Hardcore Hip Hop

Also known as "Reality Hip Hop", because these rappers don't stoop in the fictional world of unlimited women & money like other rappers. Instead they very poetic in their lyrics and have deep meaning about the hood, however their very few because of coporation & money.

Hardcore Hip Hop artist include:

Army of the Pharaohs
Big Daddy Kane
Big Pun
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Boogie Down Productions
Boo-Yaa TRIBE
Brotha Lynch Hung
Canibus
Cypress Hill
Da Lench Mob
D-Block
DMX
Esham
EPMD
The Game (starting to get a big head)
Geto Boys
The Gravediggaz
Ice Cube
Ice-T
Jedi Mind Tricks
Jeru the Damaja
Kool G Rap
KRS-One
Lords of the Underground
Mack 10
MC Breed
M.O.B.
Mobb Deep (until they signed with G-Unit)
Notorious B.I.G.
Nas
Niggaz With Attitude
Onyx
Paris
Public Enemy
Scarface
Slick Rick
Styles P
Redman
Tech N9ne
Three 6 Mafia
Too $hort (?)
Tupac Shakur
WC
Wu-Tang Clan

by Da Master K June 11, 2006

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalians

A really long word that defines really long words.

We learned about Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalians in school today.

by bob izzle May 9, 2005

hip hop

Hip hop is a culture, or a lifestyle if you wish.
the term '4 elements' was coined when there was still only 4 elements;

bboyin (not break dancing) which could mean break boy or beat boy or bronx boy depending on where you live.

emceeing, which used to be shoutouts and such later evolved into 'rapping' and no thats not what 50 cent does because 50 cent is a sellout loser that sings bout his imagineary 'hoes'.

Djing or turntablism, this started by them just replaying the break bits in funk songs so that bboys could get down, and breakbeats was the first hiphop music ('evolved' from funk music.)

Graffiti, i dont know much about this but its visual art.

The 4 elements was a good concept for a while, but hip hopp grew and became more than 4 elements, making this term invalid.

Hip hop is a lifestyle, its a culture.

by frankie- a funkstylist. November 14, 2005

hip hop is dead

NAS said this after fuckin songs like Laffy Taffy and A Bay Bay came out and people actually drove around listening to it thinking it was cool! It means REAL MEANINGFUL MUSIC isn't made anymore! I agree with ya NAS!

Laffy Taffy is considered REAL MUSIC and is put into the same category as NAS - ONE MIC..Hip Hop is dead!

by Chris Puckett November 10, 2007

hip hop

It's a culture, it's a state of mind, it's a language, it's fashion, it's a style, it's something you feel every moment of your day. Hip hop is not commercial shit, hip hop is deep, it has a meaning for each person. You don't just listen to hip hop music, you feel it, you respect it, understand it, share it.

hip hop and rap are not the same thing

by Risk4graffiti January 28, 2007

hippopotamus

a fat woman

"damn she a hippopotamus"

by scott dornan April 13, 2003

Hip Hop

culture in which there are 4 elements that compose it. Breakdancing, graffiti, Mcing, and DJing. Culture which has their own dance (breaking), art (graffiti), music, language, and its race is international. Every race can participate in this culture. Hip hop originally didn't start talking about hoes or drugs or gangbanging, it started as a way to show off how good you are at the element you are good for and talk about other subjeccts like love, party, protest against goverment, music to enjoy other elements with, and stuff like that. The real hip hop stays underground and never sells out to be mainstream. Once its mainstream, it should be called just rapping, not hip hop! Hip hop was born underground and should stay underground. Hip hop should also not be asociated with gangs and drugs.

Hip Hop Wont Stop
Rap is something you do, hip hop is something you live

by Snoop1 December 18, 2005