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Hip Hop Potency

The success of rap music as the main expression of hip hop has elevated it beyond a cultural movement but to the status of financial powerhouse. Started in the 70’s by innovative DJ’s, rap has become a world wide phenomenon. The organic growth of the music has established the identity of rap music as a political tool for the underprivileged. It has been the voice of the oppressed and underrepresented. Today’s rap, however, has changed. The forces behind hip hop are no longer focused on th........ Read More

Hip Hop Urban Clothing From Head To Toe

Hip Hop urban Clothing from Head to toe It is a known fact that Hollywood fashion is expensive and only people with deep pockets who visit the High Street stores can afford to buy it. This concept is slowly being proved wrong as hip hop urban clothing is easily available for the masses. There are many online stores which have brought Hollywood fashion right to the doorstep of the masses. Hip Hop Honeys can buy great Timberland Boots sitting in the comfort of their homes. Youngsters nowadays ........ Read More

Healing Hopeless Relationships

"My husband and I were planning our divorce. Now we're planning our reconciliation." "For years, my teenage son and I were at odds with each other. At times he was abusive toward me. Now we are building a great friendship based on mutual respect and appreciation." "My middle daughter and I were never close. She harbored deep (and justified) resentment toward me. Now she phones me almost every day and shares with me her joys and challenges as a young mom. I LOVE our new relationship!" "For the........ Read More

Finding Hip Hop Mix Podcasts

Many music podcasts are available online for downloading; if one wanted to find, for instance, a hip hop mix podcast, there are a few sites available to help. The first possibility would be to go directly to a site which creates one and subscribe to it using a podcast client which automatically checks the feed for new episodes and downloads them for the user. If, however, one did not know of any hip hop mix podcast sites, or simply wanted to find new podcast sites, the best possibilit........ Read More

The Orgins Of Rap And Hip Hop Music

The origin of hip-hop can be traced back as far as the ancient tribes in Africa. Rap has been compared with the chants, drumbeats and foot-stomping African tribes performed before wars, the births of babies, and the deaths of kings and elders. Historians have reached further back than the accepted origins of hip-hop. It was born as we know it today in the Bronx, cradled and nurtured by the youth in the low-income areas of New York City. Fast-forward from the tribes of Africa to the ghetto........ Read More

Hip Hop Jewelry: Looking Cool, Feeling Cool

Are you one of those cool people around who would like to sample all the “in” things today? If hip jewelry is what you want, you better hit the stores and get yourself one of those bling bling pieces. It doesn’t matter if you are no longer so young, there is no rule that says only those teenagers get to wear those bling bling hip hop jewelry. Wearing hip hop jewelry is definitely cool so go ahead and treat yourself to hip hop jewelry. Besides, not all hip hop jewelry would look a bit ou........ Read More

From Motown To Hip Hop

Growing up in the City of Detroit during the early sixties was a memorable era for music. It was a period of time whereby the unique sounding records of Motown were being played and heard throughout the streets, nightclubs, house parties and radio stations everywhere. It was common to have the soulful R and B records playing on the jukeboxes while folks were dancing in the streets or singing in the barber shops and beauty parlors to the love songs that eventually captivated the hearts of million........ Read More

Hip Hop Fashion

Generally Hip Hop clothing is broken into classic styles and modern styles. The former is defined as styles from the seventies and eighties and the later the very late eighties, nineties and after the year two thousand. Classic Hip Hop includes large glasses, multi-finger rings, gold necklaces, and Adidas shell toes with oversized laces. Hair styles took on a very strong African American influence, many people choosing jheri curls, chains and dreadlocks. Red-black-and-green became common col........ Read More

How To Choose The Right Hip Hop Gear

If you need Hip Hop gear, you have plenty of accessories from which to choose. The style is as unique as the lingo. However, you will have to present it when you go out clubbing. Choices for Hip Hop gear in the Hip Hop culture will definitely make you look cool when you Hip Hop dance, or just chill with your friends. So let us look at some of the different types of gear that you can buy. However, make sure that you keep updated on your Hip Hop gear, as it will change as fast as the music. If y........ Read More

Hip-hop Jewelry And Today's Stars

Watch any of the major movie, television, and music award shows on television today and one of the first things you’ll notice about the celebrities on the red carpet, aside from their extravagant (and sometimes outlandish) attire, are the amount and size of the jewelry they are wearing. Hip-hop jewelry, more commonly known as bling-bling, is definitely not understated fashion. The bigger and the flashier it is, the better. Preferred by many of today’s celebrities, hip-hop jewelry adorns the ........ Read More

Hip Hop Beats Online – New Ideas In Music

Selling on the web has become one of the new frontiers of commerce. We find it hard to think of anything not being sold and bought every minute over the internet; just have a look on ebay. Hip-Hop producers were quick to understand the powerful worldwide reach of the internet and started selling instrumentals to artists through this channel. A couple of websites therefore gathered enormous music inventories from professional record label producers, and started selling complete instrumental tra........ Read More

The Golden Boy Of Hip Hop

Hip Hop culture, back in the day, became very well publicized by the media because of one fresh faced kid from Pennsylvania. The public liked him because of his music and because he was so cute and funny. See if you can guess who this mystery character is from a few clues. To be knowledgeable on Hip Hop news and music of the past makes you look informed, and on the edge about all aspects of Hip Hop. So let us begin the journey into the past. Our mystery person was born in 1968 and from an earl........ Read More

Hip Hop Abs - Ultimate Abs Workout Or Infomercial Scam?

Here we go again, yet another infomercial promising flat, sculptured abs without having to do ‘painful’ crunches or sit-ups. So, what’s the deal? The Hip Hop Abs package comes with four DVDs, a 30 day workout calendar and 24/7 ‘online support’ (somewhat misleading as the ‘expert’ support is limited to forum exchanges with other users and the occasional live chat with Shaun T. Unless you download the DVDs from the internet you will have to pay $60, plus shipping and handling. Th........ Read More

Hip Hop Craze

Have you ever noticed the kid in the mall wearing a chain and cross gleaming with what looks like diamond jewelry? They aren’t diamonds, of course and they may not be kids. In today’s Hip Hop age we are facing an explosion of interest in these “fake” diamonds better known as cubic zirconia. Hip Hop fans of all ages are imitating their rap idols in their adornment of the most flamboyant types of jewelry accessories. A whole new genre of style and design has been established as a result wi........ Read More

Public Enemy Tickets - Hip Hop Legends Return To The Stage

When you use Public Enemy tickets, you’re seeing a band that is as responsible as anyone for the emergence of today’s hip hop sound. The band was a group of fearless pioneers, and their influences on the entire music world may never stop being felt. Below are just a few examples of these influences and a look at how this historic group came together. Early Beginnings The group came together almost by chance, as several of the members were attempting to make it as DJ’s and spinners ........ Read More

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