What is the origin of hip-hop???

im doing a reasearch on hip-hop and i was wondering if any body can answer these questions:





when did everyone begin to love hip-hop?


how did people react top hip-hop when it was first created?


what is hip-hop excatly?


where did the idea of hip-hop come from

What is the origin of hip-hop???
hip hop came directly off the streets. it evolved from culture and now they reflect each other.


Sugar Hill Gang was one of the pioneers who brought hip hop to the mainstream with "Rapper's Delight"


that should get you started, there is plenty of info out there, do some research.
Reply:f all that other nonsence, CAB CALLOWAY.. look him up, he had a slang dictionary in 1920! he is the first rapper!
Reply:Here ya go.....


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...
Reply:You could debate this topic for hours depending on what coast your from. East coast believes it started in the Bronx and other there will tell you it started in Queens. Likewise people on the Left coast will tell you that "rap" known to us old skoolers and "hip hop" to new schoolers started in Compton or Southcentral L.A. Most believe that the biggest contributers to the "hip hop" scene were The Last Poets and Africa Bambatta. Myself I started not loving but listening to Hip Hop in 86/87 the baby stages. As for a reaction I couldnt tell you I was just born when it first evolved from the disco/funk era in 1977. There are 4 elements of Hip Hop break dancing, B-boying, graffiti and EmCeeing. To conclude I believe as with all great ideas Hip Hop evolved out of people meeting in a common place to discuss thier ideas and it eventually became an art form.
Reply:all the pioneers of rap will say that james brown was one of many who set the foundation for rap...along with last poets, nikki giovanni and spoken word as a whole...kool herc, afrika bambataa, grandmaster caz and grandmaster flash further developed the art with djing and lightly rhyming over records (i.e. "to da beat yall, and ya dont stop")...coke la rock and clark kent formed the first emcee team in '75 kool herc and the herculoids...kurtis blow was the first rapper to appear on national televison in october '80 on soul train he performed "the breaks"...





james brown's influence was loius jordan who was a jazz musician so it is a continuum...





first off musical tradition was carried over to america by slaves...the music was used in celebrations and rituals...





once here the slaves began to sing spirituals which was called folk music as a whole (indians and europeans also had forms of folk music but it was all called folk music as a whole because of it spiritual base)...





out of this grew blues then gospe l(folk music actually included blues and gospel) ...then ragtime then jazz...r%26amp;b and soul...then rap...





this is an abridged version of what set the foundation for rap music because like stated above the streets influenced rap heavily esp "jive"(a form of speech)...rap has a very rich history cannot credited for having one main influence it is a form of expression that was a form of rebellion against what was going on at the time (just like rock and roll was)...the youth had their own form of music that allowed them to express themselves in a way that was fun, creative and uplifting...