obviously you do not know much about rap or hip-hop
hip-hop sounds became apparent in the late 70's it wasnt
until the birth of the drum machine that Rap became popular and more
mainstream, one of the first major hits of Rap was the Sugar Hill Gangs song "Rappers Delight",
they are considered some of the creators of RAP due to that fact that they had no DJ
to do real-time beat production. In todays scene hip-hop is used to refer to unsigned artists,
hip-hop should always come before rap because with out the hip-hop scene their would be no rappers
think of all the rappers that came from nowhere. in many places in the world hip-hop is more mainstream than RAP. Places like Germany, and Japan, and New York are prime examples of how hip-hop isnt just music but a life style.
In Regards to the main poster I find it a shame and an embarrassment that this happened; this is a prime example of plagiarism, but, in todays world of copyright and IP (intellectual property) wars it should've been foreseen. I doubt that any word from the label will be heard, due to the fact that no lawyers are involved yet. for those that post created music on forums and such consider making know that all your media is covered under some kind of licence... i would consider the Creative Commons copyrights outright perfect for this situation
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obviously you do not know much about rap or hip-hop hip-hop sounds became apparent in the late 70's it wasnt until the birth of the drum machine that Rap became popular and more mainstream, one of the first major hits of Rap was the Sugar Hill Gangs song "Rappers Delight", they are considered some of the creators of RAP due to that fact that they had no DJ to do real-time beat production. In todays scene hip-hop is used to refer to unsigned artists, hip-hop should always come before rap because with out the hip-hop scene their would be no rappers think of all the rappers that came from nowhere. in many places in the world hip-hop is more mainstream than RAP. Places like Germany, and Japan, and New York are prime examples of how hip-hop isnt just music but a life style. In Regards to the main poster I find it a shame and an embarrassment that this happened; this is a prime example of plagiarism, but, in todays world of copyright and IP (intellectual property) wars it should've been foreseen. I doubt that any word from the label will be heard, due to the fact that no lawyers are involved yet. for those that post created music on forums and such consider making know that all your media is covered under some kind of licence... i would consider the Creative Commons copyrights outright perfect for this situation