3. "Yep..." In response to In response to 2 Wed Apr-13-11 10:20 AM by Jakob Hellberg
There's SO much that can be written about flow, multi-syllable rhymes, the different rhythmic aspects of various rhyming schools etc.
In ter4ms of the production, there4's a shitload that can be said as well regarding what was sampled during various eras, *how* it was sampled, chopping, sampled breakbeats vs. drummachines, filtered basslines etc.
I don't see any diffe4rence from any other type of music really, it's just that the vocabulary is missing amongst the scholars-I suspect like imcvspl that the musical aspect of Hip-Hop never really attracted those people.
EDIT:BTW, writings on metal is somewhat similar, especially the more extreme forms. It's always "Why are teenagers attracted to this dark and evil music and why do they want to mosh and hurt eachother" and yada-yada. Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to do an indepth book about the evolution of riffs from old blues and swingjazz to the most extreme de4ath metal. Maybe I'll write it when I'm retired...