(Culture)嘻哈来袭

Here comes the part of culture bridge. This is ...We all know ,previously there is a prevailing and changeable program about a certain kind of music . As you imagine, it is called Rap in China.So today we will invite our listeners to feel the world of Rap. （李）Free-talk 1:Have you heard about Rap? Do you know any activities or competitions about it? Origins （李）In the 1980s, rap artists including Run DMC, Beastie Boys and LL Cool J set up the blueprints and origins of pop-rap as they suddenly broke into the mainstream. LL Cool J has been described as 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. MTV has described LL Cool J&`&s 1987 single "I Need Love," as "one of the first pop-rap crossover hits".[4] Later, rap artists such as Tone Loc, Young MC, and Fresh Prince then made songs with lots of party tunes and storytelling abilities as they became very popular. During the 1990s, pop rap began to expand even more as hip hop music also began to connect strongly with dance music and R&B. （杨）Free-talk 2:What do you think about their lyrics ? Can you get what they are chasing for ? （杨）In the early 1990s, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice broke into the mainstream with songs like "U Can&`&t Touch This" and "Ice Ice Baby".During the 1990s, smash-hit rappers such as MC Hammer caused pop-rap to be "derided (and, occasionally, taken to court) for its willingness to borrow" from well-known hit singles. By the end of the 1990s as rappers fused gangsta rap themes with 1980s pop and soul elements, pop-rap was dominated by many artists. Mariah Carey did a collaboration in 1995 with ODB with the remix version of "Fantasy". （陈）Free-talk 3:As we all know, most rappers’ clothes are oversized . Recently they are seemed to form a new fashion. So how do you think about their dressing-style? Will you get a chance to have a try? Characteristics （陈）Allmusic describes pop-rap as "a marriage of hip-hop beats and raps with strong melodic hooks, which are usually featured as part of the chorus section in a standard pop-song structure". Pop rap also tends to have less aggressive lyrics than street-level rap music. However, some artists from the 1990s fused pop-rap with a more aggressive attitude to defuse backlash on their own accessibility. （王）Free-talk 4:Do you know any Rap stars or famous Rap songs? How did they catch your eyesight ? （王）Music journalist Wilson MC Bee strongly criticized pop-rap music and rejected it as hip hop music and described it by saying "A pop rapper is assumed to be a sellout -- someone who has compromised artistic principles in order to fit commercial expectations. Or worse, it’s someone who never had any artistic principles to begin with, who’s guilty of bastardizing rap’s social and political traditions just to make money. " Not every rapper who has a hit is automatically a sellout or deserving of the pop rap tag." （杨）Free-talk 5:You know the Rap is a special way to tell a story . It’s &`&difficult to learn but easy to receive for the audience. If you have time, would you try to rap something ? Battles （杨）A freestyle battle is a contest in which two or more rappers compete or battle each other using improvised lyrics. Each competitor&`&s goal is to &`&diss&`& their opponent through clever lyrics. As hip-hop evolved in the early 1980s MCs gained their fame through live battles with other MCs. Freestyle battles can take place anywhere: street corners, on stage at a concert, in school or even online. The idea of such poetic battles, or jousts, has a long history that can be found in genres of poetry such as Haikai and flyting. （李）The live audience is critical to a battle as each Emcee (MC; Master of Ceremonies) must use skill and lyrical ability to not only &`&break down&`& his or her opponent, but to convince the audience that they are the better rapper. Appointed judges have been used in formal contests, but even when no winner is announced, the rapper who receives the best audience response is viewed as the victor. In addition, it is considered by some to be an act of dishonor to recite written and memorized raps in a freestyle battle, because it shows the rapper to be incapable of &`&spitting&`& spur-of-the-moment lyrics. That&`&s all for the culture part of Heat of Rap.