What is Hip-Hop?

Introduction to Hip-Hop

Hip-hop is the so-called HIP-HOP DANCE. It is one of the most widely popular types of hip-hop nowadays. If we look at the point of view of dance, it can be divided into NEW SCHOOL and OLD SCHOOL two categories. How to distinguish these two types? We can differentiate them by the age and the movement or the type of music. In fact, HIP-HOP is a general term for all kinds of street dance, in fact, what we call BREAKING DANCE or OLD SCHOOL is also a kind of HIP-HOP. This kind of OLD SCHOOL dance includes LOCKING, POPING, BREAKING and WAVE. NEW SCHOOL HIP-HOP is "Original Hip-Hop". His unique style is that he emphasizes the coordination of the body (what we call rhythm). He emphasizes on the rhythm of the upper body and adds a lot of hand movements. Unlike OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP which focuses on wide range of movement and footwork. McJackson's Remabe the Time MTV is a so-called in-situ dance. Malia Kelly's Dreamlover MTV features a group of black people dancing in a strange style to Dreamlover's R&B style hip-hop music. It was the origin of the worldwide popularity of NEW SCHOOL. In a nutshell, NEW SCHOOL hip-hop encompasses all types of street dance, including locking, popping, weave, MC Hammer and Bobby Brown-era rhythms. You just don't see BREAKING DANCE in NEW SCHOOL HIP-HOP.

House Dance What is House ? House is a part of New School Dance, which was started in 1988. It is a dance that uses house music, which is mostly listened to by black Americans, but house music is loved by people of all races and all kinds of people, and it is like the disco music of the 70's. It has a lot of cultural overtones, which is why it is so popular. House is like the disco music of the 70's, so there are a lot of cultural colors in the house club. House dance has been built up in this environment: Hispanic with a background of Sala or Milenge, Africans doing African dance, Brazilians doing Capoeira (which is an Afro-Brazilian art), B-Boys, Hip-Hop dancers, Jazz dancers, Tap dancers, and all of these people created New York House Dance. Capoeira is a big influence on house, says Ejoy:In house, it's the music that controls your body, but in hip-hop you have to control your body to meet the beat. This means that there is more Free Style in House dancing than in Hip-Hop, and House emphasizes more on footwork. In New York, there are often many problems in Hip-Hop Clubs, for example fighting is one of them. This makes it impossible for people to just enjoy the dance. This makes House Club very popular in New York. The most popular house club in New York is Sound Factory Bar on Wednesdays

Breanking B-boying is a hip hop dance that is as well known as Breaking, it is a combination of top or up rock, footwork, spinning moves (power moves), and a lot of other hip-hop moves, such as the "B-boy", "B-boy" and "B-boy". B-boying comes from Bronx, New York. The term B-boy or B-boying was developed by a DJ named Kool Herc who "grinds" turntables in the Bronx every day, and the term B-boys is used to refer to people who dance during the stop-start part of the music. (Perhaps we could say that those who specialize in Old School, especially Breakin', are called B-Boys.) Then, with DJs repeating the beat, breakbeats were born. Although people tend to explore the power moves aspect, true b-boys should be well versed in all the principles of b-boying. Nowadays, there are two types of b-boys. One focuses on emphasizing power moves and their merging. Rock Steady Crew emphasizes on footwork to show the individual style of the dancer. Even though power moves have a strong impact and are quite energetic, it is difficult to incorporate personal style into these moves. In spinning, the power moves just don't fit in with the beat. It's more akin to gymnastics than dancing. Because of these factors, the Rock Steady Crew suggests that the emphasis on the footwork style is on the 1990's style of breaking, which is the most popular style of hip hop dancing, and just as new school dancing such as hip hop and house is spreading to a limited number of major cities in USA and Japan, it is becoming more and more common for new school dancing to be a part of the hip hop scene, as well as a part of the house scene. Breaking is the most popular form of hip hop dancing, and while new school dancing such as hip hop and house has spread to a limited number of major cities in the USA and Japan, it has spread worldwide. Origin: Their dance is called Good Foot. Taking its name from James Brown's recordings, Good Foot was the first freestyle dance that included drops and spins, as well as steps similar to those in the early days of breaking. The best way to describe Good Foot is based on Michael Holman, who imagined a female drum major kicking high in the air during a military parade, a move that he felt was a static motion in the rhythm of the drumline. As DJs invented new ways to lengthen the stop-beat of a record, dancers had more time to invent and experiment with new steps. Soon, dropping down to the ground and poppin up again on the beat became the standard steps of the dance, and the first generation of b-boys were nicknamed boie-oie-oings. While boie-oie-oings began to prop their arms up on their bodies so that their feet and legs could perform near-gymnastic steps, footwork became popular. Footwork became popular. At the same time, a new dance step began to emerge in Brooklyn called Brooklyn Rock Uprocking. The first famous b-boys were the "Nigger Twins", "Clark Kent", and the "Zulu Kings", but around the 1977's, breaking lost its popularity amongst the black kids and almost disappeared. However, breaking was revived by a new generation of b-boys. A man named Puerto Rican breathed new life into it and took it to another level. They started to add more difficult aerobics to breaking and invented many new moves. Jimmy Lee and Joe Joe's Crazy Leg, backspins and windmills were developed by members of the original Rock Steady Crew, and I would like to point out that there were other breakers from New York City who were also supporters of b-boying. In addition, Bruce Lee and other kung fu stars and martial artists had a profound influence on the culture of b-boying. The popularity of kung fu movies around the world in the mid to late 1970's had a particular impact on b-boying in New York. Many martial arts moves have been incorporated into b-boying. For example, kung fu moves used to roll up from the floor, if repeated over and over again, are now known as windmills. In the 1980s, b-boying became even more popular. This was due to the movie Flashdance in 1983. (In fact, before Flashdance, b-boying had become more popular. ( Actually, there were two movies before Flashdance, but Flashdance was the first movie to feature b-boying. Although, it is not a movie that focuses on b-boying.) But a small part of the movie that featured b-boying and popping on the street was enough to impress people all over the world to start b-boying. After {Flashdance} many breaking movies were made. Breakin', Breakin' 2, and Beat Street." Beat Street" features a Rock Steady section. The scene in "Beat Street" where the Rock Steady Crew dances with the New York city breakers is one of the most memorable moments of the movie. B-boying became so popular thanks to the media, and because there was so much media publicity, the TV media started to stop broadcasting things about b-boying, which made some people think that b-boying was just a one-time craze. Immediately, many people began to think that b-boying had disappeared. Therefore, some b-boys started to stop letting the mass media influence b-boying and avoid letting the mass media distort b-boying. b-boying was short-lived in the winter after 1985 or 1986. However, around 1990, b-boying was resurrected again. It is not clear why, but it is certain that it was brought about by supporters who never gave up on b-boying. As far as I know, California was the first place to make b-boying popular again. Nowadays, the B-Boy Summit and Rock Steady Anniversary are b-boy competitions that take place every year and attract many b-boys from all over the world to come together to preserve their culture and even try to reach another level.

