HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC
The history of rap music, also known as hip hop music started in the late 1960’s…
The word “rap” was derived in the 1960’s, from a slang word that meant conversation…
Rap is speaking up rhythmically in rhymes with style and is generally along with beats. It also represents the recording aspects of hip hop.
Hip Hop/ Rap MUSIC
The history of Hip-hop/Rap music can be divided into two main historical eras, the old school hip-hop era(1970-1985) and the golden age hip-hop era(1985-1993)
In 1975, “Kool Herc” made music with two turntables out of break beats wherein the instrumental breaks of a song that focused on the rhythm section meanwhile Grand Wizard Theodore invented the needle drop, and also the scratch accidentally.Kool Herc learned about the culture “TOASTING” in Jamaica where he would compete with other DJs to see who’s sound system was the loudest.
(DJ means “Disc Jockey”. A hip-hop disc jockey is a DJ that selects, plays and creates music with multiple turntables as a hip-hop artist or performer, often backing up one or more MCs.)
He was also known as “MAN WITH THE LOUDEST SYSTEM IN HIP HOP”. His AMP was of MACINTOSH which was the most powerful AMP during that time. His speakers were so loud he called them “Herculoids”.
Kool Herc’s crew consisted of DJ Kool Herc, Coke La Rock, Clark Kent who often emceed for hours at a time, with little improvisation and a simple beat of four counts.
The MC’s became more varied in their rhythmic and vocal approach by incorporating some brief rhymes that often had a sexual theme, to differentiate themselves from others as well as entertaining the audience.
MC means “Master of Ceremony”
Kool Herc’s deejaying involved reciting rhymes over instrumentals. At house parties, Herc would rap over with the microphone.
Similar Kool Herc’s house parties soon drifted through Brooklyn, Manhattan.Herc and other block party DJs helped spread the message of hip-hop around town and spawned tons of followers.
By 1979 hip hop/ rap music became a commercially popular music genre and began to enter the American mainstream.And by the beginning of the 2000s, Hip hop/ rap music became a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world.