Big Blog #1: Origins of Rap
For this blog, I chose to deep dive into the origins of Rap. This is one of my most listened to genres of music. However, I love listening to all kinds of music so I enjoyed learning more about the history of one specific genre. The Beginning Rap as a music genre began in the early 1970’s in the mists of block parties in New York City. This genre began when DJs started isolating the percussion breaks of several other genres including soul, funk, and disco music. As the genre became more popular “rappers” as we call them today started rhyming in tune to the audio and eventually in the late 1970’s rap proved its commercial viability. Over time rapping as a art form stated evolving with the introduction of scratching and later moved into what we know know as hip hop in the mid 1980’s. This further pushed rap to be one of the many ubiquitous mainstream music genres we hear today. The First Rap Battle Kool Moe dee vs. Busy Bee Starski was the first modern rap battle. This ...