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hip-hop

vr.tr.hip-hop · INF.MED

Let an agent handle hip-hop by element, subgenre, history, artists and rights, crediting its origins in Black and Latino communities.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle hip-hop by element, subgenre, history, artists and rights, crediting its origins in Black and Latino communities.

A cultural movement and music genre originating in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s, encompassing rapping, DJing and turntablism, breaking and graffiti, with many subgenres and scenes worldwide.

What it is for: Music, expression, community and commentary.

It can be explore subgenres and history; find artists and releases; learn elements such as DJing; license samples legally.

Distinguishing features

Culture as well as music

Origins in the Bronx

Sampling central to production

Global scenes

What it looks like

Rapping over beats, DJ turntables, dance battles and graffiti art.

How it is recognised

Elements: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti

Subgenres such as underground or Latin hip-hop

Regional scenes

Related models

is a kind of - category

popular music

includes - elements

turntablism and breaking

uses - technique

sampling

is protected by - law

copyright

In practice

Families and kinds

rap music

turntablism

breaking (breakdance)

underground and experimental hip-hop

regional scenes such as Latin hip-hop

Identifiers

ISRC and ISWC music identifiers tracks and works

Standards and regulation

Copyright and sampling licences

Breaking in the Olympic programme (2024)

Failure modes and hazards

Erasing origins and credit

Uncleared samples

Reproducing lyrics

Also called

underground hip-hopturntablismexperimental hip-hopLatin hip-hopindie hip-hopcomedy hip-hopinstrumental hip-hopprogressive rapphonkUK underground rapArtablismavant-garde hip hopDominican hip hopLatin trapSalvadoran hip hopEuropean hip-hopAfrican hip-hopAsian hip-hopJewish hip hopsamba rapshadow rapthug rapspazaarabesque rapchipmunk souldigicorejookdrumless hip hopratchet musickhaliji hip-hopjiggragga hip hopnervous musicbaby voicehorrorcorepsychedelic raplowendbattle rapemo rapJersey club rap

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Culture Elements.

Hip-hop is a culture.

Elements

MC, DJ, breaking, graffiti.

Elements

Elements.

  1. Which element of hip-hop is meant? definition
  2. How are they connected? definition

Origins

Bronx.

Origins

Origins.

  1. What do historians say about its origins? provenance
  2. Are its originators credited? boundary
Music Subgenres.

Many subgenres exist.

Subgenre

Style.

Subgenre

Subgenre.

  1. Which subgenre or regional scene is meant? definition
  2. Which artists exemplify it? provenance

Production

Beats and samples.

Production

Production.

  1. How are beats produced? definition
  2. Are samples cleared? boundary
Works Artists and releases.

Attribution needs sources.

Credits

Artists.

Credits

Credits.

  1. Who made this work? provenance
  2. Which identifier confirms it? provenance

Lyrics

Quotation.

Lyrics

Lyric quotation.

  1. Is the request asking for full lyrics? boundary
  2. Where can licensed lyrics be read? action
Community Participation.

Hip-hop is participatory.

Learning

Workshops.

Learning

Learning.

  1. Where can people learn DJing, rapping or breaking? action
  2. Are youth programmes available? provenance

Graffiti

Legal walls.

Graffiti

Graffiti law.

  1. Where is graffiti legal, such as permitted walls? provenance
  2. What does the law say about unpermitted graffiti? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should elements be separate entries?
  • How should regional scenes be linked?
  • How should origin credit be recorded?