| Hip house | |
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| Cultural origins | Mid-to-late 1980s,London, UK, andChicago, U.S. |
| Derivative forms | Eurodance |
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Hip house, also known asrap house orhouse rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements ofhouse music andhip-hop, which originated in bothLondon andChicago in the mid-to-late 1980s.[1]
A British collaboration between the electronic groupBeatmasters and the rap duoCookie Crew created "Rok da House"; possibly the first hip house single.[2]
Minor controversy ensued in 1988 when a U.S. record called "Turn Up the Bass" byTyree Cooper featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the "first hip house record on vinyl". TheBeatmasters disputed this, pointing out that "Rok da House" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit then released "Who's in the House?" featuring British emcee Merlin, containing the lines "Beatmasters stand to attention, hip house is your invention" and "Watch out Tyree, we come faster". More claims to the hip-house crown were subsequently laid down byFast Eddie in "Yo Yo Get Funky!",Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock with "It Takes Two", andTony Scott's "That's How I'm Living".
After successful releases by the Beatmasters,Deskee, Tyree, KC Flightt,Doug Lazy andMr. Lee, hip-house became popular in theacid house warehouse scene andnightclubs. Hip house also garnered substantial chart success.[3] The style complemented sample-based records of the period, produced by British artists such asS-Express,Bomb the Bass andMARRS.
Hip house tracks featured on popular dance compilations includingTelstar'sDeep Heat compilation series and was championed by DJs such asChad Jackson.
As house music emerged as a worldwide industry by the late 1980s, U.S. acts such asC+C Music Factory would use the hip house formula in hits such as "Gonna Make You Sweat", as well as theEurodancegenre — particularly with hits by the Belgian groupTechnotronic and the German groupsSnap! andReal McCoy.
Late 1980s hip house releases by UK artists such asDouble Trouble andRebel MC,Blapps Posse andShut Up and Dance were an early influence towards the early 1990s UKrave scene and thebreakbeat hardcore genre (and genres that developed from it such asjungle).[4][5]
A modern form of hip house became popular in the mid-2000s, known aselectro hop,[6] with artists enjoying mainstream success towards the end of the decade and into the 2010s. These artists includedLMFAO,[7][8]Pitbull (most notably with his albumsRebelution (2009)[9] andPlanet Pit (2011)),[10][11]Flo Rida,[12][13]Far East Movement,[14][15]Hyper Crush,[16]Example (described as "rave-rap" or "rave-hop") andAzealia Banks.[17]Electronic dance music DJs/producers also had hits in the genre, which featured vocals from rappers. These include "C'mon (Catch 'em by Surprise)" byTiësto andDiplo withBusta Rhymes,[6] and "Forever" byWolfgang Gartner andwill.i.am. French DJDavid Guetta had several hip house hits such as "Memories" withKid Cudi,[6] "Where Them Girls At" withFlo Rida andNicki Minaj,[18] "Gettin' Over You" withLMFAO and "Little Bad Girl" withTaio Cruz andLudacris.[6]