Locking Dance LOCKING also known as locking dance, to turn the hands and locking action-based, resulting in a dazzling sense of beauty and force, belongs to the Old school

Poping Dance POPING let the body like a robot general movement, the use of muscle tension and relaxation, so that the body's vibration and stopping, and general POPING including shoulders, shoulders, legs, and shoulders, the body's vibration and stopping, the body's vibration and stopping. General POPING includes shoulders, chest, arms, legs ........ Sometimes Waving current dance) is also included in the scope of POPING, mechanical dance is usually used as a personal solo, less line dance, but also belongs to the Old school

Copoeira Dance capoeira originated in South America around the Brazilian countries, mainly due to the South American slavery policy at that time, the aristocrats and slave-holders to force the atrocities of repression, these Afro-Brazilian slaves (the "Afro-Brazilian slaves") are not the only ones. These Afro-Brazilian slaves (black Africans who were sold into slavery in Brazil from Africa), when the slaves could not stand the oppression of the aristocrats and slaveholders, we began to rise up to fight for their freedom, these black slaves had their hands tied with chains, so naturally began to develop a variety of foot attacks against these oppressive aristocrats and slaveholders, which was considered to be a kind of Brazilian fighting technique in the early days. Later, it evolved into a popular Brazilian dance art, which was slowly accompanied by percussion instruments. This traditional Afro-Brazilian art is also a dance. One of the cultural weapons used to break the shackles of Brazilian slavery. The music is used to teach the center of the melody during the capoeira and to mask its power. In front of the slaveholders, it looks like a game, a juggling dance, and at the same time like a joke. Eventually, the slaveholders realized the power of the capoeira and banned it, and during the slaveholding years, if you were caught dancing the capoeira, death was the penalty. For nearly 400 years, the capoeira was taught and practiced in secret. It wasn't until 1930 that this traditional African art could be legally taught and practiced. Capoeira's Movements The fluid dance movements are done fairly close to the ground, moving to an ascending melody or defeating an opponent's attack. The most basic dance move, ginga, was created by the people of Capoeira Angola and is a movement that changes from one side to the other. Other movements include the inversion of the hands, or any attack-like movement with the feet. The centerpiece of the art is the music led by the berimbau, an instrument made of steel strings that resemble a bowl, with a loud echo like a gourd. When capoeira Angola is being played, the berimbau signals the beginning and end of the game, and controls the style and speed of play. the berimbau is usually accompanied by the pandeiro (a tambourine tambour), the agogo (an African Bell) and the atabaque (a conga-like instrument). atabaque (a conga-like drum). Capoeira Moves Explained Understanding Capoeira Angola Moves Names Capoeira Now ..... The Capoeira we see nowadays is mostly a new style of dance combined with House. As tribal style dance music becomes more popular around the world, more House dancers are developing new styles of dance and performances using Capoeira and House steps combined with tribal music. Or sometimes it becomes a floor move in the House step, which some ignorant dancers foolishly call Breaking, or even think it is an African dance without understanding its origin, and give it the strange name of "Chopper". In the minds of these Afro-Brazilians, Capoeira is not only one of their national dance arts, but also their game.

