History of Rap

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History of Rap

• The New Movement

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What is Rap?

• Spoken words with an underlying rhythm consisting
  of bass, drums and keyboard sounds.
• Accents in the speaking parts are very important.
  

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In the Beginning.

• Rap is not a new idea that sprung up in the
  music industry in the 80s and 90s. In fact, it
  has been evolving for decades.
• Raps roots can be traced to the following
  influences.

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Cab Calloway

• Known for his signature Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho
  chant from Minnie the Moocher.
• Used call and response with his audience.
• Call and response was a major part in Jazz and is
  one of the foundations of rap.

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Charlie Daniels

• Utilized a monologue-style in their music.
• Monologue means to speak as group or by oneself
  prior to a song beginning. Example is Saturday
  Night Live or Jay Leno.

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African Rhythms

• These complex rhythms have long been a form of
  communication.
• The very root a rap and hip hop is the rhythm- in
  words and in the music that accompanies it.

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The Birth of the Disc Jockey

• Back in the 60s young DJs like Kool DJ Herc, DJ
  Lovebug Starski would push huge speakers down
  blocks, mixing records at block parties and
  playing with turntables. Lovebug was credited
  with being the first to move the record with his
  hands to make weird sounds with the needle.

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70s

• The same DJs went from the block corner into the
  Clubs.
• Joseph Saddler had 2 copies of the same records
  and 2 turn tables. He would switch from one to
  another repeating the selected grooves.
• Afrika Bambaata coins the term Hip Hop for his
  parties.

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A Major Hill

• The first rap recordings were in 1979. The
  Fatback Band recorded King Tim III and the
  Sugar Hill Gang recorded Rappers Delight.
• Rappers Delight would go onto be a huge popular
  success and lead the way for all future raps.
• Mr. Magics Rap Attack would become the first
  hip-hop radio show.

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Paving the way

• Funky 4 1 more is the first rap group that
  contained a female MC
• First rap group to perform on SNL song- Thats
  the Joint.
• Released one of the longest rap singles ever at
  over 15 minutes in full length.

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A Shade of Blonde

• Blondie was enjoying success as a pop musician.
  Her single Rapture which came out in the early
  80s.
• First female to release a rap song.

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Politics Take Center Stage

• The Message is the first political rap
  performed by Grand Master Flash.
• Launched the era of using rap to communicate
  strong, and at times, controversial beliefs.

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Run, Baby, Run

• Run-DMC was the first group to become
  commercially successful over a period of time.
• Created the Adidas shoe fad in which they were
  worn without shoelaces.

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Thats Def

• Def Jam records is formed by Russell Simons and
  Rick Ruben.
• Sign LL Cool J releases I Need Beat
• LLs first song was recorded in his college dorm
  room.

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Movies Dancing

• Break dancing is a new style of dance and takes
  the country by storm.
• Movies are released showing the hip hop
  lifestyle.
• Beat Street
• Breakin
• Wild Style

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Sweetened Tea

• Ice-T leads the way with Gangsta Rap with the
  song Cop Killers
• NWA follows up with F tha Police this is the
  first song to receive a letter by the FBI
  resenting the song.
• Majority of gangsta rap were about what was going
  on their communities drugs, money, women and cop
  issues.

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Sample This

• 1986 sampling is born.
• A Sampler is an electronic device which can
  precisely replicate an existing sound or track of
  music

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Problems Occur

• People are stealing and not giving credit to the
  original person.
• Musicians were being replaced with electronic
  devices.

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Listen to guitar riff
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Listen to guitar riff
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Listen to Bass Riff
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Listen to Bass Riff
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Legal issues

• Due to the legal implications which began to
  emerge due to this practice, this became the not
  so cool thing to do. Although samples can still
  be found during this time, rap/hip hop musicians
  began to do more with adding their own nuances
  and even adding harmonies and additional
  instrumentation.

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Law suite

• The first major law suite occurred when Queen
  would sue Vanilla Ice for stealing their music.

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Dont Change

• Another practice became to utilize a pre-recorded
  song, either partially or entirely, to re-record
  a rap/hip hop song.

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Arrested Development
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Stevie Wonder
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Coolio
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Mixing It Up

• Rap legends Run DMC collaborate with Rock legends
  Aerosmith.
• Walk This Way was a huge rock hit in the 70s
  and became a huge hip hop.
• Helped throw rap into the mainstream.

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Yo Yo Yo

• 1988 Yo! MTV Raps debuts on MTV.
• Up until this point, rap music did not have a
  white audience. MTV made rap accessible and
  desirable to all youth, black and white.

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Ladies take the stage

• MC Lyte
• Yo Yo
• Queen Latefiah drops her mega hit Ladies First
  and paves the way for all future female rappers

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Too Legit

• 1989 MTV recognizes rap as a legitimate award
  category.
• DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Parents Just
  Dont Understand is the first award recipient.

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Boys will be Boys

• Hard Rock and rap now mix together in one group.
• Beastie Boys burst onto the scene with their
  smash hit Fight For Your Right

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We All Have Enemies

• Public Enemy became the most influential
  political rap groups of all time.
• Bring the Noise calls for the African American
  people to stand up for their rights and bring a
  stop to their suffering.

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West-ward Bound

• West Coast rap saw a rise in 1991.
• Dr. Dre (formely of NWA) introduces the world to
  Snoop Dog.
• They would call it G Funk or Gangsta Funk.

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Will Smith

• Fresh Prince of Bel Air gives a hip hop artists
  his own tv show.
• Will Smith would later go onto become one of the
  most prolific actors/artists of our time.

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East Side

• East Coast Rap takes shape in the early-mid 90s.
• It is less violent, more dance-able and more up
  beat.

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2 Stars Die

• West Coast and East Coast rappers spend many
  years dissing each other in their songs.
• Unsolved drive-by shootings to two of raps
  biggest stars would shake the world of music.
• Tu Pac is shot on the Las Vegas Strip in 1996.
  B.I.G. is shot outside an Automotive Museum Party
  in 1997.

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M.E.

• Missy Elliot Releases her debut album Supa Dupa
  Fly and redefine hip hop/RB.
• She would later go on to become the best selling
  female rapper of all time.

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• 1998 Jay-Z samples the Broadway musical Annie
  and sells 5 million records with the song Hard
  Knock Life.
• This song single handedly throws Jay-Z into a
  pop icon.

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The Real Slim

• Eminem is discovered by Dr. Dre in 1999.
• Eminem zooms past racial hurdles and sells 4
  million copies of his LP The Real Slim Shady.

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Where We Are Today

• Outkast brought a new sound to the game.
• Ludacris rises up the Dirty South with his
  style of rap.
• Nelly emerges with the St. Louis style of rap.

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• Rap music will always contain a message. Some
  will be about social issues, political issues,
  economic issues. Some will be positive, some
  negative. No matter the message, the beat, the
  singer, rap is a solidified, legitimate form of
  musical expression and it is here to stay.