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Two of my favourite artists make instrumental Hiphop: DJ Shadow and RJD2.
One of the 4 "elements" of Hiphop is DJ'ing (sometimes called turntablism when used to make music). This part of Hiphop has lived in the shadow of rap in later years, but recently it's becoming popular again. You all should check out the movie 'Scratch'. Somewhat offtopic: Graffiti and breaking also live on in the underground.
I also have to say that rap and hiphop are not two different types of music, where rap is the commercial and hiphop is the underground. Hiphop is the name of the whole culture(rapping, deejaying, beaking, graffiti). Somebody (KRS-One probably...) once said that Hiphop isn't something you do, it's something you live.
Like most of you I can't appreciate the mainstream crap rap and I was more into rap when I was younger, but there still is artists that give me hope that Hiphop has the right to live as an artform: All of DefJux, Blackalicious, The Roots, J5 and more, but unfortunately they are outnumbered by the "killaz and the 100-dollar-billaz".
Originally posted by Beagle So are you telling me that you could lose the 'words' and just enjoy listening to the 'beats'? |
Two of my favourite artists make instrumental Hiphop: DJ Shadow and RJD2.
One of the 4 "elements" of Hiphop is DJ'ing (sometimes called turntablism when used to make music). This part of Hiphop has lived in the shadow of rap in later years, but recently it's becoming popular again. You all should check out the movie 'Scratch'. Somewhat offtopic: Graffiti and breaking also live on in the underground.
I also have to say that rap and hiphop are not two different types of music, where rap is the commercial and hiphop is the underground. Hiphop is the name of the whole culture(rapping, deejaying, beaking, graffiti). Somebody (KRS-One probably...) once said that Hiphop isn't something you do, it's something you live.
Like most of you I can't appreciate the mainstream crap rap and I was more into rap when I was younger, but there still is artists that give me hope that Hiphop has the right to live as an artform: All of DefJux, Blackalicious, The Roots, J5 and more, but unfortunately they are outnumbered by the "killaz and the 100-dollar-billaz".