If you have never heard rap or hip hop music, then frankly you have been living in the wilderness for the last two decades. Hip hop is probably the biggest genre of music in the charts right now, after rising to its rightful place through perseverance and style. You might have been distracted by playing at http://www.partycasino.com, a pretty face, or your food, so we’ll give you a little education right now.

First up, what is hip hop music? Well, it’s a stylized genre that tends to accompany rap artists or some form of rhythmic speech and chanting. There are several forms of hip hop including: MCing, rapping, scratching, beatboxing etc.

Interesting fact for you: hip hop used to be called disco rap. People credit the term ‘hip hop’ to Keith Cowboy, Lovebug Starski and DJ Hollywood. Since then the style has taken on a life of its own, originally deriving from improvisations of music that already existed at the time. In the 1970s the biggest musical influence for the genre, was disco.

You could probably call hip hop a backlash against disco, considering it eventually led to the other genre’s slow demise. However, many people who enjoyed and created ‘disco rap’ in the early years were fans of disco too, and allowed themselves to be inspired by it. Nowadays you might scoff at disco, but it was original for the time.

Hip hop has such a huge following today because of how much simpler it is to get involved yourself. You can create the jams on your computer and post them on sites like this to get it noticed. As long as there are computers, I doubt hip hop will die out.

via Do you and hip hop need introducing? // BLAZED1.com -

Curren$y’s album is now available for pre-order on iTunes and the tracklist has finally been revealed. Expect features from Wiz Khalifa, Young Roddy, Trademark, Corner Boy P, Pharrell & more. Hit the break for the full list.

Tracklist:
1. What It Look Like (feat. Wale)
2. Privacy Glass
3. Armoire (feat. Young Roddy & Trademark)
4. Take You There (feat. Marsha Ambrosius)
5. Showroom
6. Capitol (feat. 2 Chainz)
7. No Squares (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
8. Sunroof (feat. Corner Boy P)
9. Chasin’ Papers (feat. Pharrell)
10. That’s the Thing (feat. Estelle)
11. Chandelier
12. Fast Cars Faster Women (feat. Daz)
13. Jet Life (feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Wiz Khalifa)
14. Audio Dope 3 (Bonus Track)
15. One More Time (Bonus Track)
16. J.L.R. (feat. Young Roddy & Smoke DZA) [Bonus Track]

via Curren$y – The Stoned Immaculate (Album Tracklist) // BLAZED1.com -