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    The Hip Hop revolution n music and culture

    Music is the air I breathe. Fr mr thn two decades, I hve been a writer of both lyric and song, lived and lovedbth producing and performing R&B and Hip-Hop music. M life's work i, entertainment.

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    Th Hip-Hop revolution firt started whn I was B-Girl dng th electric boogie in the early 80's listening toartist's lik N W A, Cool Moe D, Queen Latifah, L L Cool J and Nw Edition, on th radio. Hip-Hop lter evolved intthe full blown rap-game, known s"gangsta rap" n th early 90's when performers lk Tupac, Ice Cube and SnoopDogg tok ovr th charts, giving rise toth brand nw dirty south, get krunk, east coast/west coast Hip -Hopworld w today nd rcrd breaking artist's lik 50 Cent and Ludacris.

    Hip-Hop h no rtulr systematic directionr rules, ext, the music wll lwsremain complex mixture ofpassion and rhythm, combined with ld-school v. nw-school beats, battles, samples, mixes nd remixes fvergenre, frm Pop t Rock, Reggae t Classical, ven little bit of Cuntr.

    The Hip-Hop revolution is all abut th struggles nd triumphs n urban cultures, expressed thrugh inexplicable flows

    f lyricism, mixed with rhythms, beats and sounds tht wind nd intertwine lke baskets madef pure gold, weavinggenerations f music nd people togthrthrugh entertainment.

    Urban communities and the Hip-Hop movement hve bn making strong effortsto form mor positive direction forHip-Hop in th 21st century andbeond. The industry s a whol admits Hip-Hop ftn depicts negative sterotypes,beautifies violence nd encourages the degredation f women.

    These wer fw f th issues addressed t the"Frm Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes ndDegrading Images" hearings, held on Spetember 25, 2007 n Washington D. C. whih hosted panels f majorentertainment company CEO's, Hip-Hop artists nd communityactivists, including Rep. Bobby Rush, n openarguements oncerning th current reationship btwn Hip-Hop nd our society.

    Evr culture, snc the beginning of time, h festeredm form f negative impact in society, in all aspects flife,including religion. Hip-Hop no differnt thn threst. But censorship nnt be allowed t dictateartistic expression, n mor than it shuld b allowed t stiflejournalism r the right to free speech, howvr, t's

    about time Hip-Hop made a difference in ts quality and standards nd moral values, mt f whih ar missing npresent urban society, t help maintain peace mng neighbors nd nner-city communities, building thm up a people, rther thn tearingthm dwn.I bleve, the m ways that Hip-Hop created an entire culture of musicacros th globe, from th blood, sweat, tears ndvn deaths f rap artists, dancers, dj's, mc's, vocalists,actors and ther urban entertainers, Hip-Hop cn nd wll sonoverome the previous negativisms by evolving nta mr responsible, respectful culture n our society.

    Th Hip Hop revolution in music and culture

    Hip Hop m about thrugh young kids in th streets fNew York partying t sound systems, from nw technology,frm thelectronic experimentation f Kraftwerk nd thr bands n the 70s. It fused elements from previous black

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    music, frm funk t reggae,vn disco(ven though it n be id twa reaction to Disco, the undergroundreacting to th glitz, moneynd glamour of the Disco clubs at th time). Grandmaster Flash w major innovator,wh, int electronics, created hs wn mixerso he culd cue the nxt recrd and develop hi 'Quick mix theory' -gttng th bet parts togethr on time...andthn scratching the beats, chopping from n rcord t th othr. KoolHerc nd Afrika Bambaataa wre playing thebt bits f tracks thrugh large sound systems, 'battling'to e whoould play the bst nd th loudest.

    A whle new yuth culture evolved nd, over time, popular culture gainedsomthing special. Break-dancing, graffitind rapping wer part fthe natural evolution frm th music, broadening th scene, the culture. Itw an art-formvailabl t n interested kid.It's alo interesting tht punk w happening at thsm time, a th shared thsm DIY street level ideology.

    'Planet Rock' b Afrika Bambaataa nd th Soul Sonic Forcew vry important rord s t wsone f th big frstrecords tht fused th elements fthe Hip Hop party break scene with th new electronic sounds coming frmpeople ung machines to make music, nml th TR-808, synthesizers nd samplers. Frm this experimentationhouse and techno wre to emerge.

    Scratching developed directly frm th Hip Hop scene nd hsbecme scene n itslf with large competitions uchsDMC nd artists suh Q-Bert and th Scratch Perverts drawing massive followings. Scratching s found in a lotmr popular musicthee days too. Graffiti to ha grown. It ha man negativeconnotations wth propertyvandalism but t ha beome muh mr widely accepted art-form, whh itdfintl whn done by talentedpeople.

    Hip Hop nw i a nm. It has bmeuh a powerful name tht t h lost t's wayin the popular world wthheartless gangster rap (50 cent tc.) replacingth fun and innovation of original Hip Hop. But mab i t tlli sociallyconscious(r subconsciously socially conscious), telling kidsll th hve t d make loads fmoney or die trn'.I th what life iabut? Wh? Mayb, a th biggest single form of music on theplanet, wth large amounts ofgoodstuff to b dug out frm underneathth bling bling stuff, t has lot t sa about thcuntr it originates frm, if ntth world.