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HIP HOP HIP HOP HIP HIP HOP HIP HIP HOP!
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HIP HOP IN DA NEWZ

FROM HIP HOP DA HIBBITY HIBBITY HIBBITY HIP HOP DA HOPPA YA DON'T STOP TO HIP-HOP HORRARY! TO WHAT'S HOT TODAY! DECADES HAVE PASSED ON SINCE THIS GENRE OF MUSIC HIT THE AIR WAVES. IT WAS PREDICTED TO FADE AWAY LIKE THE HOT NEON PINK AND NEON GREEN FAT BOY SHOE LACE FAD OF THE EARLY 1980'S. MARRED BY COMPLAINTS ABOUT LACK OF CREATIVITY, EXPLICIT LYRICS SAMPLING, AND OOPS SHALL WE NOT NEGLECT TO MENTION SKIN COLOR. NO INDIVIDUAL HAS GONE UNTOUCHED BY OUR "RAPPERS DELIGHT".

IT HAS ITS ROOTS IN OF COURSE THE AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE. THEREFORE IT IS A FOLK ART. WHAT IS ART TO SOME FOLKS IS NOT ART TO OTHER FOLKS. BUT AS FOR OUR FOLKS THIS IS ART. TRACES OF HIP HOP CAN BE HEARD IN JAZZ
WITH GREAT SCATTERS LIKE ELLA FITZGERALD, LOUIE ARMSTRONG AND THE UNFORGETTABLE CAB CALLOWAY
"MINNIE THE MOOCHER".

MANY WOULD CROWN INTO JAZZ CLUBS TO HERE LOCAL POETS RHYME TO THE RHYTHMIC SENSATION OF

BEBOP

AND DO NOT NEGLECT THE OBVIOUS RHYTHMIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN/PAN-AFRICAN POETRY THROUGH OUT THE AGES. (NOT TO NEGLECT THE FACT THAT ANY POET OF ANY NATIONALITY CAN WRITE TO A METER.)
HIP-HOP, JUST LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR JAZZ WAS MET WITH THE EXACT SAME OPPOSITION FOR THE EXACT SAME REASONS. AFTER A WHILE THOUGH THE "INFECTION EST" SENSATION OF JAZZ CONSTANTLY BEING PUT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE CAUSED IT TO BE ANALYZED BY THE GREATEST OF MUSICIANS LIFTING IT TO BE THE VIABLE AND ACTUAL "CLASSIC ART" THAT IS STILL ENJOYED TODAY. ALONG WITH BAROQUE MUSIC, MEDIEVAL ART AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AFTER A FEW DECADES OF IT MAINSTREAM ARRIVAL IT , RAP/ HIP HOP GAINED ITS WN GENRE CATEGORIZATION ASIDE FROM R&B. IS THIS FAD ON THE MOVE OR ON THE WAY OUT? QUITE HONESTLY DESPITE THE CRITICISM IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING MOST CANNOT DO WITHOUT. IT HAS BECOME AS COMMON AS A CONVERSATION. LIKE YOUNG TEENS USED TO SCREAM IN THE 50'S AND 60'S "ROCK N ROLL IS HERE TO STAY" THE SAME CAN BE SAID BY HIP-HOP FANS. TO EACH HIS OWN. TO QUOTE RUN DMC "PETER PIPPER PICKED PEPPERS AND I ROCK RHYMES" IT IS A PART OF A CULTURE IN SPITE OF ITS MAIN STREAM ACCEPTANCE. PERSONALLY I RAP ROCK AND BEBOP ALL DAY LONG. FORGETTING THAT IT IS A FOREIGN BEHAVIOR TO OTHERS. "IS SHE TALKING TO HERSELF?" "IS SHE A GANG MEMBER?" "IS THAT ONE OF THOSE GANGSTAR BI****?" ... "WHAT ARE YOOOOU DOING!!!!"

ITS ALL COOL IN THE GANG FOR SOME OTHERS. THE ARGUMENT AMONG RAPPERS IS THAT IF ITS NOT HARDCORE GANGSTER ITS WEAK. BUT REMEMBER ITS A LIFESTYLE TO THOSE WHO WOKE UP IN THE MORNING SAYING " OOH I GOT THAT FEELIN'" SCOOTN' AND SLID EN' ACROSS THE FLOOR WHILE ON YOUR WAY TO BRUSHING YOUR TEETH MAKING UP YOUR OWN SPOKEN RHYTHMIC VERSES TO ANSWER MAMA'S'S QUESTION "ARE YOU DRESSED AND READY FOR SCHOOL?" OR WHILE AT THE PLAYGROUND. DANCING AND STOPPIN IN A CIRCLE WITH YO CREW OR GANG TO YOUR FAVORITE NURSERY RHYME MIXED WITH SOME STREET SLANG.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE VIOLENCE IS NOT NECESSARY. THAT'S JUST HYPE, HE SAY SHE SAY. VIOLENCE JUST GOES WITH THE TERRITORY, THE STREETS. THE STREETS OF A PEOPLE SUFFERING VIOLENCE THEN INFLECTING IT.
HIGH ROLLERS LITTLE GITS PIMPS AND HOS AND DON'T FORGET SOME OF THOSE MAY BE STRAIT LACED ARTIST WITH A MESSAGE. OR JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO GET THEIR MIND OFF OF THEIR TROUBLES. SOUNDS LIKE THE DEFINITION OF AN ART FORM.
LET US NOT ALLOW IGNORANCE TO MAKE HIP HOP PLAYED OUT. TUNE OUT THE STANKSTERS AND WANKSTERS TO UPHOLD THIS TRADITION SET BY ANCIENT AFRICAN GRIOS TELLING STORIES, PREACHING AND EDUCATING THEIR TOWNS TO THE BEAT OF GOURDS AND BONGOS.
REMEMBER WHAT SOME TAKE AS A JOKE IS A WAY OF LIFE FOR OTHERS.

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