Stands for Real Hip Hop. The opposite of
rap, especially all the mainstream crap on the radio. Most people who listen to the radio probably have never even heard of RHH, and they usually deny the existence of a difference between RHH and
rap. But anyone who actually knows anything about real
music can tell you the difference between
rap and RHH
Key differences between RHH and
rap:
Rap is usually about rims/sex/money/cars while RHH is usually about tough times on the streets, tryin' to get by, how the man is always keepin niggas down, etc
Rap overuses autotune to appeal to twelve year old white girls, while RHH actually features gangsta beats and people with flow rapping.
Rap sucks, and RHH is
awesome.
Rap artists include lil wayne, TI, T-Pain, RHH artists include Talib Kweli, Nas, Kanye West, DangerMouse, DJ Premier
conversation between
Rap fan and RHH fan:
RHH fan: You listen to hip hop?
Rap fan: Yeah man.
RHH fan: What you listen to?
Rap fan: Just whatever, you know?
RHH: Like who?
Rap fan: You know, T-Pain, TI, Soulja boy. But the best is lil wayne.
RHH fan: That's not Hip Hop, that's rap.
Rap fan: Whatever dude, same thing.
RHH fan: No there is a difference. And lil wayne sucks.
Rap fan: Shut up hater lil wayne's
awesome
RHH fan: Yeah right. Nas is a million times better.
Rap fan: Who?
RHH fan: Go die