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2. Hip hop music - Wikipedia

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   Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P ...

3. Kid 'n Play - Wikipedia

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   Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City who were most popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo is composed of Christopher Reid (" Kid ") and Christopher Martin (" Play ") working alongside their DJ, Mark "DJ Wiz" Eastmond. [1] [2] Besides their musical careers, they also branched out into acting.

4. Hip hop (culture) - Wikipedia

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   Hip hop culture is characterized by the key elements of rapping [b], DJing and turntablism, and breakdancing; [9] [10] other elements include graffiti, beatboxing, street entrepreneurship, hip hop language, and hip hop fashion. [11] [12] From hip hop culture emerged a new genre of popular music, hip hop music .

5. The Alchemist (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Alan Daniel Maman (born October 25, 1977), professionally known as the Alchemist, is an American hip hop producer, DJ, and rapper. [3] He began his music career in 1991 in the hip hop duo the Whooliganz under the moniker Mudfoot, along with now-actor Scott Caan. He has produced music since the 1990s.

6. Hip hop production - Wikipedia

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   Hip hop production. Hip hop producer and rapper RZA in a music studio with two collaborators. Pictured in the foreground is a synthesizer keyboard and a number of vinyl records; both of these items are key tools that producers and DJs use to create hip hop beats. Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio.

7. Progressive rap - Wikipedia

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   underground hip hop. Progressive rap (or progressive hip hop) [nb 1] is a broad subgenre of hip hop music that aims to progress the genre thematically with socially transformative ideas and musically with stylistic experimentation.

8. Lofi hip hop - Wikipedia

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   Lo-fi hip-hop originated within the underground beatmaking hip-hop scene of the 2000s, particularly after the advent of Roland SP-303 and Roland SP-404 samplers, each of which featured the "lo-fi" effect as a separate button. [6] Vice contributor Luke Winkie suggested that "if there is one shared touchstone for lo-fi hip-hop, it's probably [the ...

9. New-school hip hop - Wikipedia

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   The new school of hip hop was a movement in hip hop music, beginning in 1983–84 with the early records of Run–D.M.C., Whodini, and LL Cool J.Predominantly from Queens and Brooklyn, it was characterized by drum machine-led minimalism, often tinged with elements of rock; rapped taunts, boasts, and socio-political commentary; and aggressive, self-assertive delivery.