Uprock Dance Uprock is not as well known and popular as Breaking and Electric Boogie, but he is now categorized as a part of Breakin Uprock is a kind of dance battle where the dancers are quite close to each other, not actually touching, and he is very fast and looks like a kung fu battle. It's like kung fu fighting, but with more movement and rhythm than kung fu, and each move has a meaning, like: I'm going to cut your throat, or like: I despise you. It sounds quite violent, but it's less violent than fighting, although it's obviously provoking. There are also moves where you grab a part of your opponent's body and make a sniffing motion to show that you can do better than your opponent, and then whatever your opponent does, you do in return, which is a standard process, but of course you can do what you want. The Uprock format was already taking shape, and if you didn't keep up with the music, you lost. During the dance-off, the crowd would decide who the winner was, and of course you might not believe your friends were being fair because they would always say you won (if your friends liked you) and your opponent's friends would always say he won. There are more and more Uprock dancers who dance solo, without having to dance with their opponents.Uprock dancers are now doing Breaking and Boogie, and Breaking and Boogie dancers are starting to add Uprock moves into their dance moves.

The so-called Hip-Hop music, through the early pioneering work of Public Enemy and Run D.M.C., followed by the promotion of MC Hammer and Bobby Brown, and more recently Puff Daddy, Will Smith, Eminem, Jay-Z, and The Beastie Boys, has not only broken away from the black niche culture, but has also become the most popular music in the world, and the most popular music in the world. Not only has it long since escaped the color of the black niche culture, but it has become a music genre that can compete with pop, rock and dance music, and has even become a regular on the charts, occupying a place in the pop music world. This Hip-Hop trend has been spreading all over the world, even through Hip-Hop music related clothing, street dance, street graffiti, skateboarding, sporting goods, expanding its influence, in order to let everyone have a deeper understanding of the Asian Hip-Hop map, the following will be Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the four places of the Hip-Hop culture and the representative groups, to provide you with a detailed introduction.

The Raging Asian Hip-Hop Storm in Japan

Japan can be said to be the most y affected country in Asia by Hip-Hop, affected by the U.S. military presence, early on, Japan appeared a few specialized in playing Hip-Hop music Pub, and regularly held some live performances, but it was not until 1995, 1996 that the Hip-Hop boom officially broke out in Japan, and nowadays, it is the most important part of Hip-Hop. But it wasn't until 1995 or 1996 that the Hip-Hop craze officially broke out in Japan. Nowadays, not only are Hip-Hop clothes, street dance, street graffiti, skateboards, and Hip-Hop sporting goods all over the streets of Japan, but it has also long since become a part of young people's lives. In addition, the proportion of young people listening to Hip-Hop is higher than that of the population who listen to alternative or electronic music, and the representative groups of Hip-Hop in Japan are none other than Dragon Ash and Zeebra. Dragon Ash", composed of vocalist and guitarist Kenji Shimutani, drummer Makoto Sakurai, bassist Yuko Baba, and DJ BOTS, was formed as early as 1996 by members Kenji Shimutani, Makoto Sakurai, and Yuko Baba, who was selected by a magazine to be a member of the group, forming the initial group "Dragon Ash", which began to hold live performances in Tokyo, Yokohama, and elsewhere. In October 1997, they released the single "Rainy Day", which did well enough for them to officially release their debut album "Mustang! In 1997, they released their third album "Viva La Revolution", which sold more than two million copies and not only made them famous, but also officially entered the ranks of pop stars. The most fascinating thing about "Dragon Ash" is that they tend to combine uplifting hip-hop beats with melodic rock tunes. The most fascinating thing about "Dragon Ash" is that they often combine exciting hip-hop beats with melodic rock tunes to create an exciting and melancholic contrast, especially "Grateful Day", which is a sample of The Smashing Pumpkins' "Today", as their masterpiece. His real name is Hidenobu Sakakura, and he changed his name to Zeebra because of his yearning for the black and white of a zebra. He used to be the MC of the hip-hop group King Giddra in his early days, and because of his talent, he quickly became popular after releasing his solo work, and is now known as the "King of Japanese Hip-Hop" in Japan, where he has collaborated with Dragon Ash on the super-hit single "Grateful Day". He collaborated with "Dragon Ash" on the hit single "Grateful Day" and with Sugar Soul on the double singles "Siva 1999" and "ZUES 2000", and also released compilation albums "Dancehall Checker", "Synchronicity", "Shock To The Future", etc. He has been invited by many Japanese Hip-Hop artists to join him in the music industry. Future", and his solo album "Based On A True Story" with support from MACCHO, Boy-Ken, Muro, and Inovader was released in June 2000. The difference between Zeebra and Dragon Ash is that his music is pure black hip-hop, so not only is he considered a pioneer of Japanese hip-hop, but he is also the first Japanese hip-hop artist to be released. Zeebra's music is of pure black hip-hop origin, so he is not only regarded as the pioneer of Japanese hip-hop, but also respected by other new hip-hop bands in Japan.