Can someone tell me the diffrence between Rap and Hip-Hop?

No one can tell me a SOLID diffrence between those two. Maybe you guys can tell me?

well rap is really like hardcore with tons of sursis

Example- Ying Yang twins, eminem, d12, bizarre, the game

hip hop is less hardcore and more in the pop area

Example- nelly, bow wow, will smith, pretty ricky, llcool j, ja rule

and hip hop sometimes falls in to r&b

hop it helps

-Roman-

In case you were wondering this is for my theacher. He wants to know this.

Well, one sucks and the other one...sucks even more. You decide which is which.

I guess hip-hop is to rap as Alterantive is to rock . thats my best explanation.

well rap is really like hardcore with tons of sursis

Example- Ying Yang twins, eminem, d12, bizarre, the game

hip hop is less hardcore and more in the pop area

Example- nelly, bow wow, will smith, pretty ricky, llcool j, ja rule

and hip hop sometimes falls in to r&b

hop it helps

-Roman-

What a bad definition.

The biggest difference is that hip-hop is more of a culture. A good amount of rappers/fans think/thought of the 4 elements which constitute the culture:

MCing
DJing
Graffiti
B-Boying

Rap is basically considered MCing which in other words, some classify as hip-hop. It's all basically the same thing.

You should not have a rap forum with a definition like that. It is what XianeX said, hip-hop = culture, rap = part of the culture.

hey... um-what exactly is alternative? is it kinda like "Take Me Out" (franz ferdinand), or "An Honest Mistake" (The bravery), or "Loney No More" (Rob Thomas)

Lol @ Rob Thomas...

I just bought a 3CD box set called "All That Alternative"... here are some of the bands on it...

The Smiths
Faith No More
Happy Monday's
Violent Femmes
The Von Bondies
New Order
Janes Addiction
Devo
The Flaming Lips
Shihad
OPM
Magic Dirt

Just download something from a couple of those and you'll get an idea of what alternative is. The three bands you listed are more pop-toned.

never heard of any of them

Well, one sucks and the other one...sucks even more. You decide which is which.

couldnt have said it any better myself

Well, one sucks and the other one...sucks even more. You decide which is which.

couldnt have said it any better myself

CAN I TOUCH YOUR BOUNTIFUL D-CUPS???

Sorry, I hadn't made any jokes about it yet. I'm not going to rant about it but, don't base that desicion on hip-hop on 50 Cent, Chingy, and a lot of that commercial, run-of-the-mill garbage.

Well, one sucks and the other one...sucks even more. You decide which is which.

You suck

Hip Hop isnt only music, it is everything from the clothes you wear to the way you act, to the things you say, to the way you live, and things you do in life. Hip hop can be basketball, being a gangsta, any other sport, graffiti, DJing, BBoying(do people still do that). The common thread though between all those things though, is that it is usually urban in some way or another, or black. Rap is just another kind of music in hip hop, just like R&B, Jazz, Gospel, or any other kind of music that rampent in inner city area amongst urban youths. It can range from rock to whatever. By the way if anyone wonder im black, not that its important or anythng.

By the way if anyone wonder im black, not that its important or anythng.

Then why mention it lol

Lol @ Rob Thomas...

I just bought a 3CD box set called "All That Alternative"... here are some of the bands on it...

The Smiths
Faith No More
Happy Monday's
Violent Femmes
The Von Bondies
New Order
Janes Addiction
Devo
The Flaming Lips
Shihad
OPM
Magic Dirt

Just download something from a couple of those and you'll get an idea of what alternative is. The three bands you listed are more pop-toned.

The Smiths and New Order on the same CD? A CD supposedly trying to capture a whole genre. That's really wierd.

HIP HOP

The Smiths and New Order on the same CD? A CD supposedly trying to capture a whole genre. That's really wierd.

It's a 3 CD set. Each CD has a different vibe to it.

The Smiths and New Order on the same CD? A CD supposedly trying to capture a whole genre. That's really wierd.

It's a 3 CD set. Each CD has a different vibe to it.

Ah. Then just disregard my post. Just reacted to the set of artists chosen to represent the Alternative vibe.

Lol @ Rob Thomas...

I just bought a 3CD box set called "All That Alternative"... here are some of the bands on it...

The Smiths
Faith No More
Happy Monday's
Violent Femmes
The Von Bondies
New Order
Janes Addiction
Devo
The Flaming Lips
Shihad
OPM
Magic Dirt

Just download something from a couple of those and you'll get an idea of what alternative is. The three bands you listed are more pop-toned.

I never knew dirt had magic powers, gotta get in the garden first thing in the morning.

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fuck! you past my post count, and since when did you become a fan of LA, is it both LA's or one

Hip-Hop and Rap are basically the same thing for me, something like that

Hip-Hop and Rap are basically the same thing for me, something like that

Can't you read the post above you ?

I never knew dirt had magic powers, gotta get in the garden first thing in the morning.

Well what did you think magic mushrooms grew in?

Pfff, that would require intelligence.

I never knew dirt had magic powers, gotta get in the garden first thing in the morning.

That was a pretty sad attempt to be sacastic and funny. Nice try though.