Rapping
(also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting (bars), or rhyming) refers
to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken
down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated
into “content”, “flow” (rhythm and rhyme), and “delivery”. Rapping is
distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a
beat.
Rapping is often associated with and a primary
ingredient of hip hop music and reggae, but the phenomenon predates hip hop
culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of
Cake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music, a
genre that originated in Johannesburg, South Africa and is composed of hip hop
elements. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment.
Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and
singing. The word (meaning originally "to hit") as used to
describe quick speech or repartee predates the musical form. The word had
been used in British English since the 16th century, and specifically meaning
"to say" since the 18th. It was part of the African American dialect
of English in the 1960s meaning "to converse", and very soon after
that in its present usage as a term denoting the musical style. Today, the
terms "rap" and "rapping" are so closely associated with
hip hop music that many use the terms interchangeably.
Rapping is similar to singing with out a wide spectrum of notes but, more like reciting the lyrics thus mostly associated with poetry by there are other significant factors that make it different, such as the rhyme schemes forming part of the writing of raps/bars. Poetry elements are include in rapping such as the figures of speech widely used in poetry writing.
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