This is a style that stays aside all the other music trends. Not aside, but somewhat deeper. The reason is it is a reflection of the race, the plurality of people united by roots and origin. Rap is the culture of Afro-Americans, the continuation of their language and traditions. Rap is a mixture of speech and music, actually it is speech laid on music or beat it’s better to say. And when we claim that people are united through music, meaning every single human being on this planet, rap unites the ones close to blood by music and then everybody else, either welcoming or being hostile to a newcomer. What attracts people in rap? Is it catchy? Maybe. Those non-natives to rap often state the flow of speech is too quick and it is difficult to differentiate the words. Sometimes it seems rap music is only for those from the cradle. Foreigners are not invited.

Rap is classified as urban poetry of lyrical resistance. Thus it is not the music for village like country music. It is the gathering power of those united by music in big cities. The aim is to resist the grieves because misfortunes are more dramatic and numerous in urban areas.

Rap does not only speak to the mind and emotions, but speaks to the society all around people, for people. If the words or courage to say those words are not there, the subconscious takes over and the Rap lyrics kick in.

But once captured by the beat, most people – mainly younger ones – begin to hear the words, and the words may describe just how they are feeling that day. If the boss came to work with an agenda to screw everyone, some people will “feel” the words and the beat, especially when enclosed in a car doing 70 on the freeway. It’s something about riding with the music turned full-blast that has a way of absorbing the mind and supplying a means of temporal escape.

Some songs have innocent words that impress upon the mind to be released later at the water cooler. Some choruses are catchy and when sung by certain artist will stay within the subconscious long after. Various rappers have unique voices that some people find attractive or along the same vocal tone as their own voice, which it makes it easier to sing along.

First goes the beat, and then goes the lyrics! It is not as smooth and tender as classical music, not as glossy as pop, but it has the scream of pain of real emotion of the world’s harshness. One may even state that rap is the most pain expressing music style. Those who sing it or it is better to say read it revive their feelings not only concerning love, as most of the other styles do. Their message is about life and the problems, especially the ones of the Afro-American people. The music of pain and oppression, rap is a remedy to the latter. Let all the pills be like that!

Article source: Rap is more than music article, AllTheLyrics.com

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Remember the nineties? When hip hop was a culture, a life style, a way of living and breathing and dressing? Most would argue that it has been unwillingly moved aside by club and rap music. Hip hop is lost and while artists like Jay-z and Common and Nas and The Roots and LL are still practicing music, they are consistently overshadowed by hooks and catchy phrases and trendy styles. Although this form of music fades and is replaced by newer more gimmicky music, you have to wonder. With songs like You’re a Jerk making a huge wave and causing an all new “hip hop” style, what will become of the past hip hop fashion rules and absolutions?

The song is very catchy the dance is fun and the style represented goes against the grain entirely, which is why it is so successful. People are always looking for the hot new thing and leopard skinny jeans and fitted t-shirts are it! Or are they? The starters of the new dance craze are have set a trend and as usual the masses will follow. It’s just funny because wearing pants that hugged ever so tightly was once (not too long ago) a major no-no. Now most all the young men are running around with their skinny jeans sagging down almost to the end of their rear ends and ‘Jerkin’ as they stroll down the street. The young ladies used to mock boys endlessly when they saw then wearing tight jeans as it was a sign of having no fashion sense. Now the girls are praising the boys for wearing the brightest boldest colors of skinny jeans!

It’s a lot to digest as I am a hip hop head. Looking around you begin to feel one of three ways about the music and lifestyle you’re passionate about when you see it change. Excited, because there is innovation, aggravated at the constant gimmicks or you become a gimmick by creating a new one. I personally am just waiting to see how hip hop answers! We shall see.

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Admittedly, the internet has taken its toll on radio stations in the past decade, yet new songs get a lot of exposure. Here’s a short list of radio stations and internet radio where you’ll hear new music releases…

Pwer 106. The big name in the rap game. Power 106 drops music from the hottest rappers in the game, like Lil Wayne, Eminem and 50 Cent, as well as the up and coming new stars like Drake, Flo Rida and T.I.

Power 105. Strangely enough, this radio station originally played soft rock, but changed their format to hip hop and R&B in recent years. In addition to new rap music, they also play old school hip hop and have a section for rappers to spit freestyles (like the Wake Show).

