Sunday, October 18, 2009

the 38 elements of hip hop

when people say there are 4 elements of hip hop thats not true there are four core elements of hip hop but if you took the whole culture in you'd find many more elements. I've noticed thirty eight.

Elements of hip hop

Mcing
Djing
Graffiti
B-Boy dancing
fashion
beef
braggadocio
threatening to kill people
Convoluted messages towards women
biting
keeping it real
pretending
retiring
becoming popular and trying to then make popular your group of friends from the old neighborhood who just aren’t talented
confusing reggae into your hip hop
confusing rock into your hip hop
mixtapes
Paying respect to the forefathers of the genre
disrespecting the forefathers of the genre to become popular
Too Short
Drugs
getting a super cool R and B cat to sing the hook
a new york accent
a southern accent
the club song
cars
Robert De Niro films
Al Pacino films
distrust of the government
Once a crew is established adding a female MC
songs dedicated to mom
Basketball
Not really retiring
Speeding up your flow to prove to everyone your talented
Eating another MC on a track
groupies
falling off
incorrect spelling

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