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Is Hip-Hop a culture?
I've been listening to alot of KRS One lectures on his temple of hip-hop site recently, and I've been trying to understand his theory of Hip-Hop being a culture. Now, one of the definitions of culture that I think goes hand in hand with hip-hop is the following "the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group" according to dictionary.com. So, what type of behavior is the Hip-Hop community exhibiting?? The more and more I think of it, Hip-Hop doesent seem to be a culture since it's so disconnected in that the only time people who love hip-hop come together is at shows... So, are shows the gathering places of our culture? I think 20 years ago it was in the park or in the subway trains.
How about beliefs? Do people who love hip-hop share the same beliefs? It seems that everyone has their own version of where hip-hop originated or even what the elements of hip-hop are. What other beliefs does a someone who is part of the hip-hop community have in common with another? Maybe it's the lack of having anything in common, and the differences within Hip-Hop that really makes this a culture. If that's the case Hip-Hop is a force, since their really isn't no prerequisite to being part of the Hip-Hop culture. So what do you think, Is Hip-Hop a culture? Why or Why not?
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Nah, I don't think it's a culture. It's just music to me. I mean how does it differ from Rock or Techno music.
If Hip Hop can be seen as a culture then so should other genre's of music, and peoples way of life E.G. the "casual culture" in England
Of course it is OP,but if you was wanting to start a thread and have a adult and deep reflective conversation,you have most certainly come to the wrong site.I mean look at how much love Young Jeezy gets on this forum??.This is not the most intellectual of Hip Hop sites...
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I agree, hence why I didn't bother at all explaining why Hip Hop is a culture.
lol this thread is full of futility
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you use what you'd call "big words" in inappropriate places.....
& memphis bleek at his best is better than average...
"it's a way of livin, them boyz really crazy
Why them boyz crazy?
Because they crack babies..."
I never gave Memph bleek a chance after he started spitting bitchy rhymes "from now until death do us part" on Coming of Age. As for hiphop, it aint a culture, it's a way of life. For example, when Its 3am and I'm high as a kite and I have the supreme clientele cd spinning in the deck and I'm just sitting in my bedroom taking it all in...That's Hip-Hop!you use what you'd call "big words" in inappropriate places.....
& memphis bleek at his best is better than average...
Had to ask? *smh* with shame!
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Hip-Hop is definitely a culture... it's more than a culture, but for the purposes of this thread, take this in.
As African-Americans, we are the only people in this country who were stolen from their native lands, stripped of their native cultures, and completely seperated from all that we came from in the motherland. In Africa, we had come to have our own customs, music, art, and religion, all born and bred from our native land. When we were stolen and brought to America, we were stripped of all that. We were force fed new names, religions, and customs, but maintained our creativity and began new traditions in song and scripture. Because of this, and because we are really the first generation of African-Americans to experience freedom in this country to the extent we have, hip-hop is undoubtedly our culture. When you consider what makes up a culture; music, art, dress, general beliefs, customs, dance, language; all these things are somehow defined in hip-hop. It started with rap music, which came from the pain and struggle experienced by those who created it, and grew to breakin, tagging, etc... That's why KRS says he "lives" hip-hop... in every aspect of his life he celebrates hip-hop... read the sig...
"Hip-hop is a culture.... rap is a hobby... hip-hop music is big business."
No, its not a culture.....sorry, kids... stretch it and contort it all you want but it's not a culture
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i disagree with this statement 150%....the level of bias in 'hip-hop' could make the ku klux klan cringe
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elaborate on why it's not... and furthermore, if it's not... then what is it? is it a genre of music and nothing more?
Hip-Hop - a form of popular culture that started in the United States in the 1980s in African American inner-city areas
Hip-Hop - A culture and form of ground breaking music and self expression with elements that consisted of the elements of graffiti art, DJing, MCing, and breaking. Today Hip-Hop is considered to be dead in the mainstream because so-called mainstream Hip-Hop doesn't have the elements of hip-hop and have no meaning.
Hip-hop - is a cultural movement that began amongst urban (primarily, but not entirely, African American) youth in the United States, but has since spread around the world. The four main elements of hip-hop are: emceeing, deejaying, graffiti art, and breakdancing. The term has since come to be a euphemism for rap music to much of mainstream audiences; they are not, however, interchangeable -- rapping (emceeing) is the vocal expression of lyrics in sync to a rhythm beneath it.
1 o dem definitions is straite outta the world's No1 dictionary.. smh shud we really b askin this question in a HipHop forum??? smh
cultures are social/age/ethnic groups that have beliefs....
ask yourself... what are "hip-hops" beliefs?
then when you think of them, ask yourself - don't the lyrics and attempts to tear down others in the same genre contradict what those beliefs are or could be?
and... it's form of entertainment where individuals express themselves in a number of different ways.... the traditionalists cant seem to get that
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this is a good definition... it excludes some aspects of the culture, but i find it hilarious that they point out that it began amongst "primarily, but not entirely" African-American youth... we can't get credit for creating hip-hop.....? what's next...
Graffiti, DJing, break dancing and emceeing (which is rap)
Hip-Hop is not a music genre at all, Rap is a music genre ( some people just all rap Hip-Hop)
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you're walking that fine line between religion and culture...
Last edited by drehype07; 01-16-2007 at 10:08 PM.
cultures are social/age/ethnic groups that have beliefs....
Hip-Hop is the only music genre i know, that started clothing lines
a way of talking,and acting.
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