Pop rap

Pop rap

Infobox Music genre
name = Pop rap
bgcolor = darkblue
color = white
stylistic_origins = hip hop music, pop music, contemporary R&B, dance music
cultural_origins = Early 1990's South Bronx, New York City/Atlanta, Georgia
instruments = Turntable, vocals, drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, beatboxing
popularity = Global
other_topics = Breakdance – Graffiti – FashionSubgenresNotable albumsWorld hip hop - boy bands

Pop rap (or hip-pop) is hip hop with a pop music influence. The style became popular in the early 1990s, as hip hop music found commercial success. Pop rappers were more radio-friendly than artists in other hip hop genres. It was not uncommon for the songs to have raunchy subject matter, but on average the lyrics were not as obscene or as skilled as those of other rap artists. By the turn of the millennium, gangsta rap and other more offensive forms took over the mainstream as hip-pop. Eminem gave a nod to the occurrence with his mock boy band single "My Band" from D12 World.

History

The first commercial successful rap song mixed up with pop and funk was "Der Kommissar" by the Austrian musician Falco. It was among the Billboard Hot 100 (#72)Fact|date=July 2008. Pop-rap has been popular since its beginning in the late-1980s, after various hip hop artists commenced entering the mainstream. LL Cool J just may have been the very first pop-rapper in history, when he rose to prominence on his 1985 debut album "Radio". When he joined Russell Simmons' Def Jam label and decided to try merging rap with pop and R&B influences, some people were skeptical that it would ever work.

However in the end, one of LL's singles, the rap-ballad "I Need Love", actually became a success. The origins of Pop-rap began with artists such as Tone-Loc, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince putting emphasis right on their good-humored, storytelling skills, to great chart success. The were followers who also began recording similarly amiable party tunes and novelties. Since there had been a possibility of accepting this as real music, other emcees started to play up rap's connection to pop, R&B, and dance music.

Many pop-rap hits sampled hits as a backing track, "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer being the prime example, lifting the bass riff from Rick James' "Super Freak". Pop-rap artists were sometimes taken to court for the use of borrowing hooks from previous songs by other artistsFact|date=July 2008

Other pop-rap M.C.s developed their own sounds, such as LL Cool J and Salt-N-Pepa. Very little of this commercially minded music was met with acclaim from hip hop enthusiasts or critics, however - Puff Daddy's "loop it and leave it" style of sampling, which most of the time just consisted of rapping over someone else's instrumental, was criticized.

Notable artists

ee also

* Pop music
* Snap (music)


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