rapping

Artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"

Entitysinging style music genre art movementQ6010

Also known as emceeing · MCing · spitting · rhyming · flowing · rap music

Instance of: singing style
, music genre
, art movement
Subclass of: musical performance
, hip-hop
Part of: hip hop subculture
Founded: 1970s

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Rapping is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular". It is usually performed over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The components of rap include "content", "flow", and "delivery". Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that it is usually performed off-time to musical accompaniment. It also differs from singing, which varies in pitch and does not always include words. Because they do not rely on pitch inflection, some rap artists may play with timbre or other vocal qualities. Rap is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, and so commonly associated with the genre that it is sometimes called "rap music".

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Practiced by: rapper
MC
Country of origin: United States
Different from: hip-hop
tail
Facet of: spoken language
chant
Social media followers: 941,323(May 25, 2023) subreddit: rap
Opposite of: patter song

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