Hip Hop History (est. 1991)

 ALL INFORMATION BELOW IS TO REMIND ME OF EACH AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS HIP HOP.

Well, my "How to..." video is officially "How to write rap lyrics/rhymes (the differentiation between poetry and non-lyrical/non-rhythmic rap lyrics). It is a comedic sketch on the different regions and what they created as their in-put into the collective hip-hop music that has been going strong est. 1979. It will be put in-order by the appearance of popularity:

• Main-streamed, non-lyrical/non-rhythmic rap lyrics (i.e. Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug, current Lil' Wayne, etc.)
• Contemporary, R&B Hip-Hop combination revival (J. Cole, Monica, DJ Khaled, Young Money-Drake, Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Childish Gambino, Beyonce, Jay-Z & Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and T.D.E.-School Boy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)

•  Go-Go (i.e. beginnings of Wale, Big G...Washington, D.C. hip hop scene); Chicago-Cleveland-Indiana (Common, Kanye West, J. Dilla, No I.D., Kid Cudi, Freddie Gibbs); Southern Influence (even on West-Coast Music- i.e. Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube make song with Lil' Jon, Big K.R.I.T., T.I.), Southern (DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Rick Ross) .

• Two-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: Atlanta Hip-Hop Scene Resurgence (T.I., revival of Outkast-Big Boi and Andre 3000, Young Jeezy, Dem Boyz, Yung Joc, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Bobby V, Ying Yang, Bad Boy South-P. Diddy) and CRUNK Movement (Lil' Jon, Trillville, etc.), ATL R&B Scene (Destiny's Child-Michelle, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, and Mary J. Blige)  and Houston Scene (Hip Hop Slim Thug, UGK-Pimp C and Bun-B, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, SPM, Trae tha Truth, Z-Ro, etc., R&B Destiny's Child-Michelle, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland
• Aftermath (Dr. Dre) and Shady (Eminem) and D-12, Xzibit, 50 Cent and Game, East-Coast (EVERYTHING FROM NEW YORK TO VIRGINIA DOWN BELOW CONTINUES ON) 

• Four-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: New York Revival (i.e. Murder Inc. vs. 50 Cent solo-then Shady & Aftermath, Jay-Z beginnings, Nas, A-Z, Foxy Brown, D.M.X., Big L, Big Pun), Boot Camp Clik (Smif-n-Wessun-Steele & Tek, Sean Price, Buckshot), Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli), continuation of Gang Starr (DJ Premier and Guru) "Chopped-and-Screwed" Movement (DJ Screw and Screw'd Up Click-Fat Pat, Big Mo, Big Hawk, Trae 'tha truth, Z-Ro, E.S.G.), UGK-Pimp C and Bun-B Virginia Hip Hop (The Neptunes-Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo, Missy Elliot, and Timbaland-gets Aaliyah from NY scene from R. Kelly, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown), and Atlanta (Outkast, Mary J. Blige, TLC-Chilli, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, T-Boz, Xscape-Tiny & Tamara, ----etc.), Tennesee boys sided with Houston New Orleans (No Limit-Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X vs. Cash Money-Big Tymers-Birdman and Mannie Fresh (separate solo music too), Slim Williams, Hot Boyz-Juvenile, B.G., Lil Wayne, Turk (separate solo music too), conglomerate of Big Tymers and Hot Boyz in the form of Cash Money Millionaires -Birdman, Mannie, Juve, Weezy, B.G., and Turk

• Three-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: Bad Boy Reigns New York (pre- and post-B.I.G.G.I.E. death) P. Diddy, Junior M.A.F.I.A. (Lil Kim, Lil Cease, etc.), Mase, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.G.I.E., Craig Mack and other New York-Brooklyn (Jay-Z & Jaz-O, Jay-Z and Big Daddy Kane, Gang Star-DJ Premier and Guru, and early works by Black Star-Mos Def and Talib Kweli) and Queens (Nas), The Fugees (Lauryn Hill, Pras, Wyclef Jean), Mobb Deep (Havoc and Prodigy) /  -***** vs. WEST-COAST HIP HOP (In order from recent)- Dr. Dre and Aftermath (Snoop Dogg and Eminem), E-40, Coolio, Ice Cube (Mack 10Tha Dogg Pound and LBC (Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Warren G), Death Row (Suge Knight--C.E.O., Snoop Dogg, TUPAC (2 PAC) SHAKUR, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, The D.O.C., etc.) Oakland-Beginnings of Hyphy(Luniz, Mac Dre, E-40, Too Short, Yukmouth, etc.) and Houston/ Underground Atlanta Hip Hop/mainstream Miami Scene (Geto Boys, UGK, Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG [Tennessee], and Outkast [Atlanta-upcomings], and mainstream, widely known hip hop group from Miami, 2 Live Crew (Luke Campbell, etc.).

•  Political Hip-Hop/Gangsta Rap Movement (Ice Cube (post-N.W.A.), Eazy-E (post-N.W.A.), Public Enemy-(Chuck D, Sista Souljah, Professor Griff, etc.) TUPAC SHAKUR, Paris, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One & Scott La Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth N.W.A. aka, at one point, as C.I.A. (pre-separation--Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, etc.), Ice-T, etc.

• EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEFORE THIS THAT WAS MAINSTREAM WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE EAST COAST, MOSTLY IN NEW YORK CITY (although the west coast and south did have some underground acts).