Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Edit: What about hip-hop in general? Is it a separate genre? Show me some of that too!
From what I believe, hiphop is an umbrella term that describes a youth "culture" that originated in the the early 70's in the slums of some new york boroughs. This so-called youth culture included a style of dance called breakdancing, a style of writing called graffiti, and style of vocalization called rapping, and a style of DJing called "turntablism?" (although the term was coined in the early 90's, it emcompasses actions performed on turntables that weren't performed pre-1970's like scratching, juggling, & trick mixing).
You can also argue that the hiphop culture also emcompasses a way of thinking, talking, & most certainly a style of dress.
So i guess rap is a form of hiphop music. Other forms of hiphop music don't always include rapping, like when DJ's produce their own instrumental tracks with scratching over it (ie DJ Qbert, DJ Premier). Rap is a type of hiphop music, but hiphop music doesn't always include rapping.