Hot 97. Another authority when it comes to hip hop. Their motto is “We are hip hop and R&B” and given their years of experience dropping the latest new rap songs, no one would disagree.

IMEEM. With this website, you can easily create your own playlists from a wide variety of music, including underground rap, old school hip hop and regional favorites like East Coast or Dirty South. Another nice feature they offer is that listeners can also share their playlists with others through the social networking feature. Want to hear what other people are listening to? This is the place to check out.

Pandora. This just may be my favorite website, period. When it comes to finding new rap songs, look no further. With Pandora, you simply search for a musical style or artists and Pandora serves up a streaming playlist of related songs based on your preferences. It’s incredible how well Pandora serves up new artists; I’ll play this while on the computer and seem to hear a new song I like from an artists I’ve never heard of every ten minutes! Funded by the Music Genome Project, this website is completely free.

MixTapes

Rap music wouldn’t be where it is today if it wasn’t for mixtapes. It’s also a great way to hear rap songs mixed by DJs; not only does it give a new spin on the track, it also extends the shelf life of the original version.

DatPiff. This site’s selection of mixtapes cannot be beat. They also include numerous freestyles from rappers looking to get noticed.

ThatCrack. While their selection isn’t as big as DatPiff, but the quality is without question. Expect to see ThatCrack as the new source for mixtapes in the

New rap songs can be found at any of these sources. Keep listening, learning and enjoy!

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But now there seems to be hope on the horizon. Columbia Records is trying a radical new experiment. The record giant and a principle perpetrator of musical nonsense on an overly obliging public has retained a canary, much as songbirds have been employed to detect, by passing out, the presence of poison gas.

The job of the tuneful bird is to provide the executives in the A & R department with a reality check as to what a good song is.

Here’s the new protocol. First the staff listens to a new track. If they think it has potential, they play it for the tweety bird. If it starts to sing along, they can present the ditty to management for probable release.

On the other hand, if the canary just stares in silence or falls off its perch, the track is to be considered not music.

Rumor has it that the music business may be remade toward a new melodiousness. So far the hipsters in pop and rap at Columbia’s A & R department have played over a hundred selects for the canary. Yet they have not managed to play even one that has inspired the bird to sing along.

Since the canary is nature’s own expert on song, there’s just no way to get around the fact that the singing creature is the ideal arbiter of tuneful music.

Of course, A & R has grown somewhat impatient with the rigorous new standard, but management cannot afford to relent.

In fact, the chairman of Columbia has posted a sign in the A & R department that says, “If going into the woods to listen to birdsong was good enough for Beethoven, it’s good enough for us.”

So the A & R staffers, much to their reluctant tutelage, find themselves with only one choice: Listen to that bird.

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We now have four years experience selling rap beats online through our website, www.LaCantinaProductions.com and we hope that these tips will prove useful to you!

1. Music Licenses – Understand them

Know the difference between exclusive and non-exclusive licenses. An exclusive license will grant you the exclusive (hence the name) right to use the beats for your projects.

A non-exclusive license will give you the right to use the beat for your musical projects, however the producer retains the right to sell the beat to other artists too.

2. Music Licenses – Know which one to buy

Exclusive licenses can be expensive, but essential if you’re looking to commercially release an album. If you’re however recording a demo or mixtape, a non-exclusive license is fine, however make sure you check with the producer what rights you get as these will vary from site to site.

3. Prices, don’t pay too much!

Owners of beat sites often get carried away by their big ego’s and will charge inflated prices for standard beats.

A rough guideline for prices follows:

Non-Exclusive Licenses – $15 – $50

Exclusive Licenses – $100 – $1000

Of course, the above prices depend on the producer’s popularity and talent. However, we would not recommend paying more than $1000 for an exclusive license bought online from someone you have never met in person.

4. Websites, only buy from trusted ones

Any proper online business will make sure they have a trustworthy image. Therefore make sure that the site you’re buying from has at least one or two of these:

- Full contact details, phone number, email, mailing address

- Privacy Policy

5. Look for trust symbols

On top of the above, the website should also have third party trust symbols. These are certifications from other companies that prove the website is trustworthy and not fraudulent.

Some symbols to look for are:

- BBB Certification

- Paypal Verified

- Shopping reviews

- Hacker Safety Certifications

- Antivirus Safety Certifications

Also make sure these symbols link through to another page that explains what they mean and how the website in question fits the criteria.

