Hip Hop Research
The five main characteristics and elements that every Hip Hop track needs to have to be classed as Hip Hop are:
The Hip Hop we know today first started at a house party thrown by DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) in The Bronx New York in the late 1970s.
New School Hip Hop Song: 2 Chainz - Proud ft. YG & Offset
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUW3nIOOOg
Tempo: 174 bpm (Harvard reference for the website where I found this information from;
LLC, B. (2018). BPM for 2 Chainz - PROUD on songbpm. [online] Songbpm.com. Available at: https://songbpm.com/proud [Accessed 29 Oct. 2018]. )
Link to the website: LLC, B. (2018). BPM for 2 Chainz - PROUD on songbpm. [online] Songbpm.com. Available at: https://songbpm.com/proud [Accessed 29 Oct. 2018].
Instrumentation:
Link to the website: https://songbpm.com/lil-homies-2pac?q=lil%20homies%202pac
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98c7cVjMdbc
Instrumentation:
UK Hip Hop Song: Taze - Splendid
Tempo: 125bpm
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCIA4wdReWk
- Melody
- Drum Pattern
- Rhythmic Melody
- Bassline
- Synths
- Doing / Scratching
- Mcing / Rapping
- Break Beat dancing
- And Tagging / Grafitting
- Hihats
- Snares
- A Roland 808 Drum Machine
- Heavy Synth and sample Basslines
- Synths
- Apple Loops
- Samples
- Heavy use of 808 kick drums with a Sub bass underneath
The Hip Hop we know today first started at a house party thrown by DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) in The Bronx New York in the late 1970s.
New School Hip Hop Song: 2 Chainz - Proud ft. YG & Offset
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nUW3nIOOOg
Tempo: 174 bpm (Harvard reference for the website where I found this information from;
LLC, B. (2018). BPM for 2 Chainz - PROUD on songbpm. [online] Songbpm.com. Available at: https://songbpm.com/proud [Accessed 29 Oct. 2018]. )
Link to the website: LLC, B. (2018). BPM for 2 Chainz - PROUD on songbpm. [online] Songbpm.com. Available at: https://songbpm.com/proud [Accessed 29 Oct. 2018].
Instrumentation:
- Sample Synth melody
- Roland 808 drum machine instruments; hihats, snares, Kick drums layered with a synth sub bass
- Sample Beat Speaker power button sfx.
- Sampled synth baseline
- Rythmic melody loop
- Ad-libs and noises made by the artists
- Autotune
- Lead and featuring artists Vox
Structure:
- Intro/line from chorus said
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Outro
Old School Hip Hop Song: 2pac - Lil Homies- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Outro
Tempo: 98 bpm (Harvard reference for the website where I found this information from;
LLC, B. (2018). BPM for 2Pac - Lil' Homies on songbpm. [online] Songbpm.com. Available at: https://songbpm.com/lil-homies-2pac?q=lil%20homies%202pac [Accessed 29 Oct. 2018]. )
Link to the website: https://songbpm.com/lil-homies-2pac?q=lil%20homies%202pac
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98c7cVjMdbc
Instrumentation:
- West Coast whistle synth sample rhythmic melody
- Bass guitar
- Lead Vox
- Vox adlibs
- Roland 808 drum machine; Kick drums, hihats, snares, ride cymbal
- Finger clicks sample
- Piano sample melody
- Backing and layered Vox
Structure:
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Outro
- Intro
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Chorus
- Verse 3
- Chorus
- Outro
Tempo: 125bpm
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCIA4wdReWk
Instrumentation:
- Sample synth Melody
- Synth Bassline
- either the Roland 808 drum machine or a UK Hip Hop Drum kit
- Hihats
- Snares
- Kicks
- Lead Vox
- Producer tag Vox
- Lead Vox Ad-libs
- Sampled Triangle hits
- Sample Bells
- Snares with added effects
Structure:
- Intro
- Pre-chorus/Hook
- Verse 1 & Verse 2
- Chorus
- Hook
- Chorus/breakdown
- Buildup
- Pre-chorus/hook
- Chorus and outro
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