlike MC Hammer and bobby brown's big moves, explosive and large-scale movements. Break dancing has no gymnastics on the ground. His unique style is that he pays attention to the coordination of the body (we call it rhythm). He attaches importance to the rhythm of the upper body and adds a lot of hand movements. He's not like those old hip-hop anymore. Look at various movements and footwork movements. Maybe Henry was just an unknown street dancer at first. But when Michael Jackson's Remabe the time MTv appeared, everyone saw what I called in-situ dancing for the first time. This new dance style appeared on MTv, the king of pop music in the world. Immediately set off a wave. We dare not say what made this Mr. Henry a hit. But the dance in The Times of Remaby is his masterpiece. Later, in Maria Kelly's R&lover song MTv, we saw a group of black people dancing a strange dance on a grassland. These dances are a mixture of hip hop, lock and pop. Wave (. B-style hip-hop music. It's hard for us to believe what we see. It was difficult for us to determine what kind of dance it was at that time. However, it is a very important section in the history of the development of the new school of hip hop, and it is the origin and "culprit" of the new school sweeping the world.
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Elite force's Henry Link (right), Matsue (middle) and Fo Shen (left) also served as referees MOP TOP second and fourth episodes of Japanese Dance Music.
The mature stage of new hip-hop
The so-called new hip hop. I gave him a definition that different types of dances are connected in series, a hip-hop or R &；; B. (This is also a form in the early stage of new learning. ) We can see that in this R&lover, this group of black dance companies led by Henry made incomprehensible dance moves. They put the fast-paced locking dance in R&; B's slow dance rhythm is expressed with a new feeling. They no longer do this kind of action that must express locking like nunchakus. They simplify many locking actions. Moreover, they use the standard hip-hop left and right rhythm to express popping (mechanical dance) and lOCKING (lock dance). Waves (currents) are added to the dance from time to time. Simply put, it is to interpret these old dance steps with new feelings. Immediately, the new single Jingle Jingle released by the famous Japanese hip-hop group and singer ZOO also used this new school hip-hop to express the dance in MTv. Inadvertently ... this new hip-hop style has swept the world.
Later, slowly, this Henry worked as a dance director in Mary Kelly's song Fantasy and recently Honey Intermediate, followed by TlC's song Creep, a formerly popular but disbanded female hip-hop group, and MTv of the movie MIB. We gradually found that this kind of hip-hop has begun to mature. (Of course, Henry can also be seen in these MTVs. Some time ago, the most famous MTV was TlC's Waterfall, and the action of "magically shaking shoulders" in MTV made the new hip-hop enter another new stage.
Now the new school street dance
I have to admire the Japanese mind. When this new school street dance became popular in Japan, the Japanese developed another dance style of their own. Similarly, this is also incomprehensible to everyone. These Japanese hip-hop dancers began to dance new hip-hop with old-school music. The origin of the new school is to express the old dance with a new musical style. It is a strange thing to perform new dances with the old music style now.
In action, the hip-hop of the new school has changed greatly recently, especially after adding WAVE (current), it has become more irregular. From the audience's point of view, it seems that the dancers of these new dances are all polio patients, because their bodies are more distorted and there is no so-called rule in the dance.
Street dance is also regional.
We can be divided into two types: new york style and LA style. Things in these two fields are polarized. For example, new york wind is the twisted body and a series of street dances that we usually see. Maybe new york is Henry's base camp. Therefore, the hip-hop style in this area is naturally more inclined to Henry's style. It is not difficult to imagine that it is a black leisure style, with primitive dance and strange body distortion, and a locked, pop-up and fluctuating assembly string.
The L.A.-style hip-hop inherits and continues the popular hip-hop of MC HAMMER and bobby brown. The variability of big movements and steps also maintains its explosive characteristics. It's just that many new tricks have been added to the movement changes. Because hip-hop is divided into these two factions, many dancers or magazine media no longer collectively refer to them as hip-hop dances. They call new york-style hip-hop the new school and LA-style hip-hop the hip-hop.
What exactly is new hip hop?
In a word, the new hip-hop includes all kinds of hip-hops, including lOCKING, popping, WAvE, and the rhythms of MC HAMMER and bobby brown. It's just that there is no shadow of break dancing in the new hip-hop. As mentioned earlier, it combines various hip-hop styles. Perhaps we can say that it is a comprehensive dance. But now the new dance has a wider range, not only including popin' and boogie, but also a wider range of materials! Some people abroad think that "the movements of the new school are much simpler than the windmills and head-shaking in the 1990s", but the movements of the new school also need skills, similar to the concept of footwork in break dancing. Although it is very casual, it also contains many skills. The reason is the same. But which is better, the old school or the new school? We really can't make a distinction or comparison. But I don't know when the hip-hop with updated style will appear again. At that time ... our popular new school will become history and another old school.
[Edit this paragraph] Streetball:
It is a popular form of basketball competition in the city and one of the important branches of hip-hop culture. Because of its origin and popularity in the black community, it is also called black basketball. Later, after gradual development, it became a popular three-person basketball game in the world. The competition form is generally one-on-one or three-on-three competition, which requires high personal skills.
