My genre (UK hip hop)

Ok so i have thrown myself in at the deep end! This genre is not only a music genre but very much a way of life for some people, it is used and many ways to portray political views and peoples strong and sometimes overly strong opinions of the way Britain runs.

The genre has a history that not many people understand and it has taken me hours to research it. It all started in the 1980's when british artist Dizzy Heights released their single "Christmas Rapping". I found a recording on youtube but it sounds like it has just be recorded straight from the vinal.

Your probably wondering where it all came about from and this is the tricky bit, if you have just listened to the track you may of mistaken it for an american track, this is because the genre originated from the american hip hop scene, it emerged like in america from the graffiti and break dancing scene, it quickly moved into the party and night club scene and was a real hit in its early years. It isn't however a conventional music genre as it  is formed in a very much more urban scene that pop or indie music with gang culture now leading the way in mainstream British hip hop.

We have obviously now moved on from the likes on Dizzy Heights and now British hip hop artists are dominating the uk charts and even are starting to dominate the world stage. The genre has a fairly wide spectrum as we do consider uk grime to be a part of uk hip hop which has a huge underground supporting and this is depicted in almost every music video with them being filmed in car parks, underground clubs ad dark alleys to show us they're lifestyle and in many cases criminal upbringing.

Nowadays our hip hop scene is found in the capital London with massive names such as Dizzie Rascal dominating the scenes even with bands such as N~Dubz. These artists do not perform music that is similar to the hip hop i am making a music video too, the track i will be making a video to is very remenisent of the "old school" british hip hop that we used to see which is similar to bands such as JMC with this record "when i'm home"




This record is very reminiscent of the Americanised hip hop we were used to seeing in the 80's and 90's, this is also clear in the music video with big trucks and black and white effects, this is going to be a huge help when i am brainstorming ideas for my music videos.