Whats the difference between rap and hip hop?
Posted by adminJun 11
I’m sorry, I’m dumb when it comes to genres and sub genres. I was just wondering whats the difference between rap and hip hop? I’ve recently been trying to get into rap and hip hop (Eazy-E, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Run-DMC, NWA, ect) and I’m not an expert at categorization and I was wondering what their differences were?
13 comments
Comment by Hip Hop Rent-a-Cop = Super Duper on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Three.
Comment by single(Epul suspended) on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
well rap isnt a sub genre thats like saying sing is a sub genre for Rock
Comment by ®åp Muzi?™ on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Same dizzle.
Rap is a sub category of Hip Hop. Hip Hop is culture it includes breaking, djing, graffiti ect.
Comment by rafi10_2000 on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
rap is real shit
Comment by fitboyfitboyfitboy on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Rap sucks and Hip-Hop sucks even more,,”LONG LIVE HOUSE-MUSIC” underground, funky ,soulful, danceable,not angry and Gay friendly
Comment by Officer Ross(J.R.M.) on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
The difference is that Hip-Hop is a culture,and Rap is Hip-Hop’s music.Rap is part of the 4 sub-cultures that make up Hip-hop:
1.Rap
2.DJing
3.Graffitti
4.Breakdancing
Comment by janu4242 on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Officer Ross and @ap Musik have it right. Everyone else is wrong. Rap is one of the 4 subparts of the hip-hop genre.
You just wouldn’t know the other 3 because of today’s garbage.
Comment by Dominic on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
“Rap” is a verb, not a genre.
Hip-hop is really the proper name.
One can rap in any song, but that wouldn’t necessarily make it a hip-hop song.
There are also a lot of other things associated with hip-hop, like clothes, breakdancing, slang, graffiti, DJing, rapping, etc.
Comment by docwabana on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
i dont man
Comment by offiahmusic on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Hip Hop is usually reffered to as a culture, whereas rap is a genre of music. As genres, I’ve heard that people classify negative lyrics as rap, and positive lyrics as hip hop. I disagree. I’m a fan of the culture, and to me, its full of ambiguos people. Any form of classification is debatable in this world, and thats one reason why it continues to thrive and expand.
Comment by hello my name is on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Rap is not what you hear today. Rap is like Run DMC and Eaz E and also Cool G RAP. Hip Hop is what you will ear mostly today such as on the radio. It will consist more of Soulja Boy and Flo Rida.
Comment by ae86drifter2001 on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live.
Comment by streetlegend94 on June 11, 2009 at 11:36 pm
hip hop is a sub genres….. some of yall need to step up your rap music knowledge. It was called rap when it started in the mid 70’s.