189 1 year, Dr. james naismith (Dr. james naismith), a Canadian from YMCA College in Massachusetts, invented basketball. Street basketball originated in the early 20th century. Black teenagers in the slums of Washington, D.C. and new york City built simple basketball stands on the open space. Later, the participants of the two places cooperated with each other and organized groups such as the Washington Student Sports Association and the Black Basketball League, which made street basketball quickly popular. Later, street basketball spread to Europe, and a 3-on-3 game was exhibited. Sports can develop rapidly all over the world because of the low requirements for equipment and simple competition form.
Rules and characteristics
Street basketball can usually be played in half a basketball court or any open space where basketball stands are erected. The contestants will be divided into two groups, one is in charge of attack and the other is in charge of defense. The number of people in two groups can be at least one-to-one, and the number of people in each group can be two to five. Three to three is the most common form of competition at present. It is easy to show the basic skills of basketball because of the small requirements of the competition venue and flexible team formation.
Even if many people play, street basketball emphasizes one-on-one attack and defense to show the players' personal skills. Black street basketball is free basketball, which pays attention to appreciation, individual movements and game rhythm. In the game, the attacker can use different dribbling skills to move in order to send the ball to the basket. One of the characteristics of street basketball is that it moves fast. The attacker gets rid of the opponent's layup through dribbling and moving footwork, and the defender also prevents the opponent from sending the basketball into the basket through legal movement and defense.
On the rules of the game, street basketball is generally more relaxed than traditional regular basketball games. For example, there are rules for holding the ball in traditional basketball games, but street basketball is not applicable. African-American street basketball has no certain rules. Because of the emphasis on personal performance style, as long as it doesn't interfere with the game too much and give play to creativity and appreciation, many seemingly foul actions are acceptable (not even restricted by any competition rules). At present, the generally accepted rules of the game are basically in accordance with the international basketball rules used in traditional basketball games, and some terms are slightly changed according to the characteristics of playing half-time and facilitating the participation of basketball fans.
A famous streetball star
"Jump to my building" Raphael Alston
"Stabury" Stephon Marbury
"Fire Man" Cody Holiday
Earl manigault "goat"
Jeffery Chiang, Romantic Love
Richard Pew kirkland
Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
Connie Hawkins "Eagle"
Monroe, Earl of Pearl
Lloyd Sweppy Daniels
Joe "Five Stars" Cummings
Larry "Bone Collector" Williams
Adrian Walton
Owen "I'll be right back" Oppong
Roberto is brave in "exile"
Miley Remix Bowden
Joel "King Deal" Heywood
Gavin "Thai Warrior" Pucharon
Nick Swift Phyllis
Jerome "Circus" holman
Ed Borg Smith
Pat Locke Robinson
Bobito Garcia
Andre "Si" Poole
Muhammad Wen
Sant "757" Gail
God Shammgod
"Destroyer" Joe Hammond
Jack "Black Jack" Ryan
Jermaine "JB" Brown
Kevin Binis Butler
Marvin "tall" Collins
Chris Skywalker Lowery
Deshun "Father Time" Jackson
John john nelson.
"Three-point King" Daniel West Gass
Marcus Spencer
Chris Tru Bale Young
Colin Stan Stanton
Robert Martin
Randy "White Chocolate" Jill
Corey's "illusion" is also known as "illusion"
Kader "Ballaholic" Butler
Martin Bonaparte "Problem Child"
Kelvin's "hometown child" Willie
Emmanuel "works hard" Bibb
"Assassin" Brandon Durham
Malloy "Future" nasmyth
"Black Dolphin" Joe ZoTarelli
Tawallis "Night Train" Bell
Aaron O. Owens
"Professor" grayson boucher
Philip "Hot Sauce" Champion
Dixon, the "main event" of Waley
Eric Holmes
Carl Carlos Finn
Antonio, "the circle breaker"? Alabok
Kohler Hill is also known as "Resurrection"
Jeff Nipps Nippard
Josh Bragg
Matt Theo Allen
Jon "Cake" Pai
Chris "Thechrislayne" Ryan
[Edit this paragraph ]MC
What is MC? MC stands for MC, which translates to MC. This emcee generally does not refer to the emcee of weddings, funerals and company meetings, but is the host of the party on behalf of DJ from the beginning. In fact, the earliest DJ was both a MC and a disc player, which is a bit like shouting DJ Mai while only amplifying the hit disco today. However, with the fierce competition of DJ and the gradual complexity of equipment, everyone always has to concentrate on the party. With more flowers in their hands, they naturally don't have so much energy to take care of the audience. As a result, MC, a new element that will have an earth-shaking impact on hip-hop, was finally born. They ran to the front desk with microphones and were a little shy at first. After all, those DJs behind the scenes are their half bosses or parents, and they always have to take care of their emotions. So, they kept shouting "Hey, brothers and sisters, jump up and move with our DJ" to please the DJ and the audience. However, the hard-working DJs did not expect that their relaxation became the most fatal mistake. It is equal to inviting wolves into the room, which directly leads to the future MC anti-customer. Some MC with smart brains and clean mouths began to hold the microphone for nothing and shout all over the floor. That's how Mai Ba was born. They gradually groped out some doorways and said something that would make people happy. After all, dancing is fun. At the same time, people began to get used to having a voice as their guide. It would be a pity not to shout twice on the stage. Hehe, the DJ who looked up at this time found that people didn't care about them for a long time. Who cares about the chef and background music when eating a big meal? So, since then, MC has been on an equal footing with DJ. Later, DJ became their younger brother, which was a long time ago and was omitted. In short, it is no problem for you to regard MC as a singer or an artist today. This is what MC means.
