Genre Research Reflection

The task we had to do is we had to figure out questions about a music genre of our choice the genre we choose to do is rap. So we had to answer questions like the history of rap the style of rap etc, the reason why we did rap was that my group and I thought it was going to be the easiest genre.

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment.

Rapping originated from Africa centuries before hip hop music was even invented. In west Africa, there were people who would tell their story but rhythmically over the drums and sparse: instrumentation. A notable rap song that was recorded is the 1950 song “Gotta Let You Go” by Joe Hill Louis.

The reason rap is called is that in late 1960 there was a rapper who called himself Hubert G. Brown but then changed it to H. Rap Brown. It is a word of slang the meaning of the slang is speech or oration but they didn’t call it rap until a decade later.

The first known female rap artist is Sha-Rock she was born in 1962 during her rapping career she was called the Mother of the mic. Since she was considered the first female rapper before she became a rapper she first started breaking dancing then a few years later is when she started to rap and make music.

The first known rapper is Coke La Rock he is known for being the first rapper to ever start spitting rhymes after partnering up with Dj Kool Herc in 1973. People recognize both as the original founding fathers of Hip Hop, while Rap music was just underground. Dj Kool Herc would rap at some of the parties he would DJ at and some people would say he was inspired by the Jamaican Tradition. The Jamaican Tradition is when people would gather up and would be talking or chanting usually in a monotone melody over a beat by the DJ.a

The fastest rapper in history is Twista, Twista has rapped 11.2 syllables per second so 11 syllables in just one second he became the first rapper in 1992. His fastest rap song is called Twista-Mista he raps 1,287 words in 4 minutes 36 seconds that is about 280 words per minute.

Hip-hop has never been more popular than it is today, but many fans probably still wouldn’t know who Aubrey Graham is, even though they stream his songs every day.

Going back to the early days of rap music, stage names have been a huge part of its culture. Even many of the most popular rappers to ever hold a microphone have kept their real names a mystery so we are trying to find their real names today too.