1、 http:/ 能飞韩语 http:/ 能飞日语http:/ 能飞英语 http:/ 能飞背单词Hip-hop World Every age has its music. Jazz was once king. Rock had its day. Now rap is in the house, and the party is just getting started. Like other musical formssuch as jazz and rockthat have their roots in the black community, rap has faced its sh
2、are of criticism. Rap music was once called a fad, but its been around for more than two decades, and its more popular than ever. Rap is a way of speaking or singing rhythmically, in rhyme. Hip-hop first refers to the backing music for rap. It also refers to rap culture. Hip-hop is not just music; i
3、ts a way of life, a culture. Look around you: wherever there are young kids hanging out, youre sure to see the signs. Baggy jeans, sports jerseys, and baseball hats worn sideways are just a few of hip-hop trademarks that have begun appearing on the streets of somewhere. Technically there are four el
4、ements that make up hip-hop: graffiti, break-dancing, rap music, and mixing. Most agree that the culture of hip-hop started in New Yorks Bronx in the late 1970s. Early hip-hop music focused on the difficulties of living in the poor urban ghettoes. It talked to African-Americans directly about their
5、problems.It was a way for inner-city youths to publicize the problems they faced. http:/ 能飞韩语 http:/ 能飞日语http:/ 能飞英语 http:/ 能飞背单词The music of hip-hop is rap. Its a style based on rhythm and spoken words. The music went hand-in-hand with break-dancing, a dance style that took off around the same time
6、. Mixing records started as a way to produce new music cheaply. The other element, graffiti, has long been a part of urban culture. Originally used by gangs as a way to mark their territory, graffiti eventually developed into an independent form of street art. Thats how it started, so then where did hip-hop go? Everywhere, man, it went everywhere. From England to Brazil to Japan, hip-hop spread everywhere and it spread fast. Now even the Eskimos have hip-hop!
