Rap is a style of music: a description and features

Rap - this is one of the most popular genres of modern music. This direction gained mass popularity in the nineties of the last century and has since been firmly entrenched in the world of show business. At the moment, rap is used in many other musical styles, and the compositions take first places in the top lists of radio stations and music channels every year.

Description

Rap - a performance of verbal recitative under rhythmic music. The rapper reads the text for a bit, which can also be accompanied by electronic music. Subjects of the texts are absolutely any, as well as the main message. There are several types of rhyme. The most complex are the so-called "square rhymes" (that is, double). The flow of double rhymes with a powerful emotional message is called "panchlain." It is often used during battles - verbal competitions between two rappers. Style recitative called "flow" (from the English flow - to lay).

Different styles

The rap artist is also called "Emsy" (from the English MC - master of ceremony). Rap is not only an independent genre, it can also be part of a song in other styles. Rapcor is a mixture of fast aggressive recitative for heavy music using guitars. One of the brightest representatives of this genre is the French hardcore band Rise of the North Star.

The origin of rap culture

Rap-song appeared in the seventies of the last century in poor areas of New York, inhabited by black people from Africa. Presumably, the fashion for rapid reading of the rhymed text was brought from Jamaica. The first rappers were DJs and read their texts during the disco. Gradually, the rap migrated to the streets. Black poets demonstrated their skills to passers-by and did not even think about commerce, but made music for their enjoyment.

Also, the first rap battles began to be performed. Two people alternately read out the original pamphlets in order to insult the opponent or in another way to show his superiority over him. Ten years later the first paid songs began to appear on the plates. Rap began to conquer Europe. Until the mid-nineties this music continued to be positioned as a genre for bandits and gangsters. However, in the United States, the media began to pay great attention to the rap scene. In the late nineties, there was a famous confrontation between the East and West coasts. Musical battles took place between the leading performers of the two camps - Tupac Shakur and Notorius BIG. As a result, both were shot in street razborkah. The events of those days seriously affected the entire rap culture in general. Since then, often raised the question of the so-called "trashnosti" (from the English word true - real) rap performers.

Russian rap

In Russia, rap was first recognized after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The first songs were recorded on pirated magnetic cassettes, less often on discs. Since at that time in the post-Soviet space there was almost no control over the observance of copyright, it was extremely unprofitable to sell their albums to foreign performers. However, in a short period of time, domestic performers also appeared. Russian rap, of course, succumbed to the huge influence of foreign, so the pioneers of this genre often copied well-known artists like Dr. Dre or Eminem. But some features of the Russian style were also noticeable.

Serious place on the hip-hop scene was occupied by representatives of Russian emigration in Germany and Great Britain. Under the aegis of the German rapper Kul Savash they released rap songs on the label "Optik Rasha". The main style was the battleship rap. Such groups as "Shock" and "First Class" gained immense popularity in the post-Soviet space and for several years set the direction for the development of the genre.

New time

However, over time, more and more performers appeared. For the reason that rap music itself is unpretentious, and its creation does not require serious skills, this genre is the most common in the quantitative sense. In fact, to create only a microphone and a computer. Simplicity of information has prompted young people to become more involved in rap culture. In addition to the classical themes, songs under the beat have also become a means of reporting their political or social protest. Thus, the genre of hardcore rap was formed. He is often used by performers with radical political views. Usually concerts of such bands are not advertised, and they are allowed only by representatives of a particular subculture.

Rap-culture

Russian and foreign rap is also a kind of subculture. Rappers usually differ in their behavior, style of dress and social self-identification. As clothes, spacious bright things are used, most often semi-sporty. Special "chip" in the wardrobe of the rapper are sneakers and baseball caps. Also, the style of clothing is characterized by an abundance of various attributes like watches, bracelets, chains, bandanas and other things. Although mostly it concerns young people in Western countries. Post-Soviet space, such trends are almost not affected.

Rap-culture is also closely related to other elements of hip-hop. For example, a passion for skateboarding or biking. Often there are activities in which young people compete in the skill of riding a bike or skate, and then in the ability to remove the opponent rhymes. In Russia, the most famous show of this kind is "Snickers Urbania". So rap is not only music, but also a lifestyle.