Hip hop Music as a Universal Genre with Positive Influence to its Adherents

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Hip hop Music as a Universal Genre with Positive Influence
Music is a form through which artists communicate to society. It serves not only as an entertainment tool but also as a mirror through which society can evaluate itself. Hip-hop music is a global genre that began as a culture-specific genre but has transformed to become a global concept that utilizes different cultural forms as evident in its lyrical transformation. Rather than a genre that pits one culture upon another, the music style has become part of a subcultural exchange of values, which results in a form of hybridity that represents people’s interactions. People from different cultures and races have performed the genre in their different ways to pass across a specific message that suits the listeners. Therefore, contrary to the belief that hip-hop is a music genre specifically associated with the black culture, it is a universal style that can be adapted to suit any given culture and mainly helped in the positive growth of its adherents.
The rise of this music style as a global entertainment force has been gradual but steady. Since its birth as an underground culture, it has proceeded to flourish beyond imagination, influencing people from different societies and cultures, and serving as an inspiration to its lovers. This genre comprises several characteristics that render it a hybridization of different cultures. While it is associated with the African American culture as its place of origin, it has proven to fit in just any culture and hence cannot be tied to a specific ethnic or racial group. It has transformed from the use of violent language to a more motivating approach. The singers use it to express their encounters and also encourage other people on how to overcome those obstacles.
Hip-hop commenced in the 1970s in New York City in the United States by the African Americans. Other cultural groups that also played an essential role in its development include the Puerto Ricans and the Jamaicans. The genre comprises conventional rhythmic songs that is often complemented by rapping, a rhyming speech that is recited. It is mainly characterized by four features of creative expression: rapping deejaying, breakdancing, and bombing. The music also features other fundamentals including sampling beats or bass lines from registers and periodic beatboxing. While the culture is mostly associated with rapping, it also denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop is sometimes often used synonymously with the term rap music, although rapping is not a mandatory feature of hip hop music.
As the hip hop music continued to spread, it interacted with other genres that influenced its evolution. Among the notable artists who broke the rule for hip hop by exploring other techniques is J-Dilla (Dilla), who connected the genre to jazz. Dilla’s approach in establishing his beats juxtaposes what came before him as he decided to play the beats in “real time”, which enabled him to color his creations with a signature rhythmic sway (Knox 6). According to Russonello, this technique was a new paradigm for the swing rhythm that began in West Africa and grew up with Jazz. Currentl...