It's time we had a little chat about Hip Hop

[HeartlandGirl]

Originally posted by DaveC
Hip Hop: Eminem, Ludacris, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, etc.

R&B: Justin Timberlake, Usher, R. Kelly, Aaliyah, etc.

Those you list as hip hop are rappers. I would consider their music to be "rap" music, although there can be blurring between rap and hip hop. And there are so many styles of rap that some rap definitely leans toward hip hop. Those you list as R&B I would call Hip Hop, excepting Aaliyah in some cases.

I think people here are having a hard time differentiating because 1) as Soulful said, there is a lot of crossing over, and 2) not that many people around here listen to real R&B. When I think R&B, I think Luther Vandross, the Isley Brothers, the Neville Brothers, D'Angelo, Maxwell, and so forth. R&B is quite soulful and mellow, which is why I wouldn't put Usher and Justified in that category.

[IWasBored]

Originally posted by Tomer
eric's sleeping

oh, then don't wake him. i hear he's not a morning person.

[Muggsy]

hey who said hip hop???

hip hop includes 4 ways of expresion:

rap music
break dancing
graphers
dj's

i like rap music... my favorite group is cypress hill and obviously i love dj muggs . I like house of pain too