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Let's Dance to the Past:
The History of Hip Hop Dance

OK, OK... you probably know something about the history of hip hop dance (I'm sure you do!). but how did all began? lets go back to the good old 60's..

Origins of Hip Hop

The real hip hop professionals know that the first hip hop music hits were born in the African Americans New Yorkers Block parties in the Bronx during the 1970s. In the first hip hop hits performers began speaking while the music (especially funk and soul music) played. These were originally called MCs.

Meet your Daddy!

Well, we can't talk about the history of hip hop dance without mentioning the guy in the picture. I don't know if you know it or not, but you have Mythological dad named DJ Kool Herc. Could you guess that?? Yes, he was one of the most popular DJs in early 70s New York. With his other DJ's friends, they began mixing and scratching the music along with the breaks, and the singers began speaking while the music played. MCs...

The Mc's

These were originally called Mc's. they used to emceed for hours at a time, with some improvisation and a simple four-count beat, along with a basic chorus to allow the performer to gather his thoughts (such as "one, two, three, y'all, to the beat, y'all"). During the years more emcee teams quickly sprouted up, such as collaborations between former gang members, (for example Afrika Bambaataa's Universal Zulu Nation).

What about Michael Jackson?

Well, he did not invent the Breakdance by his own! It only during the early 1970s, breakdancing arose as part of the block parties, as b-boys and b-girls got in front of the audience to dance in a distinctive, frenetic style. The Breakdance emerged...

Breakdance

The Breakdance has a key position in the history of hip hop dance. This style was documented for release to a world wide audience for the first time in Beat Street. Where to go now? Back to the mainstream Now we're talking about a new decade...

The 1980s

Some hip hoppers decided to involve a more complex form of music: the simple tales of 1970s emcees were replaced by highly metaphoric lyrics rapping over complex, multi-layered beats. Some rappers even became mainstream pop performers, including Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J (in the picture), Slick Rick, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, who won hip hop's first Grammy Award in 1988.

Number of new hip hop styles and subgenres began appearing: a mixture of electronic & rock music, new black female group,(Salt-N-Pepa) and the beginning of gangsta hip hop (along with Schoolly D, LL Cool J and N.W.A.) and hard-edged politicized performers such as Public Enemy.

Gangsta Hip Hop Fights

In the 90s, gangsta rap became mainstream and began spreading on West Coast with Dr. Dre's music. Pretty soon spawned an inevitable confrontation between the East Coast and West Coast: This sales rivalry eventually turned into a personal rivalry, and unfortunately resulting in the deaths of Tupac Shakur (in the picture) and Notorious B.I.G.. A dark side in the history of hip hop dance. Isn't that so so sad?

The Hip Hop Music Takes Plane Abroad

During the years Hip hop Music & breakdancing began its spread outside the states everywhere: Germany, Japan and South Africa, and new hip hop records was released in France, the Philippines and Puerto Rico...

New Rappers by the Turn of the Millennium

Now wer'e getting closer to our Millennium: hip hop (now called "rap") began to merge with teen pop and singers such as Eminem, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Nelly were became popular. By about 2001 the techno and New Jack Swing.

The history of hip hop dance now close to its edge. Nowadays gangsta rap is still the dominant in the mainstream setting, and alternative hip hop has had a second boom. The internet helps spreading other subgeners popularity such as Instrumental hip hop and groups such as Atmosphere, Blackalicious, Jurassic 5 and rappers such as Aesop Rock and Sage Francis have found audiences in urban and suburban settings alike, and have become surprisingly popular with indie rock audiences.

Now you already know about the history of hip hop dance. what would you like to do now?