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Originally Posted by gualbert
Hip-hop isn't music, cause it has no notes in it (A, B, C, Do, Ré, Mi...)
Sometimes rappers use one, or two notes (beep), or they "borrow" a line from other musician..
It's all about rythm/beat, and lyrics, I'd call it urban poetry.
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As it's already been said on this thread, EVERY SINGLE SOUND has a NOTE. I think what you mean there is that there's no "melody", right?
First, there are actual melodies in a lot of hip hop songs (not always in the vocals, but in the beat itself); and then again, because there's no melody does not mean that it is not music. I'll quote the wikipedia definition once more ...
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Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time.
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I think hip hop is sound and silence expressed through time, right?
There are LOTS of music with no melody at all. Jim O'Rourke released an album based on ONE note (can't remember which one, unfortunately). There's no real melody in Silver Sessions, yet it's massively acknowledged as a masterpiece there. John Cage created a MUSICAL piece of plain SILENCE. Because there's no proper melody does not mean it's not music.
Music is sound that makes feel emotions or makes you want to dance or headbang in rhythm or what the fuck it makes you feel. In that, I feel hip hop qualifies as music as much as rock, techno or classical music. That you like it or not is another thing.