Back Ground
The hip-hop genre originated in the 1970's and was developed from Disco rap. Origional hip-hop artists such as, Grandmaster flash and Keith Cowboy were the first to coin the phrase "hip-hop". The next stage of hip-hop was hip-hop culture. Common features of this culture were rappers (MC's), DJ's, beatboxer's and graffiti artists, this is where common themes of the ghetto come from in some hip-hop music videos. From the beatboxing came synthetic sampling which produced the repetitive sound which could be rhythmically rhymed/rapped over, although this is not a key part of the genre. From then, hip-hop developed into the likes of Biggie Smalls (The Notorious BIG), Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur in the early 1990's. Artists such as these focused on the rap side of hip-hop and also brought a more exclusive illustrious feel to the genre along with the free will and drug using aspects. After both Biggie Smalls and Tupac were shot dead, the genre took a turn towards gangster rap territories which is sub-genre which spurred from hip-hop and is very similar to hip-hop. Modern hip-hop artists, such as, Wiz Khalifa, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye west and Rick Ross have kept up the wealth and freewill themes of the genre and have also ventured into music videos which display this.
Commonly associated artists
Reason for choosing this genre?
I chose this genre as I am very familiar with the artists and what they individually stand for, but also as the lyrics are good for matching visuals too as they fit my individual taste. I am considering songs from Wiz khalifa, Lil' wayne or the A$AP mob.
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