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The Evolution of Rap

June 9, 2016 by Archived posts 70 Comments

By Misty Williams | Staff Writer| Rap is one of the most evolving genres of music; over the decades it has been seen as political, violent and even inspiring, "rap is a rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming on top of a insistent recurring beat," according to Dictionary.com In the '80s and '90s, rap music was mainly surrounded by intricate bars and lyrics spat at significant speeds that made you dig deeper but also had the power to cause an uproar with groups like N.W.A. Today, rap has changed, instead of freestyles and beat boxing owning the genre, it has become more open to harmonizing and melodies with songs like "Controlla" and "One Dance" by Drake being considered … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Rap

Filed Under: Arts and Entertainment Tagged With: #eminem, #hiphop, Drake, future, goodmusic, legends, llhh, longlivehiphop, music, oldschool, oldschoolhiphop, rap, realmusic, realrap, trapmusic, Tupac, whereisrapmusic

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