[Edit this paragraph ]DJ
The full name of DJ Disco jockey can be understood as the master of ceremonies or record knight in a disco. To say what a DJ is, we should start with the development of DISCO.
Disco existed as early as World War I, but it was not as crazy and HIGH as it is now. At best, it's just some rhythmic music. DJ was just the host behind the scenes, just like the host of the radio station now.
Only 1972' s "Cherry Lips" song "Playthe Funky Muisc" can be regarded as the real origin of disco. This music style was immediately favored by young friends at that time, and was later named "Funky", which is still deeply loved by people until now. While "DJ" has changed from behind the scenes to semi-behind-the-scenes, and participated in some front-stage work such as singing, music production and concert hosting, so it cannot be called a professional "DJ".
198 1, an era that everyone is very familiar with has emerged-the era of break dancing. The style of break dancing has continued to this day and has become a well-known style. They also come from black street music and have the same characteristics-that is, 1997' s popular "rap". 198 1, "DJ" formally walked from behind the scenes to the front desk, and was responsible for selecting the appropriate music from all kinds of music for the guests. At that time, there was no CD or LD, and the DJ was just playing something called "records", which is what we call bakelite discs or records (our major is called albums). At this point, I must talk about the development of a DJ turntable. Don't think it's unimportant. No turntable, no DJ. Craft is still the leader in record player manufacturing. No DJ will know about the tape player and timely record player developed and manufactured by this company until now, but little known is that as early as 1979, "Technics" produced the first professional record player, which laid the foundation for this special industry of DJ. In the early 1980 s, DJ couldn't give full play to the advantages of record player, so he had to operate it mechanically. By the end of 1980s, I don't know who invented a scratch record (I don't know how to explain it to you, so I have to call it "Disking" in our jargon. It is now that you see the DJ constantly rubbing a turntable and making a creaking sound with the beat. ), pushing DISCO to the first climax. After that, disco was depressed for several years under the strong collision of karaoke, and in 1995 and 1996, it swept the world with lightning speed and made a comeback.
Now, I think it is the heyday of DISCO and DJ, and all kinds of new styles of music emerge one after another, and the method of rubbing discs is more and more incredible. The word DJ has already represented the latest, strongest, most poisonous and highest music.
In China, the development of DJ is distorted. You can often hear some such songs. They are all the most popular songs at present. Someone speeds up the rhythm of these songs, coupled with disco songs, and a "DJ" comes into being. I don't think that's a DJ at all, let alone music.
[Edit this paragraph] The whole world is hot and cold here.
Although hip-hop culture only rose around us in the late 1990s, in fact, as early as 1980s, hip-hop started in the United States and swept the whole western world. From 65438 to 0986, the "Def Jam Tour" by artists of Def Jam Records Company, including Beast Boy, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and Run DMC, triggered a global hip-hop craze. In the 1990s, there appeared numerous hip-hops, such as the gang rap of Dr.Dre, the popularity of Hip-Hop in P. Diddy (P. Diddy) and the rap queen in missy elliott. They gradually made this folk music the most important part of the mainstream music market, and it can easily create tens of millions of copies of sales. Hip-hop music has become a major source of income for American entertainment industry. Especially in the late 1990s, a handsome young man like Eminem appeared. As a white man, he became the hottest star in the field of hip-hop in just one year, completely breaking the racial problem of hip-hop. Just as Elvis Presley needs to prove that rock music is not only black, Eminem's appearance marks that hip-hop culture accepts white people and goes global.
Someone asked me if hip-hop culture is also a fashion in America. The answer is no, hip-hop culture is a way of life in the United States, just like we have yard life, country life and hutong life here. It's a pity that our position in popular culture in the world today is not as important as that in the United States, otherwise our peasant brothers or Hutong Chuanzi might have their own style (joking).
[Edit this paragraph] Chinese can't hip hop.
Many people think that Chinese is not suitable for Hip-Hop, because its pronunciation is not similar to that of English, and on this basis, it is concluded that the hip-hop that appears at present is rubbish. I want to say that this is wrong. The quality of hip-hop works is fundamentally not in its rhythm and soundtrack-these are just "models". The real essence of hip-hop music lies in the content it expresses and the attitude of the creator. At this point, some people do very well.