There are different types of rap. Generally speaking, there is really only one type of hip-hop. Rap is when people rhyme usuing melodic tones and what not. It's mostly urban poetry. Some of it is crap and repetitive. If done right though it can turn out to be very meaningful poetry. Hip-hop is when a soloist, or group of singers sing to an urban beat. It doesn't include the smooth rythmic jazz feeling that R & b entails. However, Hip-hop is also the music itself. Hip-hop is harder to explain, because it means so many things. But mostly only to people who can aprreciate the greatness that is the Hip-Hop culture. They are NOT the same. Personally Hip-Hop is better, because it has a more positive image and requires more talent.
Rap: 50 cent, Eminem, Kayne West, Snoop Dog
Hip-Hop: 112, Amerie, Mary J. Blige, Namie Amuro (foreign Hip-Hop)
Originally Posted by Shiny_Griever
There are different types of rap. Generally speaking, there is really only one type of hip-hop. Rap is when people rhyme usuing melodic tones and what not. It's mostly urban poetry. Some of it is crap and repetitive. If done right though it can turn out to be very meaningful poetry. Hip-hop is when a soloist, or group of singers sing to an urban beat. It doesn't include the smooth rythmic jazz feeling that R & b entails. However, Hip-hop is also the music itself. Hip-hop is harder to explain, because it means so many things. But mostly only to people who can aprreciate the greatness that is the Hip-Hop culture. They are NOT the same. Personally Hip-Hop is better, because it has a more positive image and requires more talent.
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