Should rap ever die, which isn't likely, it would be far too late to prevent its effect on most other music forms, from R&B to rock to jazz. They were doing the same thing when, roughly 20 years later, the same MC released his tenth album, and they'll probably continue to do so as long as the genre exists. Torrent links to AMAZING Rap Mixtapes Saturday, September 4, 2010. Detractors were still calling rap a fad in 1985, when LL Cool J released his first single. Instrumentalists, a sampled breakbeat, or a drum machine can form the backbone of a track, while an arrangement can be spaciously spare or chaotically dense, and a chorus can range from atonal shouting to a sweet melody. Hit the break for vintage footage of Biggie & The Bad Boy family performing at the 1995 Source Awards. The classic Hot 97 Biggie tribute mix, mixed live by Mister Cee on Hot 97 March 7th & 8th 1998. Rap's core components are beats and rhymes, but that simplicity belies the wide range of sounds that have sprung from them. Hot 97 Tribute Mix (1998) Submitted by mfizzel on Tue, - 10:25am. iMusic is a definitive spot for all your music needs. (with each region taking on its own specific flavor) and then to countless countries. Since then, rap spread from its New York epicenter throughout the remainder of the U.S. ![]() Rap's germination is sometimes attributed to the righteous street poetry of the Last Poets and the Watts Prophets, but it didn't begin to take full shape - and earn its tag - until after the Sugarhill Gang released "Rapper's Delight" in 1979.
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