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Hemphill calls this data a geography of language in the universe of hip-hop. Hemphill faceted the information with analysis of word count, number of syllables per word, number of letters per word, polysyllabic words, as well as an education and audience reading level rating. [ 5 ]
Word Up! Magazine was a popular teen entertainment magazine that debuted in August 1987. [1] It focused on hip-hop music and rap artists.. The magazine was name-checked by The Notorious B.I.G. in his 1994 hit song "Juicy": "It was all a dream; I used to read Word Up! magazine."
Hip-hop or hip hop (formerly known as disco rap) [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s in New York City. The genre is characterized by stylized rhythmic sounds—often built around disco grooves, electronic drum beats, and rapping, a percussive vocal delivery of rhymed poetic speech as consciousness-raising ...
Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, [1] [2] and Caribbean Americans [3] starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black and Caribbean American street culture, [5] [6] that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery. [7]
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy were an American hip-hop musical ensemble, active during the early 1990s. [2] The band was formed in 1990 by Michael Franti (vocals, production, misc. instruments) and Rono Tse (drums, percussion, programming), who had worked together in The Beatnigs. [1]
Brother J was an early and valued member of the worldwide Hip Hop organization called Ill Crew Universal. [2] X Clan reunited in the late 1990s but did not release any new material. Brother J assembled a new crew that he calls X Clan Millennium Cipher and released a vinyl single for "The One/Blackwards Row" in 2004.
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Freestyle is a style of hip hop music where an artist normally improvises an unwritten verse from the head, with or without instrumental beats, in which lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure. It can also be a written verse with no particular subject.