Info about Hip Hop
Instruments for hip hop
Hip hop is a well known music style these days. But the roots of it are deeper than we think. It first started as some annoying random words (hip/hop) that a guy called Keith Wiggings started to irritate his buddy with. Progressively he started to use these words to relate to his performances on the stage. In short time, the hip hop culture was born. This new “culture” was different from others simply because of its basic way of expression. The DJ and the MC, the weird clothing and the break boys, the graffiti and the beat boxing were all different ways of expressing the hip hop culture.
But taking into consideration that the hip hop music is usually just a rhythmic beat with someone reciting the lyrics of a song on a certain beat without actually singing, what instruments could be involved in such a creation? One thing is certain and hasn’t changed since hip hop first appeared and that is the constant beat. Mostly, it’s a drum beat, but in many songs nowadays sub basses could be involved too and, of course, the turntables, for various effects. Since every kind of music tends to change a little in time, hip hop did not make any exception, so there were a few more instruments involved in some of the songs, depending on the artist’s preferences. Nowadays, piano can be used in hip hop and also different oriental instruments, such as the Indian flute. Cuban bongos can be used too and the list can continue. While the hip hop culture started with the music, there were also other elements that formed it later as a culture. Different ways of dancing on those specific beats started to emerge and lots of people started to appreciate it. Thus the first types of break dancing such as snakehips were created.
With a culture that started sometime in the 70s, hip hop’s branches developed mostly independently. For an example, the snakehips first form of break dance was invented sometime in the 30s, so the history of hip hop can’t be dated exactly. With lots of fans world wide, hip hop rises and falls, depending on the public’s tastes. The true hip hoppers never give up on it and many of them truly believe in this culture, as they dress, draw graffiti, break dance and act like true hip hoppers all the time.