How is Hip-Hop a culture? - Wu-Tang Corp. - Official Site of the Wu-Tang Clan

oldie · 03-02-2006, 02:45 PM

im not dissagreeing with it, but i was just looking on wikipedia for shyheim, checking his discography - thinkin on getting aka rugged chlid - start from the beggining. anyway, it had a link about other hip-hop collectives, so i checked it, KRS ONE's Temple of Hip-Hop came up among others. so i looked at it and this came up:

HIP HOP APPRECIATION WEEK 2006

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! May 15th-22nd 2006 marks the 9th Annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week (H.H.A.W.). Since 1998 the third week in May has become a time to reflect upon our roles as citizens of the international Hip Hop community and to recommit ourselves to Hip Hop’s core principles of peace, love, unity and safely having fun!
In the past we’ve reflected upon such themes as; Faith (2005), Freedom (2004), Forgiveness (2003), Charity (2002) and Peace (2001). This year (2006) our theme is “ACTION”. And with all of our themes “Action” shall be the focus of our lectures, writings and events for 2006. We are urging ALL Hiphoppas to consider their actions as well as their inaction. Consider how your actions and/or inaction may be affecting others. Consider the results of your past actions and seek ways to improve or lessen such “actions” in the future.
Be active! Walk more. Exercise more. Speak out more! Think more! But also remember that “inaction” is indeed an action as well. Silence is also an activity. Rest and stillness are also activities. Fasting from food, sex, gossip, war, drugs and the needless spending of money are also “actions”. The point is to be conscious of your “actions” this year.
If you are inspired in any way to organize a public and/or private event for Hip Hop Appreciation Week-May 15 th-22 nd 2006 in your city, town or home you can email your request and a brief description of your event to: HHAW2006@AOL.COM. We would be honored to make your event official and promote it on this and other websites in support of Hip Hop Appreciation Week.
Don’t just sit around wondering what you can do to preserve our international culture. Get involved! With proper planning and a little support you may raise your own self-worth and inspire your entire community. Remember, ACTIONS do speak much louder than WORDS! Let’s get to work! —Hip Hop Appreciation Week-May 15 th-22 nd 2006.

wikipedia also came up with this:
The Temple of Hiphop is an organization founded by KRS One. Its goal is to maintain and promote the Hip Hop culture. Temple of Hip Hop maintains that hip hop is a genuine political movement and culture, as it has been accepted by the United Nations as a culture. The Temple of Hip Hop calls on all hip hop fans to celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation Week, occurring in mid-May. It encourages DJs and MCs to teach people about the culture of Hip Hop, to write more socially conscious songs, and radio stations to play more socially conscious hip hop.
Hip Hop Appreciation Week is celebrated on the third week of May each year. November of each year is celebrated as Hip Hop History Month.

the bit underlined etc...when was it accepted by the United Nations as a culture???

what defines 'a culture'??

so i would liek to ask you , what (do you think) defines or makes hip-hop a culture??

i dont live the b-boy, djin, emceein, graffiti'ing lifestyle so i cant define it i guess. is it the 4 elements that define it as a culture.??

Prolifical ENG · 03-02-2006, 02:50 PM

both "hip-hop" and "culture" are concepts. which means there are no formal definitions for them.

so you need to define "hip-hop" first, then culture and then explain how the concepts are related.

snapple · 03-02-2006, 03:26 PM

yea yourre on point, 4 elements

MCing
DJing
Breaking
Writing

thats hiphop

P-Noid Brown · 03-02-2006, 04:16 PM

The main reason why hip-hop is a culture is because it influenced a certain population of urban living. This culture has a style of dressing, a distinct lanugage with different dialects (slang) the culture has it's own music, it's own way of thinking, it's a mind frame. People live by this culture. It controls personality. The way it's captivated many people and moved on from a simple movement of music to a way of living. Hip-hop now is something a person can actually be represented through. Alot of people like myself utilize the culture as a way of life.

GENERAL WISE · 03-02-2006, 05:22 PM

i think its a true American Sub-culture that stemed from Jazz

Heinouzhak · 03-03-2006, 01:32 AM

hip hop to me isn't a culture, does hip hop have it's own food? naw. does hip hop have it's own language, slang yes but no actual language. IMO hip hop is the current music of the young black/latino culture. it was the evolution of 70's funk music. just like funk music was the evolution of taditional r&B and soul which was the evolution of the jazz/big band, which was the evolution of the blues, which was the evoltion of spirituals, which was the evolution of african music.

the funky drunk · 03-03-2006, 01:59 AM

^ fuck outta here ...

ofcourse its a culture , u dont have to have ya own food and shit ... that aint got shit to do with it .

