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These include Tumi, Ben Sharpa, HipHop Pantsula, Tuks Senganga. [...] This was later accompanied by “rap”, a rhythmic style of chanting or poetry presented in 16 bar measures or time frames, and beatboxing, a vocal technique mainly used to imitate percussive elements of the music and various technical effects of hip hop DJ’s. [2]
Within New York City, griot-like performances of spoken-word poetry and music by artists such as The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron and Jalal Mansur Nuriddin had a significant impact on the post-civil rights era culture of the 1960s and 1970s, and thus the social environment in which hip hop music was created. [...] Cowboy later worked the “hip hop” cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly used by other artists such as The Sugarhill Gang in “Rapper’s Delight “. [3]
Artists like Bumpy Knuckles, Hieroglyphics, M.O.P., Cormega and King T would see their shelved albums later released. [1]
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Though not yet mainstream, hip hop had permeated outside of New York City; it could be found in cities as diverse as Atlanta, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Dallas, Kansas City, San Antonio, Miami, Seattle, St. Louis, New Orleans, Houston, and Toronto. [3]
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Radio Nova helped launch other French stars including Dee Nasty whose 1984 album Paname City Rappin’ along with compilations Rapattitude 1 and 2 contributed to a general awareness of Hip Hop in France. [3]
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HipHopDX gives 10 amazing albums that were thankfully yanked off the label shelves. [1]
DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing. [...] Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in the African-American community during the late 1970s in New York City. [...] Sensing that gang members’ often violent urges could be turned into creative ones, Afrika Bambaataa founded the Zulu Nation, a loose confederation of street-dance crews, graffiti artists, and rap musicians. [2]
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[2] Hip hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[3] Hip hop music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] HotNewHipHop.com