Hip house

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As hip house a music style which is electronic dance music called that as a crossover genre is because he elements mainly from House and hip hop together. This style was first known by name in 1988, but its popularity was short-lived and ended in the early 1990s .

features

The genre encompasses a relatively wide spectrum of style elements and overlaps with other directions. The rhythm in four-four time was borrowed from the house as a basis . The bass and piano chords are also typical of the house . The English speaking chant (rap), which consists of several stanzas , was taken from hip-hop. Tracks in this genre also make heavy use of samples , which can occur either individually or as a loop . Samples that are particularly typical of hip house include the break sample from Lyn Collins ' “Think”, but also a one-bar part with a tambourine sample in a sixteenth- note rhythm, as well as vocal samples consisting of staccato-like, pitched screams (e. B. "Whoo-Yeah"; this sample is part of the original "Think" break).

popularity

Hip house was a relatively short-lived fad that gained high popularity in the late 1980s and enjoyed commercial success during this period. Tyree Cooper's Turn Up the Bass was one of the very first house pieces to be broadcast as a music video on MTV . However, its success did not last long, and hip house disappeared from the public eye again in the 1990s. Nowadays this style of music is being played more and more in clubs. Hip house is played in the early hours of the morning, especially in hip-hop clubs.

In 2012, American rapper Azealia Banks brought hip house up to speed with the release of her first EP entitled 1991.

Well-known artists

The hip house genre became popular with Fast Eddie , who produced the eponymous single Hip House in 1988 . Hip house peaked in popularity with Tyree Cooper's Turn Up The Bass with rapper Kool Rock Steady , also released in 1988. The hip-hop group Jungle Brothers also released a hip-house track called I'll House You . Jason Nevins produced a. a. Hip house remixes of Run DMC's “Tricky” and Cypress HillsInsane in the Brain ”. Other songs and performers that can be assigned to Hip House are "We call it Acieed" by D Mob , published in 1989, and "Wiggle It" by " 2 in a Room ", published in 1990.

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