Hip house

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Hip House
Stylistic origins:	House Music, Hip Hop, Disco, Synthpop,
Cultural origins:	1980s, New York, Chicago, Detroit, London, Manchester, United Kingdom
Typical instruments:	Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler
Mainstream popularity:	Significant, particularly late 1980s and early 1990s United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Derivative forms:	Rave - Drum N Bass - Breakbeat
Subgenres
Hip Hop - Chicago - Electro -
Other topics
Notable artists and DJs - Styles of house music

Hip house, also known as house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip hop. The style arose to prominence during the 1980s in New York and Chicago, however, the first "officially credited" hip house track was 1988's Rok Da House by UK producers 'The Beatmasters' featuring British female rappers 'The Cookie Crew'.

Minor controversy ensued when a U.S. record called "Get Busy" by Tyree featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the ..."first hip house record on vinyl". The Beatmasters disputed this fact, claiming that "Rok Da House" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit responded by releasing "Whos In The House?" featuring British Rapper "Merlin", containing the diss "Watch Out Tyree - we come faster, this is the sound of the true Beatmasters".

[edit] Hip house chart and club success

After successful releases by the Beatmasters, Deskee, Tyree, Doug Lazy and Mr Lee, hip house became popular in nightclubs and garnered substantial chart success. The style complimented sample-based records of the period, produced by artists such as S-Express, Bomb The Bass and M/A/R/R/S.

Hip house's major cross-over success would eventuate in the form of two ground breaking records: "I'll House You" by the Jungle Brothers and "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock. "I'll House You" is generally seen as a collaboration between New York house music producer Todd Terry and the Jungle Brothers (an Afrocentric rap group from New York). "It Takes Two" was described by Hip Hop Connection magazine as "...the first palatable form of hip house for hardcore hip hop fans."

There were several further successful releases, most notably Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" which reached number 2 on the U.K. charts. The genre achieved massive popularity during the period 1988 - 1991 and was catalyst for the fusion of rap vocals in dance music. By 1991, the KLF achieved success with "What Time Is Love" which built on hip house's foundation by featuring rapper Ricardo da Force performing rap vocals over an electronic backing track.

Hip house tracks featured on popular dance compilations including Telstar's compilation series and was championed by disc jockeys such as 2 Cool Chris and Chad Jackson.

[edit] List of notable hip house tracks

"Let It Roll" - Doug Lazy
"Kids Get Hyped" - Deskee
"Stomp" - K.Y.Z.E.
"Get Busy" - Mr Lee
"Do It To The Crowd" - Twin Hype
"This Beat is Technotronic" - Technotronic featuring MC Eric
"To Go Crazy (In the 21st Century) - Lee Marrow
"Easy" - Ice MC
"This Beat Is Hot" - B.G. The Prince of Rap
"Devotion (I Wanna Give You)" - Nomad featuring MC Mikee Freedom
"Total Confusion" - A Homeboy, Hippie and a Funki Dred
"I Can't Stand It" - Twenty 4 Seven
"3am Eternal" - KLF

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