HIPHOP IS BEING LIVED NOT BEIN DONE . full muthafuckin stop

Orhan Gencebay · 03-03-2006, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snapple

yea yourre on point, 4 elements

MCing
DJing
Breaking
Writing

thats hiphop

What´s with Beatboxing?

venex · 03-03-2006, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the funky drunk

^ fuck outta here ...

ofcourse its a culture , u dont have to have ya own food and shit ... that aint got shit to do with it .

HIPHOP IS BEING LIVED NOT BEIN DONE . full muthafuckin stop

co-sign,

peace!

oldie · 03-03-2006, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orhan Gencebay

What´s with Beatboxing?

Beatboxing's an established feature of hip-hop, just not one of the elements, well the main four anyway.

P-Noid Brown · 03-03-2006, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heinouzhak

hip hop to me isn't a culture, does hip hop have it's own food? naw. does hip hop have it's own language, slang yes but no actual language. IMO hip hop is the current music of the young black/latino culture. it was the evolution of 70's funk music. just like funk music was the evolution of taditional r&B and soul which was the evolution of the jazz/big band, which was the evolution of the blues, which was the evoltion of spirituals, which was the evolution of african music.

you must be wilding cause if i came spittin some hot slang shit at you ... you wouldn't understand me cause u ain't down wit tha slang...so go figga.

THE W · 03-03-2006, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heinouzhak

hip hop to me isn't a culture, does hip hop have it's own food? naw. does hip hop have it's own language, slang yes but no actual language. IMO hip hop is the current music of the young black/latino culture. it was the evolution of 70's funk music. just like funk music was the evolution of taditional r&B and soul which was the evolution of the jazz/big band, which was the evolution of the blues, which was the evoltion of spirituals, which was the evolution of african music.

in the words of the Gza:

"you couldnt be more wrong"

hiphop has way of dress, a way of talking, a way of moving, a style of music. i think thats enough to make it a culture. and there are many cultures that are influenced by other cultures.

the funky drunk · 03-03-2006, 10:56 AM

word the fuck up ^

Prolifical ENG · 03-03-2006, 11:35 AM

yup, good opinions as they just attempt to answer one of the questions:

" what defines 'a culture'??"

Analyze · 03-05-2006, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heinouzhak

hip hop to me isn't a culture, does hip hop have it's own food? naw. does hip hop have it's own language, slang yes but no actual language. IMO hip hop is the current music of the young black/latino culture. it was the evolution of 70's funk music. just like funk music was the evolution of taditional r&B and soul which was the evolution of the jazz/big band, which was the evolution of the blues, which was the evoltion of spirituals, which was the evolution of african music.

This nigga cant be serious, hiphop has its own language, talk, way of walking, dancing and influence on pop culture.

