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Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The components of rap include "content" (what is being said e.g. lyrics), "flow" (rhythm, rhyme), and "delivery" (cadence, tone). Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that it is usually performed off-time to musical accompaniment. Rap is a primary ingredient of hip hop music commonly associated with that genre.
Precursors to modern rap include the West African griot tradition, certain vocal styles of blues and jazz, an African-American insult game called playing the dozens, and 1960s African-American poetry. The use of rap in popular music originated in the Bronx, New York City in the late 1970s, alongside the hip hop genre and cultural movement. Rapping developed from the role of master of ceremonies (MC) at parties within the scene, who would encourage and entertain guests between DJ sets, which evolved into longer performances.
Rap is usually delivered over a beat, typically provided by a DJ, turntablist, or beatboxer when performing live. Much less commonly a rapper can decide to perform a cappella, meaning without accompaniment of any sort, beat(s) included. When a rap or hip-hop artist is creating a song, "track", or record, done primarily in a production studio, most frequently a producer provides the beat(s) for the MC to flow over. Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing. The word, which predates the musical form, originally meant "to lightly strike", and is now used to describe quick speech or repartee. The word had been used in British English since the 16th century. It was part of the African American dialect of English in the 1960s meaning "to converse", and very soon after that came to denote the musical style. The word "rap" is so closely associated with hip-hop music that many writers use the terms interchangeably.

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  1. Pete

    On this day January 5th 1980 the song Rappers Delight became the first rap song to make it to the top 40

    On this day January 5th 1980 the Sugar Hill Gang's song Rappers Delight became the first rap song to make it a part of the top 40.
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    Symphony in Effect (1989)

    Was the one that used to say '89 is mine... 🍻
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    Public Enemy✊

    My favorite rappers of all time with NWA of course but Public Enemy was different in that they weren't thugs they were Activists/Protesters/Revolutionaries/Freedom Fighters etc...they weren't fighting for money or power they fought for their values ✊ My favorite song from them: 🍻
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