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verb
- 1. strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention: "he stood up and rapped the table" Similar
- 2. perform rap music: "he raps under the name of Mr T"
noun
- 1. a quick, sharp knock or blow: "there was a confident rap at the door" Similar
- 2. a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over an instrumental backing: "the label specializes in rap and modern soul"
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1. : a sharp blow or knock. 2. a. : a sharp rebuke or criticism. b. : a negative and often undeserved reputation or chargeoften used with bum or bad. given a bum rap by the press. 3. a. : the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action. refused to take the rap. b. : a criminal charge. c. : a prison sentence. rap. 2 of 6. verb (1)
a statement accusing someone of a crime, or the punishment that someone is given for a crime: He always said he was jailed on a bum rap (= false accusation). The police caught him, but somehow he managed to beat the rap (= escape punishment).
Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, [1] emceeing [2] or MCing [2] [3]) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates " rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular ". [4] It is usually performed over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. [4]
Rap definition: to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow. See examples of RAP used in a sentence.
Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid, rhythmic way. For some people, rap–the music of the hip-hop generation–is just so much noise.
May 29, 2024 · Rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (’rapped’) to musical accompaniment. This backing music, which can include digital sampling, is also called hip-hop, the name used to refer to a broader cultural movement that includes rap, deejaying, graffiti painting, and break dancing.
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, [7] [8] is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community, with notable contributions from Latinos and Caribbean immigrants.
RAP definition: 1. a type of music in which the words are spoken and there is a strong beat: 2. a sudden, short…. Learn more.
Apr 11, 2024 · Table of Contents Show. What is Rap Music? Originating in New York in the early 1970s, Rap is a musical style that features chanted or “rapped” rhythmic speech alongside an insistent, recurring beat pattern. It’s a distinct form of word poetry, with often fast-spoken lyrics and heavy-hitting beats. History of Rap Music.
Rap music definition: a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban Black performers in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter intoned by a vocalist or vocalists.
