An Introduction to Hip Hop Beats

Hip Hop music is a category of music that came aboutindividual artists and they can also customize the
as the part of the Hip hop culture. The characteristicsexisting beats to create their own beats.
of this music are rapping, sampling, DJing, scratchingThe artists of this genre certainly know well how to
and beat boxing. The origin of this music could bemake hip hop beats. They were able to listen to the
traced to the South Bronx of the New York City inexisting lyrics and beats and then customize them to
1970. Although rapping is generally thought to bemake own beats. The entire practice has inspired a
synonymous with hip hop, it is actually the part of ageneration that has learnt how to make hip hop beats.
subculture.The entire genre of music became so popular that
The credit of creating the Hip hop beats is generallypeople would now readily know how to make hip hop
given to Keith Cowboy, who used to be the rapperbeats.
with bands like Grandmaster Flash and the FuriousThis genre of music was initially developed as a
Five. However, Keith Cowboy, Love bug Starski, andcategory of music that was all about the rhythm and
DJ Hollywood used the term when people knew thisthe beats and artists relied solely on their skills and
as the disco rap.talent to make this genre of music popular to the
It is believed that the term came about when Keithworld.
Cowboy teased a friend of his who had just joined theThings changed dramatically when the musical
U.S. Army in order to imitate the rhythmic cadence ofinstruments came into being and they revolutionized
the marching of the soldiers. The term was laterthe entire category of music. The SugarHill Gang is
incorporated into the musical performances bycredited with the use of modern instruments in the
Cowboy and used by SugarHill Gang in the Rapper'srapping music and that actually triggered the use of
Delight.modern musical instruments in this category of music.
Rapping, which is also known as emceeing or MCing, isAn entire industry has evolved around this style of
a style of single in which an artist speaks about themusic and people now know how to make beats.
notes and lyrics in a rhythmic style to the tone of aThey have an access to the various software that is
musical instrument or to the sound of beats. The greatavailable on the internet and these enable them to
thing about rapping is that these can be created bydownload or import music and customize them.