Do you know that rapping differs from spoken-word poetry in that it is usually performed in time to an instrumental track?
Interesting! The elements of rap consists of content, flow, and delivery. There are many different styles of rap. What is your favorite?
My favorite is the "straight forward" style, used by Scarface, 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and other famous rappers. How about you?
I like Gangsta rap which consists of themes and lyrics emphasizing the gangsta lifestyle.
Did you know that Gangsta rap was made popular largely because of N.W.A, who brought rapping about crime and the gangster lifestyle into the musical mainstream?
Gangsta rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" , "O.G" and "Thug-Life" lifestyle. The genre evolved from hardcore rap into a distinct form, pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D, Ice-T and popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A attracted in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gangsta rap, while initially
Rapping
Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The components of rap include "content" (what is being said), "flow" (rhythm, rhyme), and "delivery" (cadence, tone). Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that rap is usually performed