Hiphop Research Paper

Big Payback Notes • Early conflict in the the fiscal underpinnings of hiphop. There was significant backlash from urban purists (essentially those living and breathing hiphop’s four elements by DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and graffiti tagging in its raw street setting) who disliked the commerical sensibiltiies of the Sugar Hill Gang and the mercenary attitudes of rap’s first music label Sugar Hill Records. Term “hiphop” begot cultural factions between those who saw themselves as lubricant partygoers (the Sugar Hill Gang and Joe and Sylvia Robinson) and others who saw themselves as serious artists (Kool Herc hiphop’s sole originator and rising phenom Joey “Run DMC” Simmons). • Rock & Roll proved that the music, the fashion, and the energy could be