The UC Merced Hip Hop Movement

The hip-hop culture began in the streets of New York City during the 1970’s and has gone through tremendous changes up until now. Hip-Hop consists of four elements: rap, graffiti, break-dancing, and the disc jockey. In this paper, I intend to fully explain the evolution of rap music, from its infancy to the giant industry it is today.

This paper traces the roots of Hip Hop culture, particularly focusing on the form of dance known as Bboying, Bgirling or Breakin'. This dance form is also known as breakdancing in general. It does this by conducting interviews on pioneers and practitioners of breakin', while analyzing some previous research at the same time. By doing so, the paper attempts to achieve three goals:

Hip-hop music in today’s world has grown immensely in the past 20 years, first spreading throughout America and now to parts of Europe and Asia. However, this change was indeed a gradual one. What began as a simple expression of dissatisfaction of inner city life has turned into a multimillion dollar industry and thriving culture, with some of its leading artists being people of all walks of life. It began around the 1970’s and 80’s as a means of overcoming the struggles of urban life in the Bronx, New York City. More so than just music, Hip-Hop is a culture with five elements or “pillars” all of which are essential to what is the Hip-Hop “lifestyle”.

Nearly four decades later hip-hop’s ever evolving dance moves progressed without missing a single beat. Originating from African-American and Puerto Rican poverty-stricken youth and young adults in the Bronx, New York in 1973, (Chang 67) it was a direct result of overflowing creativity, suppressed energy, and a lack of available outlets. Serving as a medium to empower the youth opportunity to express his or her emotions through the four hip-hop elements, however, I would like to focus towards the element of dance, how it started, what happened, where it is today, and the language that’s spoken to the people through the art of dance.

The notion of the authenticity in hip-hop is that it has to do with being associated to “the street” or the urban ghetto. “The core of Hip Hop cultural activity”, a “site of originality, culture, perception, and cognizance” (Alim 2004a: 390– 91). Furthermore, The expression “keepin’ it real” is almost a repetition in Hip Hop insisting individuals to be true to their roots, and not to “front” or make-believe something they are not (Rickford and Rickford 2000: 23). Hip Hop is apparently a multiracial and multicultural movement, yet its roots and artistic strength and most of its well-known rap artists, come primarily from urban African American communities (Blake 1993). In 1999, it was dubbed “the most important musical genre in America” by the New York Times (Strauss 1999: 28), and has debatably been one of the foremost youth cultures in the United States since the early 1990s. Despite the multi-ethnic nature of the founding community of hip hop, young African American working-class, urban males emerged as the art’s central representatives. However, the centrality of African Americans in articulations of authentic, hip hop has roots that are more diasporic than popularity professed. Hip hop

Throughout this investigation I will be exploring the question : To what extent has the hip hop genre influenced dance styles and techniques. Hip hop is a dance genre that has been up coming for years. It has taught us many new ways in which we can dance and has fused many genres together to keep dance new and interesting. This paper will talk about the fundamentals dancing teaches its students, main people in which inspired the hip hop nation and the ways in which it has sprouted new and innovative dancing. Since its “birth”, hip hop has helped people express their feelings and emotions by incorporating movements to let it all out. Throughout this paper I will use a variety of sources ranging from articles to online websites to show the significance

Nowadays hip-hop is considered the center of the fashion and the music industry worldwide, it holds a major position in the new generation culture. Several norms are influenced by this wave; such as the way we dress, the way we style our hair, and the hobbies we practice. The behaviors and the preferences of the new generation that grew up during the rise of hip-hop were affected to the point that hip-hop music has been called “the official teen music “(the tanning of America. 2014. Dir: Steve Stoute). It all started in the west Bronx, New York city, the birthplace of hip-hop, where the father of hip-hop “DJ Cool” gave a party to his kid sister (the freshest kids. 2002. Dir: Israel QD3 entertainment). Hip-hop did not start as a political movement,

