Hip Hop Pop Up Classes
We all need our dance fix and I will be at random holding dance classes called popup classes. To be alerted when I hold one you gotta get on the mailing list.
To signup email princehabib@hotmail.com
Tuesdays
7:30-8:30 Beginning Hip Hop
Rap A Tap Center for the Arts
3582 Mt. Acadia Blvd. Suite E, San Diego, CA 92111
To register email princehabib@hotmail.com
7:30-8:30 Beginning Hip Hop
Rap A Tap Center for the Arts
3582 Mt. Acadia Blvd. Suite E, San Diego, CA 92111
To register email princehabib@hotmail.com
Brief Hip Hop History Lesson
The roots of hip hop are found in African-American music and ultimately African music. The griots of West Africa are a group of traveling singers and poets who are part of an oral tradition dating back hundreds of years. Their vocal style is similar to that of rappers. Hip hop arose during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly in the Bronx, where African American musical influences of funk, soul, rock and disco mixed. Block parties incorporated DJs who played popular genres of music, especially funk and soul music.
Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussion breaks of popular songs. Turntablist techniques, such as scratching, beat mixing/matching, and beat juggling eventually developed along with the breaks, creating a base that could be rapped over. These same techniques contributed to the popularization of remixes as the looping, sampling and remixing of another's music, often without the original artist's knowledge or consent, can be seen as an evolution of Jamaican dub music, and would become a hallmark of the hip hop style.
During that time B-boying arose during block parties, as b-boys and b-girls got in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive and frenetic style. The style was documented for release to a world wide audience for the first time in documentaries and movies such as Style Wars, Wild Style, and Beat Street. The term "B-boy" was coined by DJ Kool Herc to describe the people who would wait for the break section of the song, getting in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive, frenetic style.
full article at wikipedia
The roots of hip hop are found in African-American music and ultimately African music. The griots of West Africa are a group of traveling singers and poets who are part of an oral tradition dating back hundreds of years. Their vocal style is similar to that of rappers. Hip hop arose during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly in the Bronx, where African American musical influences of funk, soul, rock and disco mixed. Block parties incorporated DJs who played popular genres of music, especially funk and soul music.
Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussion breaks of popular songs. Turntablist techniques, such as scratching, beat mixing/matching, and beat juggling eventually developed along with the breaks, creating a base that could be rapped over. These same techniques contributed to the popularization of remixes as the looping, sampling and remixing of another's music, often without the original artist's knowledge or consent, can be seen as an evolution of Jamaican dub music, and would become a hallmark of the hip hop style.
During that time B-boying arose during block parties, as b-boys and b-girls got in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive and frenetic style. The style was documented for release to a world wide audience for the first time in documentaries and movies such as Style Wars, Wild Style, and Beat Street. The term "B-boy" was coined by DJ Kool Herc to describe the people who would wait for the break section of the song, getting in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive, frenetic style.
full article at wikipedia