MUS 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: B-Boying, Beats Music, Dj Kool Herc
26 Apr 2016
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Definition of hiphop- competitive cultural expressions of urban youth, consisting of graffiti artists, mpbile djs, breakers also known as breakdancers, b boys and b girls, and mc"s later known as rappers. Breakdancing ( dance) grafitii- the type of street art that is directly coorelated with hip-hop culture. It is viewed as a cultural and social statement breakdancing- type of dance associate wth hiphop culture that became more popular in the 1980"s. Breakdancing can also be known as breaking or b-boys b-girls and the practioner would be called b-boys or b-girls rap. Known as a musical practice and a product. It"s the musical product born of the urban, particulary south bronx. Subcultural of djing and mcing but commerical product have priority to rap. Originally used in the 1950"s for those that traitions between records on a turntable. Dj was known as a party organizer, therefore he created the soundtrack for the night of the party.
