Rap/Hip Hop

Hip Hop is a music genre that evovled in early 1970s in New York among African Americans and Latinos as a part of hip hop subculture. Rap is sometimes used synonymously with hip hop, but it is false. Rap is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes; it is one of the elements of hip hop music.

Hip Hop songs are a combination of rap and sampled beats. Firstly hip hop was highly connected with criminal theme, while most of the rappers were criminals themselves.

Hip Hop gained mainstream popularity in late 1980s and a lot of hip hop musicians gradually gave up criminal lyrics. Hip Hop is considered to be one of the most popular genres now.

Genre top albums

Recovery 2010
by Eminem

Recovery, Eminem's seventh album was initially planned as a continuation of Relapse but is notably different from it in its content: there is less severe introspection on Recovery and more Eminem’s honest stories about himself

Pink Friday 2010
by Nicki Minaj

The main of Nicki Minaj's weapons is the great rapping that helps her express the entire emotional spectrum, be tough or soft, serious or funny. The singles from her debut album Pink Friday have already become incredibly successful

At Your Inconvenience 2011
by Professor Green

The English rapper Professor Green's discography was enlarged by a new studio attempt titled At Your Inconvenience. New hits from talented and promising performer are waiting for the listeners

Watch The Throne 2011
by Jay-Z & Kanye West

Watch The Throne, a collaboration of word’s top hip-hop artists Jay-Z and Kanye West, is a demonstration of strongest effect, highest quality and immense pathos

Late Registration 2005
by Kanye West

The rise of Kanye West has been as impossible to ignore as it has been meteoric. Late Registration, the sophomore release by young, hip-hop luminary contains even more of the stellar production, witty raps, and sample-centric pleasures fans heard on

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