POLISH RAP - history and dictionary of terms

POLISH RAP - history and dictionary of terms

Popular rap from Poland

In Poland the most popular rappers are Quebonafide and Taco Hemingway (2020).

In the underground (independent rap) the king is Ebro (he has been rapping since 2008), who creates emotional, technically good music and is undoubtedly the best rapper in the Polish underground. If you are interested in Polish rap, you must listen to his songs.

B-boy

a person dealing with a multi-element urban form

of the dance, called "breakdance" by the media. Although "b"

in the word "b-boy" means "break" (see below), pioneers do not

they like the word breakdancer in the media.

And that's because it highlights the acrobatic, forceful side

issues, while for b-boy always the most important

there will be your own style, creativity, sense of music.

Beat/underlay

Beat is a broad concept in music; jazz expert Roman

Waschko defined it as, for example, "hitting.

rhythmic centre of gravity". In the context of hip-hop

means the musical layer of the piece, usually in rhythm

4/4, created by means of self-mounting of other recordings,

but also drum machines, synthesizers or by

instrumentalists.

Beatbox

although that's what the drum machine used to be called, today's beatbox

is unequivocally associated with vocal drums, produced for

by means of its own speech apparatus; it is defined (quotation for

one of the best native beatboxers - Tik Yeah)

as "the art of rhythmic imitation of sounds by means of its

of organs." Introduced to hip-hop in the early 1980s.

thanks to Doug E. Fresha, quickly became his informal,

the fifth element. The top Polish beatboxers include

Pale Kris, Tik Yeah, WFD and the Al-Fatnujah collective. 

Beef

conflict between rappers reduced to exchange

of self-imposed works, disses. The result of the competition

inscribed from the beginning in the hip-hop culture, another of its

a rung after a freestyle duel. The disputes are growing

to the rank of gender conflict (one of the first famous

befów: U.T.F.O. versus Roxanne Shante), stylist (Ice Cube

(Boogie Down Productions versus Common) districts versus

(Juice Crew) or the whole coastline (2pac versus Notorious

B.I.G.), although unfortunately most of the personal motives are personal.

Among the most famous Polish beefs are Liroy's clashes

with the Welder's Sudden Attack and Timon's Sudden Attack with Hill.

Ya-Pa-3. Among the most belligerent rappers, the most prominent

Tede's in conflict with Eldo, Flame 81 and Peja.

Blend

consists of ripping together elements of two previously recorded ones,

often diametrically opposed works

into a new whole. It was used by many -

Frank Zappa's after John Zorn - though through hip-hop

has become a mere transposition

vocals for a new foundation, by the DJs doing

for the mixtapes. He was revived by Danger Mouse,

who created the "Grey album" in 2004, combining rhymes

from Jay Z's "The Black Album" with compositions from White

The Beatles' Album" and taking the blend out for a new one,

a conceptual level, and by the way, provoking a global

a discussion about copyright. Polish rapper and producer of the 2nd edition 

he's famous for his provocative, humorous blends,

by synthesizing "This is it" Hemp Gru with dance

with the hit "Coco Jambo" and bringing Saturday's vocal to the ground

of the Discount Weekend

Block party

the kind of street events that in the 1970s contributed to

to popularize crawling hip-hop. They usually consisted of

the DJ set up the playing equipment connected

illegally to the nearest electric pole and encourage

to entertain friends and passers-by. Often block party

developed to such an extent that whole streets were closed. The name

this was the definition of events taking place in parks, on squares

or the courtyards. The most famous DJs who

they had this in their career, they were DJ Kool Herc,

Grandmaster Flash and Theodore Grand Wizard.

Boom bap

a style of rap production that has become extremely popular

in the late '80s and early '90s. It was based on sampling. The first

the fiddle was played by the strong, regular blows of the automaton

drums - boom is a foot, bap is a snare. The creators,

who are considered to be the best representatives of this style,

are DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Large Professor and

the creators of the D.I.T.C. collective.

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