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What are the literary roots of hip-hop lyricism?

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What is the origin of hip hop lyricism

The history of the hip-hop dates back to the 1970s , where people began singing and dancing over strong beats which were sometimes accompanied with spoken words and with great emphasis on the value of lyricism The love and desire for hip-hop music then became even stronger during the 1980s . By the onset of the eve of 1990s , hip hop became the mainstream of music decorated

with ever changing genres and styles which could not be labeled due to the high combination of extreme diversities emanating from different artist . Some from west coast others from the east coast and in between nothing else was seen apart from hip-hop music and culture (Rahn , 2002 , 16

The epoch of hip-hop music in 1970s was found with very high original and innovative techniques with DJs in New York highlighting very amazing rhythmic drum breaks and percussion riffs in the popular discos and funks that were played in various clubs . Hip-hop included scratching rapping , break dancing and graffiti . It was believed that the art of rapping originated from the block parties after the ultra - competitive DJs decided to isolate the percussion breaks from the majority of favorite dances . As a result of this isolation a similar dance began to be observed in Jamaica which was known as dub dance which was composed of elongated percussion breaks (Rahn , 2002 ,

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