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▪ I. hip-hop, n. (and a.) orig. U.S.|ˈhɪphɒp|
Also as two words.
[f. hip, reduplicated with alteration of vowel as a jingling refrain (see quots. 19822, 1984), perh. influenced by hip a.; cf. bebop n., hop n.2]
a. A youth subculture, originating amongst the Black and Hispanic populations of New York City, which comprises elements such as rap music, graffiti art, and break-dancing, as well as distinctive codes of dress.
b. The music associated with this subculture, characterized by freq. politically inspired or motivated raps, delivered above spare, electronic backing, and harsh rhythm tracks. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. *rap n.1 5 c.
1982N.Y. Rocker Jan. 28/4 Hip-hop DJ's can repeat ever-shorter phrases..with a little nimble-fingered action on the rim or the label. [1982N.Y. Times 3 Sept. c4/6 He [sc. D. J. Hollywood] phrased to the beat of a funk record and paced himself with a repeating refrain, usually..a variation on the nonsense formula ‘hip, hop, hip-hip-de-hop’. ]1983Time 21 Mar. 72/1 This subculture, nicknamed hip hop, is about assertiveness, display, pride, status and competition, particularly among males. Clothes are not only a part of this offhand cultural statement; they are a kind of uniform for cultural challenge. 1984S. Hager Hip Hop 109/2 Hip hop—funky music suitable for rapping; a collective term used to describe rap/graffiti/breaking/scratchin'. The term was invented by Starski, who used to chant: ‘To the hip hop, hip hop, don't stop that body rock.’ 1985Buzz Aug. 24/1 If your youth club is full of skinhead and hip-hop fans they're not going to be interested in a heavy metal band! 1987New Statesman 27 Nov. 28/3 John Ellis' The Social History of the Machine Gun..traces this accessory of gangsters, terrorists and hip-hop poseurs from its 18th-century birth. 1989Q Nov. 13/1 Since the demise of disco and the early '80s fad for ‘blue-eyed Soul’, there has been no mainstream dance music style—hip hop always retained too strong a racial identity to make serious inroads.
Hence ˈhip-hop v. intr., to dance to or perform hip-hop; ˈhip-hopper n., a member of the hip-hop culture; ˈhip-hopping ppl. a. and vbl. n.
[1980D. Harry Rapture in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1993) 35 And you hip hop And you don't stop Just blast off A sure shot.] 1983People Weekly (U.S.) 17 Jan. 52/1 Born in the Bronx and Harlem in the mid-'70s as a reaction against disco, rap lays a hip-hopping patter of chanted, rhymed lyrics over a funk beat. 1983Time 21 Mar. 72/2 The sartorial flash of the hip hoppers. 1984Time 19 Mar. 56/2 Audiences..gave the record its initial push,..hip-hopped to it in clubs and break-danced to it in the streets this past summer. 1988Washington Post 8 July n17/2 Their strong allegiance to the booming suburban scene has much to do with the late-breaking, mindless hip-hopping of D.C. wannabeats. 1989Observer 24 Sept. 37/4 The look is squeaky clean. In its simplest form, the hip-hopper's kit consists of a hooded baggy top, tracksuit pants and training shoes.
▪ II. hip-hop, adv.
[f. hip v.1 + hop v.; or reduplication of hop, with alternation of lighter and heavier vowel: cf. drip-drop, tip-top: see dib v.2]
With hopping movement; with successive hops.
1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal iii. ii. (Arb.) 87 To go off hip hop, hip hop, upon this occasion, is a thousand times better than any conclusion in the world, I gad. a1729Congreve (J.), Thus while he strives to please, he's forc'd to do't, Like Volscius hip-hop in a single boot. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 182 Loupin' hip-hop frae spire to spire. |