Hip-Hop Flashcards
set the pillars of hip-hop culture, coining the terms: rapping also called MCing or emceeing, a rhythmic vocal rhyming style (orality); DJing (and turntablism), which is making music with record players and DJ mixers (aural and sound and music creation); b-boying/b-girling/break dancing (movement/dance); and graffiti art, which he called aerosol writing (visual art).
DJ Afrika Bambaataa
is a subculture and an art movement that refers exclusively to hip-hop musical so-called “rap.” It is characterized by anywhere from four to nine distinct elements or expressive realms of which hip-hop music is only one element.
Hip-Hop
Where did Hip-Hop originate?
United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s.
consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies
rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of the culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables. break dancing, and graffiti writing.
Hip-Hop
created in the Bronx in the early
1970s and was considered as the
first hip-hop dance style.
BREAKING AND B-BOYING
originally called campbellocking and was created in Los Angeles in
1969. A locker’s dancing is characterized by frequently locking in place and after a brief freeze, moving again. This style is more playful and
character-driven.
Locking
created in Fresno, California in the 1970s. One of its significant techniques is quickly contracting and relaxing muscles that will cause a jerk in a dancer’s body. This is referred to as a pop or a hit, with each hit synchronized to the rhythm and beat of the music.
Popping
created in the 1980s in Memphis, Tennessee. gliding footwork, popping and waving, and using the tips of their sneakers to balance on point. The sensational feature is the extensive use of pointwork on tiptoe where dancers do not only rise on point but also hop, turn, run, and balance on point.
Memphis Jookin’
the acronym for “Taking Up Room on the Floor, was created by
JERIEL BEY in 2002 in Oakland, California. This is a fusion of miming and gliding that places heavy emphasizes on storytelling and illusion.
Turfing
created in Los Angeles popularized in 2009 by the New Boyz rap song “You’re a Jerk.” Dancers typically style their hair in mohawk and often wear bright-colored clothing, skinny jeans, and Vans sneakers.
Jerkin’
This style was created by CESARE WILLIS and JO ARTIS RATTI in the early 2000s in South Central, Los Angeles. This style focuses on highly
energetic battles and movements that are described as intense, fast-paced, and sharp.
Krumping