Wu Forever

03-02-2006, 02:45 PM	#1
oldie Hull's #1 Hip-Hop Fan! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hull, England Age: 26 Posts: 4,834 Rep Power: 22	How is Hip-Hop a culture? im not dissagreeing with it, but i was just looking on wikipedia for shyheim, checking his discography - thinkin on getting aka rugged chlid - start from the beggining. anyway, it had a link about other hip-hop collectives, so i checked it, KRS ONE's Temple of Hip-Hop came up among others. so i looked at it and this came up: HIP HOP APPRECIATION WEEK 2006 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! May 15th-22nd 2006 marks the 9th Annual Hip Hop Appreciation Week (H.H.A.W.). Since 1998 the third week in May has become a time to reflect upon our roles as citizens of the international Hip Hop community and to recommit ourselves to Hip Hop’s core principles of peace, love, unity and safely having fun! In the past we’ve reflected upon such themes as; Faith (2005), Freedom (2004), Forgiveness (2003), Charity (2002) and Peace (2001). This year (2006) our theme is “ACTION”. And with all of our themes “Action” shall be the focus of our lectures, writings and events for 2006. We are urging ALL Hiphoppas to consider their actions as well as their inaction. Consider how your actions and/or inaction may be affecting others. Consider the results of your past actions and seek ways to improve or lessen such “actions” in the future. Be active! Walk more. Exercise more. Speak out more! Think more! But also remember that “inaction” is indeed an action as well. Silence is also an activity. Rest and stillness are also activities. Fasting from food, sex, gossip, war, drugs and the needless spending of money are also “actions”. The point is to be conscious of your “actions” this year. If you are inspired in any way to organize a public and/or private event for Hip Hop Appreciation Week-May 15 th-22 nd 2006 in your city, town or home you can email your request and a brief description of your event to: HHAW2006@AOL.COM. We would be honored to make your event official and promote it on this and other websites in support of Hip Hop Appreciation Week. Don’t just sit around wondering what you can do to preserve our international culture. Get involved! With proper planning and a little support you may raise your own self-worth and inspire your entire community. Remember, ACTIONS do speak much louder than WORDS! Let’s get to work! —Hip Hop Appreciation Week-May 15 th-22 nd 2006. wikipedia also came up with this: The Temple of Hiphop is an organization founded by KRS One. Its goal is to maintain and promote the Hip Hop culture. Temple of Hip Hop maintains that hip hop is a genuine political movement and culture, *as it has been accepted by the United Nations as a culture*. The Temple of Hip Hop calls on all hip hop fans to celebrate Hip Hop Appreciation Week, occurring in mid-May. It encourages DJs and MCs to teach people about the culture of Hip Hop, to write more socially conscious songs, and radio stations to play more socially conscious hip hop. Hip Hop Appreciation Week is celebrated on the third week of May each year. November of each year is celebrated as Hip Hop History Month. the bit underlined etc...when was it accepted by the United Nations as a culture??? what defines 'a culture'?? so i would liek to ask you , what (do you think) defines or makes hip-hop a culture?? i dont live the b-boy, djin, emceein, graffiti'ing lifestyle so i cant define it i guess. is it the 4 elements that define it as a culture.?? __________________ "Read the sign hip-hoppers" Aka. Living Proof www.myspace.com/hiphop4infinite

03-02-2006, 02:50 PM	#2
Prolifical ENG Semi Retired Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto Age: 30 Posts: 9,706 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 43	both "hip-hop" and "culture" are concepts. which means there are no formal definitions for them. so you need to define "hip-hop" first, then culture and then explain how the concepts are related. __________________

03-02-2006, 03:26 PM	#3
snapple i think i'm high Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: on da wave~ Posts: 6,231 Rep Power: 21	yea yourre on point, 4 elements MCing DJing Breaking Writing thats hiphop __________________ Realness

03-02-2006, 04:16 PM	#4
P-Noid Brown same ol' same ol' Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BRICK CITY Age: 31 Posts: 4,327 Rep Power: 18	The main reason why hip-hop is a culture is because it influenced a certain population of urban living. This culture has a style of dressing, a distinct lanugage with different dialects (slang) the culture has it's own music, it's own way of thinking, it's a mind frame. People live by this culture. It controls personality. The way it's captivated many people and moved on from a simple movement of music to a way of living. Hip-hop now is something a person can actually be represented through. Alot of people like myself utilize the culture as a way of life. __________________

03-03-2006, 11:35 AM	#14
Prolifical ENG Semi Retired Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto Age: 30 Posts: 9,706 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 43	yup, good opinions as they just attempt to answer one of the questions: " what defines 'a culture'??" __________________

03-02-2006, 05:22 PM	#5
GENERAL WISE CLANSMAN Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 24 Posts: 8,399 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 0	i think its a true American Sub-culture that stemed from Jazz

03-03-2006, 01:32 AM	#6
Heinouzhak Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 28 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	hip hop to me isn't a culture, does hip hop have it's own food? naw. does hip hop have it's own language, slang yes but no actual language. IMO hip hop is the current music of the young black/latino culture. it was the evolution of 70's funk music. just like funk music was the evolution of taditional r&B and soul which was the evolution of the jazz/big band, which was the evolution of the blues, which was the evoltion of spirituals, which was the evolution of african music.

03-03-2006, 01:59 AM	#7
the funky drunk Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: the uk Age: 21 Posts: 1,162 Rep Power: 10	^ fuck outta here ... ofcourse its a culture , u dont have to have ya own food and shit ... that aint got shit to do with it . HIPHOP IS BEING LIVED NOT BEIN DONE . full muthafuckin stop

03-03-2006, 10:56 AM	#13
the funky drunk Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: the uk Age: 21 Posts: 1,162 Rep Power: 10	word the fuck up ^

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