University of Hip Hop

You didn't know that you would actually be able to go to school and study one of your hobbies - did you? But check this site out. And what is it about? Well this is the short version:

The University of Hip-Hop [UHipHop] is a multidisciplinary school of the street arts, which uses hip-hop for youth education and leadership development, and creates service learning projects and community beautification projects to increase cultural awareness and tolerance for communities in Chicago and worldwide.

I certainly think that is totally awesome.

University of Hip Hop

Hip Hop Congress :: National Organization

Here's a great blog with a somewhat different angle on Hip Hop. Their main goal is expressed like this:

Hip Hop Congress :: National Organization: "The Hip Hop Congress is a 501 (c) 3 Non Profit Corporation. The Hip Hop Congress mission is to use the culture of Hip Hop to inspire young people to get involved social action, civic service, and cultural creativity. Hip Hop Congress is the product of a merger of artists and students, music and community. It achieves this mission in a variety of ways."

I really like stuff like that. Use your talents for the good of everybody and get involved in the world around you.

Hiphop-Directory - Hip Hop Worldwide

This is just a sort of service post - a helping link to all of you out there who like me wants to stay on top of all the news about Hip Hop and all things related to Hip Hop. The hip hop directory is always a good place to start. Links to all the stuff you want.
Hiphop-Directory - Hip Hop Worldwide

On our way to the top

Is this great or what? After just a few days on the net we are on our way to the top of the google search for Hip Hop Honor. I love it because that is equal to more visitors so for all you new visitors here at Hip Hop Honor: A major welcome! Nice to have you around and hop you come back from time to time.

Beastie Boys

Now here's just a quick run down on memory street where I found the favourite hip hop performer from my youth. The Beastie Boys. Brings back fond memories of jumping and imitating the lyrics in your room when you were just a kid...
Anyway, they are still going strong and still one of my favourite bands.
Beastie Boys

Hip hop history

Hip hop began in The Bronx, located in New York City, when DJs began isolating the percussion break from funk and disco songs. The early role of the MC was to introduce the DJ and the music and to keep the audience excited. MCs began by speaking between songs, giving exhortations to dance, greetings to audience members, jokes and anecdotes. Eventually this practice became more stylized and became known as rapping. By 1979 hip hop had become a commercially popular music genre and began to enter the American mainstream. In the 1990s, a form of hip hop called gangsta rap became a major part of American music, causing significant controversy over lyrics which were perceived as promoting violence, terrorism, promiscuity, drug use and misogyny. Nevertheless, by the beginning of the 2000s, hip hop was a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world.

What is hip hop?

So what is Hip Hop Music? Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the mid-1970s. It consists of two main components: rapping (MCing) and DJing (audio mixing and scratching). Along with hip hop dance (notably breakdancing) and urban inspired art, or notably graffiti, these compose the four elements of hip hop, a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth in New York City, in the early 1970s. Typically, hip hop music consists of intensely rhythmic lyrical form making abundant use of techniques like assonance, alliteration, and rhyme. The rapper is accompanied by an instrumental track, usually referred to as a "beat", performed by a DJ, created by a producer, or one or more instrumentalists. This beat is often created using a sample of the percussion break of another song, usually a funk or soul recording. In addition to the beat other sounds are often sampled, synthesized, or performed. Sometimes a track can be instrumental, as a showcase of the skills of the DJ or producer.