6. Email the site and check if they reply

Crazy, but certain beat sites will not bother doing this. Would you want to do business with someone who doesn’t care about talking to you?

Also, this will prove that the website is a serious online business with a team of human beings running it properly.

7. Look for testimonials

This is not essential, but it’s always good if you can see that others have dealt with the site before and have been satisifed with their beats.

8. Avoid producers who only use a Soundclick/MySpace page to sell beats

A domain name costs less than $15 a year, surely it’s not a good sign if someone doesn’t even have the money to buy that and set up their own independent website?

9. Search for the site on Google

This is a quick easy way to check a site’s reputation. Do any bad comments show up, or anything else unusual?

10. Is the site alive?

Does anyone update it or is it dead? We’re all very busy making beats, but adding some small updates once in a while is within everyone’s reach. Therefore look for blog posts, new beat uploads and even small updates such as changing the current year noted on the site!

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Even though the list was announced a while ago, the hard copy of XXL’s latest issue, featuring the top 100 hip-hop blog sites, hit the racks this week.  Its a pretty good list – much more authentic than the widely dismissed VIBE list from a number of months earlier – and there are a lot of great sites that made it.

I am privileged to have chopped it up with a number of the good people on that list and I wanted to bust a few words on them – given how little XXL said on some of them.

Daily Mathematics

Combat Jack is a consummate hip-hop insider and a practicing attorney, so you know dude is no joke.  Forget the press releases from PR hacks, I love reading about his run-ins with famous rappers and industry honchos.  The best part about CJ is that he’s actually a real dude – never hesitates to drop in here at YFWB and lay down a comment, even though he doesn’t know me from Adam.  He recently got a gig applying his rap hustle at XXL Magazine itself, and for frequent readers of Daily Math, its not  a surprise.

Dallas Penn

Dallas is a hilarious writer/videographer/blogger, and he was kind enough to hit YFWB with a complement that now graces this site.  But behind all the jokes and gags, Dallas is a true hip-hop head who understands his rap history and appreciates those who respect it.  He gave me some great advice about writing on this here blog, which shows the kind of guy he is – building with other bloggers to make a better community.

The Rap Up

Rizoh over at TRU is hands down one of the realest dudes I have ever met since I started blogging.  Even though he is one of the original hip-hop bloggers, Rizoh is the most unassuming and friendly cats I’ve had the privilege of dealing with.  And the man knows his hip-hop, boy.  He also happens to be a social media ninja.  You want to know how to conquer Digg?  He’s the guy to talk to.  Learned much from “The Blogfather”.

Its The Real

The Rosenthal Brothers were kind enough to sit down for one of my first interviews.  I was a fan, I reached out and they were happy to oblige.  Its been dope to watch them take off and go from an ill concept to being known in the industry.  And their videos are still well done.   Still not sure why they never followed me on Twitter, though.  Still sore about that.

Radio Stations

While they may have lost some of their influence in the past few years due to Internet, radio stations still provide a great place to hear it music. I’ve included a standard radio stations as wills a few of their Internet counterparts…

Power106. Arguably the largest name in rap music today Power 106 plays at established artists such as Eminem, and Lil Wayne, as well as up and coming rap superstars like Drake, and Flo Rida.

Hot97.One of the most popular hip hop stations in history, Hot97 delivers fresh tracks from artists such as T.I., Outkast and Kanye West.

Power 105. They made the move from soft rock and never looked back In addition to fresh new music, they play old school hip and R&B

IMEEM.  This website lets you create your own playlist from their gigantic database of music. You can save your playlists and share with others via the social network on their site. The new hip hop music section is on point, and offers a selection of new artists daily.

Pandora. Personally I love this site. To all you have to do is entering the name of your favorite artist, song or musical style and Pandora automatically creates a playlist for you based upon associated artists they think you would like. I can’t even begin to explain how any great to rap artists I’ve discovered using the site. Pandora also offers you the chance to vote on each song as the play, and will shift its playlist accordingly. If you’re looking to find a hottest new music as well as underground tracks you may have missed the first time around, Pandora is certainly a place to start.

MixTapes

Mixed tapes have always been an important part of hip-hop culture, and the following two websites let you hear your favorite songs put together a new and exciting ways…

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