Look at those awesome dance moves, that is the art of hip-hop, hip-hop involves of the following dance moves pop and lock, the robot, dougie and the stankey leg, I could go on but I won't. Hip hop has been around since 1520, it was born on the streets of New york to find out more go to the following website http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/birthplace-of-hip-hop/. Hip Hop gets the adrenaline pumping through the veins, as the music is really loud and wakes you up, some people use the hip hop community to make more friends. Thesis stament

Hip-hop is known as a culture movement. Hip-hop is a pleasing art form, formed by African-Americans and Latinos in the late seventies. Its formation derives from a young generation of African-Americans in South Bronx, New York. They created a beautiful, complimentary expression of melody, skill and dance from an environment of poverty. Ever since it has encouraged people from all across the world. Hip-hop is discussed as an art form and not just flowing, it typically is meant to include the four essentials: DJing, MCing, graffiti writing, and break dancing. Hip Hop helped renew the identity of these elements. In studying the history of hip hop; it has influences on many cultures. Early hip-hop was credited to help inner-city gang

As discoursed in lectures, preceding literary collections, and films, hip-hop is beyond just ‘rap’: it is a philosophy with a history determined by countless inspirational and influential themes and communities. The term ‘hip-hop’ was said to have been produced by Keith Cowboy, a rapper within Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and the subculture apart from this genre of music was said to have been first established through Zulu Nation and Afrika Bambaataa. By now, it is understood that the elements of rapping or ‘signifying’ were primarily developed by African Americans in West Africa and that the music and culture was brought to America around the 1970s. It was at this time that block parties befell admired in New York City, and

Hip hop was a widely popular genre of music in the 1970s. With a rich history of over 40 years, including numerous pioneers such as DJ Kool Herc, DJ Afrika Bambaataa and B-boy Ken Swift fronting the image of the hip hop culture, it is not tough for one to gain insider knowledge on the cultural movement and understand what Hip Hop music is and how it has impacted the world even till this day. Unfortunately, not many people understand the basis and reasons of how and why hip hop music came to be. In the local context of Singapore, many young people are oblivious to the origins of Hip Hop or show no interest in the culture, even as a music genre. Young dancers who practice the Hip Hop culture as a form of expression are often confused between

Primary discussion in this paper will be centred upon the Hip Hop in its country of Origin, the United States. Areas of focus would include the situation of New York City at the time of Hip Hop’s conception and what were the factors that led to and allowed for the growth of Hip Hop as a cultural movement. A subsection of the paper will be devoted to exploring how Hip Hop has manifested in other countries around the world and their differences given the varying historical, geographical and cultural backgrounds, which includes the language of the people and the attitudes of the people towards new forms of music. Finally, an analysis of how Hip Hop has entered the local context of Singapore will be discussed. The music of Hip Hop will be the

Once being limited to just urban music and dancing, this widespread form of communication has reached all corners of the world. The metamorphosis of Hip Hop dance has transformed into a multi-billion dollar industry that influences everything from fashion, TV shows, mass market media and sports. Today in the 21st century, Hip hop is no longer just seen as break-dancing and music, but as a way of life. This important culture has found a special niche in many people's lives all throughout the

The phenomenon of hip hop has spawned a new way of dressing, acting and speaking adopted by young people, especially males. Hip hop - and its music and speech patterns known as hip hop or rap or gangsta rap - has moved out of the ghettos and into suburban middle-class neighborhoods, especially among the young adult of all races in those neighborhoods. Finally, how hip hop/rap/gangsta came to be and what it owes to previous what is real life.

Hip-hop dance is a popular and energetic dance genre, usually accompanied by hip-hop music. It has enjoyed popularity among young people all over the world. I have been interested in hip-hop music and dance for a long time. I can show my love for life and exercise my body by practicing hip-hop dance. Young people like hip-hop dance because they can invent their own moves. It offers young people a new way to express their own personalities and emotion. Hip-hop dance also shows that they feel good about life and that they are not afraid of problems. With a history of about 40 years, hip-hop dance first began in the 1970s in the US (Pabon, 1999). In early times, people in New York and Los Angles began to perform hip-hop dance. It was first