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  2. Rapping - Wikipedia

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    Rap is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, and so commonly associated with the genre that it is sometimes called "rap music". Precursors to modern rap music include the West African griot tradition, [7] certain vocal styles of blues [8] and jazz, [9] an African-American insult game called playing the dozens (see Battle rap and Diss), [10 ...

  3. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    In singing, a controlled swell (i.e. crescendo then diminuendo, on a long held note, especially in Baroque music and in the bel canto period) [2] mesto Mournful, sad meter or metre The pattern of a music piece's rhythm of strong and weak beats mezza voce Half voice (i.e. with subdued or moderated volume) mezzo

  4. Pop rap - Wikipedia

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    Pop rap (also known as pop hip-hop, pop hop, hip pop, melodic hip-hop or melodic rap) is a genre of music fusing the rhythm-based lyricism of hip hop with pop's preference for melodic vocals, catchy hooks, and positive lyrics on pop-like productions and structure.

  5. Hip-hop - Wikipedia

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    The music developed as part of the broader hip-hop culture; while often used to refer solely to rapping and rap music, "hip-hop" more properly denotes the practice(s) of the entire subculture. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The term hip-hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music , [ 9 ] [ 12 ] though rapping may not be the focus of hip-hop ...

  6. Hip-hop culture - Wikipedia

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    It contained the first rap music record chart. It was put out by two brothers from Newark, New Jersey, Vincent and Charles Carroll (who was also in a hip hop group known as The Nastee Boyz). They knew the art form very well and noticed the need for a hip hop magazine. DJs and rappers did not have a way to learn about rap music styles and labels.

  7. Hip-hop based education - Wikipedia

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    Asheru, born Gabriel Benn, director of Arts in Education at a D.C. based special education school with the help of Rick Henning launched the H.E.L.P program. It's a monthly periodical and reading supplement designed by teachers and curriculum writers to combine hip-hop music with literacy instruction.

  8. RAP-TURES OF THE RIGHTEOUS: A Definitive Lineage of ... - AOL

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    There are more reasons than not to call Jesus a rapper. By the definitions of his day: a gangster rapper. Check the Bible, it’s all there. But which MC's have followed the Leader?

  9. Emo rap - Wikipedia

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    Emo rap is a subgenre of hip hop with influence from emo. [7] Originating in the SoundCloud rap scene in the mid-2010s, [8] the genre fuses characteristics of hip hop music, such as trap-style beats with vocals that are usually sung.