Hip Hop Music: East Coast, West Coast, Dirty South, and Midwest Rap Ess

The beauty of hip cut is that it is malleable. It is non defined by fastidious boundaries but by multiple characteristics. Young artist J. Cole (2013) explains this outperform by stating in an interview, I think theres no rules in rap. You shtup say what you want. Thats your poetic license to test pots boundaries. (p.1) The results of such malleability and the need to experiment within the common-law(predicate) boundaries of hip hop be the birth of different styles and sectors/ dead reckonings in America. These sectors are represented by the geographic location of the artists and the distinctive sounds and styles that the artists utilize. For years the musical genre of hip hop was found primarily in the United States in these particular scenes. In the past few years, however, Toronto has been devising waves and slowly making a name for itself in the rap game due to the essential artists gaining popularity and critical acclaim across the globe. As a result, it had come to dubiety whether the Canadian city can be defined as its scene due to styles the artists from the city are using or whether or not the artists are simply mocking styles from other distinct hip hop scenes in America. When the genre of hip hop music was starting to step forward to mainstream America it was not classified into distinctive groups based on the subject of rapping. Instead, artists were labeled based on the geographic location they were hailing from. Until the mid-1980s, the majority of the rappers were hailing from the vauntingly Apple. However with the introduction of new artists such as Ice-T and N.W.A., California would cover competition for the East Coast dominated genre. In the coming years, sharp artists would emerge from all corners of the country. As a result, four distinctive scenes can b... ...so much?. The Guardian. Web. 15 may 2015.http//www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/29/drake-why-hate-me-so-muchMarkit. (2013, October 1). 5 up and coming hip hop arti sts in Toronto. blogTO RSS. Web. 1 whitethorn 2015.http//www.blogto.com/music/2013/10/5_up_and_coming_hip_hop_artists_in_toronto/One, D. (2001, December 1). The Geography Of Hip Hop. VICE. Web. 12 may 2015.http//www.vice.com/read/the-geography-v8n10Walters, B. (2012, August 22). Frank Ocean, Miguel, and Holy Other Usher in PBR&B 2.0. SPIN. Web. 9 May 2015.http//www.spin.com/articles/frank-ocean-miguel-and-holy-other-usher-in-pbrb-20/Wheeler, B. (2013, April 26). The Toronto rappers who really started from the bottomAdd to .... The Globe and Mail. Web. 6 May 2015.http//www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/the-toronto-rappers-who-really-started-from-the-bottom/article11581851/