Michael Eric's Adaptation Of Hip Hop Culture

The next genre we are going to discuss is hip hop. My First impression on this genre was that I thought it was just all about the rap and the beat. That it seemed bland and repetitive and once again I was wrong. Hip hop was more complex than what I first thought it would be But enough about what I think. What exactly defines Hip hop? Based on Dyson, Michael Eric’s book named 12 Hip hop or hip-hop is a cultural movement that formed during the late 1960s among African American youths residing in the South Bronx inNew York City. It is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (oral), turntablism or "DJing" (aural), b-boying (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Even while it continues to develop globally in myriad styles, these four foundational elements provide coherence to hip hop culture.
Hip hop sounds and styles differ from region to region, but there are also instances of fusion genres .
Hip-Hop culture has grown from the avoided genre to a genre that is followed by 100 million fans worldwide. This was made possible by the adaptation of music in different locations, and the influence on style of behavior and dress. This genre made an incredible impact to society due to its violent nature and high profanity lyrical content.
As we know it hip hop is popular all over the globe and here in the Philippines as well here we call it Filipino hip-hop or Pinoy hip-hop. According to my internet sources particularly Wikipedia. Filipino hip-hop or Pinoy hip hop (also known as Pinoy rap) is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent, both in the Philippines and overseas, especially by
Filipino-Americans..
According to Music of the Philippines - Filipino Hip-Hop - Encyclopedia II | Global Oneness the Philippines is known to have had the first hip-hop music scene in Asia. The beginnings of hip-hop in the Philippines can be attributed to several main factors; the innate of them being the heavy influx of American musical styles in that country as reflected in the widespread popularity during the 1960s of Motown artists The Temptations, The Supremes and The Jackson Five and later in the 1970s of funk, soul and disco music. Bands such as The Commodores, The Gap Band, James Brown, Con Funk Shun, The Bar-Kays and Earth, Wind and Fire among many others received heavy rotation on Manila airwaves. The future importation of hip hop culture and music, similar to the previous genres mentioned can be credited to the direct contact Filipinos received with both Americans and Filipino Americans, or as they are commonly called "balikbayans", stemming from the root words "balik" meaning to come back and "bayan" loosely translating into hometown or homeland.

According to this internet site named http://hiphopdatabase.wikia.com, the birth of Filipino hip hop music (commonly called "Pinoy Rap" and its emcees "Rapistas") came in the early 1980s, with early records from Dyords Javier ("Na Onseng Delight") and Vincent Dafalong ("Nunal"), being released in 1980. Early influences on the genre included American hip-hop icons Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Run-D.M.C., Ice-T, KRS-ONE & Boogie Down Productions, and Eric B. and Rakim among many others(source : http://hiphopdatabase.wikia.com/wiki/Filipino_hip-hop.,
).
As a music lover Hip-hop was not one of my favorite genres in particular however after thoroughly analyzing it. I have begun to respect it a lot more than before .Due to its roots and the reasons for why it was created. And thanks to this research I find out the deepness of this genre.