Hip Hop vs Rap: What is the Difference?
Don’t know the difference between hip hop vs rap? One of the most hotly debated topics when it comes modern music may well be the discussion over the difference between rap and hip hop.
Some would say that all hip hop music is rap but not the other way around, and in essence, you could agree. The best way to attempt to arrive at an answer is to look at the origins of both, though you will likely find that both styles of music were birthed from the same womb and have simply grown into different adults.
Rap
The first thing you must realize in this debate is that there are new and old forms of rap commonly referred to as Old School and New School. Old school rap can trace its roots back to Africa centuries before rap or hip-hop even existed. Many centuries ago, griots would deliver rhythmic stories over drums and or a few other instruments. Prominent blues artists have argued that as early as the 1920′s in this country the blues were being rapped.
Newer versions of rap have expounded on the original simple rhyme and rhythm giving it more of a lyrical flow and cadence. You could say that earlier forms of rap were closer in nature to hip hop than what you find today in the rap culture.
Over the years Rap has developed and embodies more of the Gangster style within it. This is the main difference between rap and hip hop. Rap has a rough, rugged, and sometimes downright ignorant persona.
Hip Hop
Hip hop is a broader term which I think holds Rap within it. In comparison to Rap, Hip Hop has much more substance to it. It’s far more lyrical and profoundly more deep. Both Hip Hop and Rap can be considered a way of life.
Two branches of the same tree.
When hip hop was in its infancy it was a tool used by former gang warlord Afrika Bambaataa to bring angry youths of the black and Latino neighborhoods out of the gangs and into a new way of life.
In addition to a distinct musical genre, clothing, graffiti and dance were central themes to the entire subculture. Much of the rhyming present in rap is also a part of creating the hip hop sound but as proponents will tell you hip hop is much more than a musical genre.
Afrika Bambaataa began to extol the virtue underlining the hip hop movement that included:
Deejaying
Emceeing
Graffiti
Break dancing (b-boying)
Knowledge- this was his unique addition to the founding philosophy of hip hop which he discovered on a trip to Africa, make love not war being the theme
Conclusion
Many people differentiate rap from hip hop saying that it rap is good entertainment while the latter includes a life philosophy.
It is sure that the debate about the differences in these two modern music genres will continue and followers of each will continue to argue their points. However, if you want to get the real skinny on the differences in music perhaps the best source is not from the experts and the artists but the fans.
One teenage girl explains the differences between the two very simply; hip-hop is Mos Def while rap is Lil Wayne!
Of course, in the end you will likely find that rap and hip-hop are like brothers, growing up in and around the same environment but going their different ways as they mature.
About the Author
MasAppeal shares more of his passion for the best underground rap and hip hop, visit his site at underground-hip-hop-spot.com
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