Rap英文介绍分析和总结.docx

Rap 英文介绍 Rap Rap originated in the mid-1970s in New York City. Rap represents the ultimate expression of attitude in popular culture provoking even more outrage than Rock n Roll in the 50s and Punk 70 in the 70s. mainstream culture In the early 1970s a musical genre was born in the crime-ridden neighborhoods of New York City. Gifted teenagers with plenty of imagination but little cash began to forge a new style from spare parts. Hip-hop as it was then known was a product of pure streetwise ingenuity extracting rhythms and melodies from existing records and mixing them up with searing poetry chronicling life in the hood hip-hop spilled out of the ghetto. Hip-hop is the voice of a generation that refused to be silenced by urban poverty a local phenomenon fueled with so much passion and truth it could not help but reach the entire world. Two things that is very important to understand the Rap: Rap is talking in rhyme to the rhythm of a beat. Hip-hop is a sub-culture a way of life for a society of people who identify love and cherish rap break dancing DJing and graffiti. mainstream culture Sub-culture DJ disc jockey In the early 70s when disco was monopolizing the mainstream airwaves the rap movement was just being born. The teenagers of the South Bronx and Harlem didnt have the money to pay for admission to the expensive midtown and downtown clubs so they had their own parties. Along the way clubs house parties and block parties sprang up all over New York ghettos giving birth to the neighborhood DJ Pete DJ Jones was about the most notable DJ during those early days. He epitomized the true meaning of a DJ. He had the precise timing necessary to enable the partygoer to dance nonstop while keeping the break of a record playing continuously. He had a clean mixing style and an excellent sound system. Kool DJ Herc the godfather of hip-hop was a Jamaican-born DJ who moved to the Bronx in 1967. With his unique playlist of RB soul funk and obscure disco Herc quickly became