Hip hop is a culture that originated in America in the 70s /early 80s and was used not just as an entertainment medium, but also a way of expressing opinions “musically” and “artistically”; more like a mouthpiece. This genre quickly made its unique mark which was completely different from the more popular motown styled music back then. We had Fab five freddy who was famous for spraying graffiti on the number 5 train constantly, African Bambaata, GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE, BEASTIE BOYS, kurtis blow, koolmoedee and so on. The earlier mentioned icons of hip hop originated from the black dominated areas namely Bronx, Compton, south central L.A and so on. The truth is that the origin of hip hop has been attributed to West Africa. If you are aware of the Yoruba “ewi”, it`s quite similar to chanting which uses the rapid flow of words to describe a scenario, tell a story or send a message. Earlier rappers talked for their communities, and the nation as a whole. They spoke about the ills in the society, greedy politicians, oppression of the minority. If you go downtown New York at the tube stations, street corners and so on, you will find some ill-ass rappers spitting fire and brimstone through the furnace of the mouth. Do Americans need more American sounding rappers considering they`ve got loads already and more still creeping out of the woodworks? Erm..You be the judge of that! Back to the domestics, is hip hop an American thing? Dee says not exactly, is it an African thing, yes it is. I do not agree with the “American-rap style campaign” that our so called hip-hop artistes have adopted; it`s a farce.Americans as well as the world will not appreciate our so called “Afro hip-hop” when it, paradoxically speaking, has the connotation and elements of the red, blue and white spread all over it! Where is the Afro in Hip-hop???Dee don yan! Word to the mother!
modenine killed it! sauce kid did is best & M.i but naeto c try sha....lets see what is going to happen next year if Nigerians are invited again...
ReplyDeleteiceprince is a pop rapper with his Nursery rhymes any way he gave us 2club bangers
ReplyDeleteabeg, only Mode9 killed this shit. the other rappers were so poor its unreal. lol NeatoC SUCKED BIG TIME. hahahahahahah
ReplyDeletewhy y'all sayin all this sh*t whiles u guys shuld be supporting wht we gots. they all did their best.........this is cypher no metaphors.
ReplyDeleteNaeto c is shit trust me. i hope they not going to hola at naija next year for Nigerian Cypher except my nigga Mode9
ReplyDeleteHip hop is a culture that originated in America in the 70s /early 80s and was used not just as an entertainment medium, but also a way of expressing opinions “musically” and “artistically”; more like a mouthpiece. This genre quickly made its unique mark which was completely different from the more popular motown styled music back then. We had Fab five freddy who was famous for spraying graffiti on the number 5 train constantly, African Bambaata, GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE, BEASTIE BOYS, kurtis blow, koolmoedee and so on. The earlier mentioned icons of hip hop originated from the black dominated areas namely Bronx, Compton, south central L.A and so on. The truth is that the origin of hip hop has been attributed to West Africa. If you are aware of the Yoruba “ewi”, it`s quite similar to chanting which uses the rapid flow of words to describe a scenario, tell a story or send a message. Earlier rappers talked for their communities, and the nation as a whole. They spoke about the ills in the society, greedy politicians, oppression of the minority. If you go downtown New York at the tube stations, street corners and so on, you will find some ill-ass rappers spitting fire and brimstone through the furnace of the mouth. Do Americans need more American sounding rappers considering they`ve got loads already and more still creeping out of the woodworks? Erm..You be the judge of that! Back to the domestics, is hip hop an American thing? Dee says not exactly, is it an African thing, yes it is. I do not agree with the “American-rap style campaign” that our so called hip-hop artistes have adopted; it`s a farce.Americans as well as the world will not appreciate our so called “Afro hip-hop” when it, paradoxically speaking, has the connotation and elements of the red, blue and white spread all over it! Where is the Afro in Hip-hop???Dee don yan! Word to the mother!
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