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hip-hop

hip-hop

68 3.0
Music with spoken words over a beat
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪpˌhɒp/
translation icon : música hip hop
  • Hip-hop originated in the Bronx and has since become a global phenomenon.
  • hip-hop culture
  • hip-hop music
  • rap and hip-hop

What was the first hip hop song that hit you hard?

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Examples

  • Well, we've got that hip-hop event coming up.

  • The Hip Hop Timeline traces the development of the hip hop musical form from the early 1970s to today.

    Academic text (2006)
  • What was the first hip hop song that hit you hard?

  • Of course, old school hip hop fans like me.

  • There are two great hip hop history books.

  • I grew up in black culture and hip hop culture and sports culture.

  • What would you say is a favorite hip hop song, rap song of yours?

  • We hear the heavy bass beat of hip-hop coming from the jeep.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We had a strong interest in African American R&B, soul, and hip hop.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I love hip-hop.

Synonyms

rap
vship-hop
166 2.9

A style of music with spoken words that rhyme over a strong beat

focuses more broadly on the music and its surrounding culture
rap music
vship-hop
26 2.3

Music with fast rhyming speech spoken over a beat

also covers the wider cultural movement around that music

How Energetic

crunk
  • US
5 9.9
dance
947 1.0
hip-hop
68 3.0
ambient
38 6.1

Surface Forms

hip-hop singular
hip-hops plural

Morphology

hip-hop = hip + hop (semi-transparent) = hip + hop

The parts 'hip' and 'hop' are recognizable individually, but the compound denotes a specific musical and cultural movement that is not predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

Hip-hop comes from two simple words: hip ('aware' or 'fashionable') and hop ('to jump' or 'dance'), so the name suggests lively music and movement. It began in African-American neighborhoods in New York and became the name for the rhythmic music and rapping we hear today.