Where do you draw the line between rap and hip hop? Are they the same thing? If not, what makes them different? Is pure rap still around or is it now all hip hop?

I love Hip Hop. Rap....eh.

There is still Hip Hop out there.....just gotta dig a little deeper to find it sometimes.

Thought there would be more opinions on here...come on guys...and gals...

Rap is more of the bling bling, money, cash, cars, hoes type of music. Unfortunately Rap is more mainstream also. Hip hop has a more depth and more lyricism than Rap. Rap is more about the beat than lyrical content.

Example of Rap
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Example of Hip Hop
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Hip-Hop tells more of a story and is about the life and times of the artists etc. Hip-Hop in its earliest form was some of the best stuff, Grandmaster Flash and the Message is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Hip-Hop is still the whole culture. From the clothing, to the graffiti, to the music, to everything. Rap....it just kind of morphed from the songs and made them worse. Not that I hate all Rap, because I dont, but they are not the same, and for my money, Hip-Hop is better and takes more skill.

BTW, no clue how to embed anymore. but here is The Message by Grandmaster Flash if someone wants to embed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY

Laley23;519654 wrote:BTW, no clue how to embed anymore. but here is The Message by Grandmaster Flash if someone wants to embed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY

Gotchya back

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NaS is the GOAT, imo..

Illmatic is still the greatest album I've ever heard.

There aren't even the same.

To be correct....hip hop is a culture.

I don't know if I feel like my questions has been answered.... Maybe make a list of artists in each category...that might help. What is most of the music on the radio today? Rap or Hip-Hop?

Rap

NWIndianNation01;520183 wrote:I don't know if I feel like my questions has been answered.... Maybe make a list of artists in each category...that might help. What is most of the music on the radio today? Rap or Hip-Hop?

Mostly Rap on the radio.

Hip-Hop
Lupe Fiasco
Atmosphere
Buckshot
KRS-One
Little Brother
The Roots
De La Soul
Nas
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Common
Kanye West, Jay-Z (mainstream but still put out mostly Hip-Hop)
Wu-Tang Clan
A Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy (and others that I either don't feel like listing or can't think of)


Rap
Soulja Boy
Wacka Flacka Flame
Young Money (shit like this)