Hip Hop Midterm

1) African- diasporic

Related to the dispersion of people around the world from the African continent.

2) Attitude

Body position implying an action or mental state; for our purposes here, emotional quality of music as displayed through the body.

3) b-boying/b-girling

Dynamic form of Dance, also known as breaking, that was created by African American (for the dance) and Puerto Rican people in New York City and is set to hip hp, funk, or breakbeat music.

4) Boogaloo

Term that may have roots in the Bantu language ( with a meaning of "devishly good") and has carried various meanings in music and dance, including the following: musical genre created by teenage Cubans and Puerto Ricans that was popular in the United States in the 1960's; way to say "get down" and "enjoy yourself" during the Harlem Renaissance; and style of music pioneered by Boogaloo Sam consisted of fluid body rolls of the neck, torso, hips, and knees.

5) Bouncing

Foundational type of movement in Hip Hop dance, which is characterized by a buoyant quality in both movements and transitions.

6) Call-and-response

African-diasporic tradition rooted in African Cultures, often exemplified in church services ("Can I get an Amen?" Amen!"), and used in dance when the music calls for a response in the form of a particular dance or movement.

7) Commercial

Term used to describe not a technique or type of dance but a dance performance displayed in venues concerned with or engaged in commerce (such as advertising or selling products).

8) Cypher

Practice (similar to a ring shout) in which people gather in a circle and use rap or dance to display skill in a friendly, sometimes aggressive manner.

9) DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell)

Pioneer who helped develop hip-hop music and culture.

10) Don "Campbellock" Campbell

Dance and choreographer who created locking.

11) Drop

stylized way to get to the floor when breaking or b-boying.

12) Elite Force (Hint

Dance group): Pioneering Hip Hop dance crew from Brooklyn who have choreographed and danced in the entertainment industry since the mid-1980's.

13) Funk-styles

A term coined by Timothy "Popping Pete" Solomon to cover the forms and style performed by West Coast Poppers and Lockers to deter people from putting multiple dance forms under one title and to create conversations that differentiated the techniques, forms, vocabulary, and pioneers in each form.

14) Grooving

Moving smoothly with the tempo of the music. (Finding your rhythm and comfort with moving to the music)

15) Musicality

Generally, understanding of music; in dance, understanding of how a given moment relates to the music.

16) Polyrhythmic

Using two or more rhythms simultaneously; in dance, movement of two or more body parts to different rhythms.

17) Popping

Form of dance performed by constantly contracting one's muscles (specifically, the sternocleidomastoid muscles in the neck, the pectorals, the biceps, and the triceps) to the tempo of the beat.

18) Vogue

A Modern American dance form created int he African American and Latino LGBTQ community, with origins dating back to the early 1900's in Harlem.

19) Waacking

Form of Dance, also known as punking, created in the LGBT clubs of Los Angeles during the 1970's disco era.

20) West Coast Style

A loaded phrase; there are a few ways to understanding this term. One way is that what is known as Los Angeles style was actually inspired by three dancers from New York called Shades. These dancers moved to Los Angeles and began working with Janet Jackson; their approach to choreography was based on multiple dance forms included New York hip hop and house. Another way to view this phrase is the dance style of young dancers in the Los Angeles "street" dance scene, which was very abstract, flows, and ground movements. And third is the sharp, gestural movement in popular in North Hollywood dane studios.

Where and when was hip hop created

Bronx, NYC, 1970

what are the 5 elements of hip hop?

DJing, Mcing, Breaking, Graffiti, Knowledge

Who was the forefather of hip hop

DJ Kool Herc, he was jamaican

Who was the godfather of hip hop?

Afrika Bambaataa

What are the main styles?

Popping, locking, breaking

What are 3 people groups?

African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Puerto Ricans

Who are 3 popular MCs from the 80s

Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, Roxanne Shante

What are 3 graffiti styles?

Tags, throw-ups, and pieces