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Jazz rap – the exceptional hip hop rap sub-genre

The blend of the ‘yesterday-style' with the ‘today-trends' is called Jazz.

Jazz-rap is hence, a fusion of the early hip hop African-American music and the present day prominent musical formats.

The word ‘Jazz', which was earlier also written as "Jass", was first reportedly used for music in Chicago, in 1915. This musical style originated in the early 20th century as a confluence of African-American tradition and the European musical traditions. The form has always evolved and incorporated the ‘present'. Jazz rap is specifically a hip-hop subgenre which has evolved through the late 1980s and early 1990s. The music is influenced by hip hop rap beats while the lyrics are sung out in a rap-style. The distinguishing factor here is the type of content in this sub-genre and the musical instruments used.

The lyrics are often Afrocentric; laying emphasis on the importance of African people. They themes also follow political consciousness, historical awareness, intellectual thoughts, conscious rap and the general positivity. One can understand, hence, why this genre isn't a popular choice or a favorite among many. It talks of reality and the reality that affects all of us. People choose to turn a blind eye to the "ill" of our society because it is a simpler path to take. Jazz-rap on the other hand, makes the bold attempt to lurch forward and uplift the set-up in which we live. One of the most renowned South-African groups which laid the foundation for this kind of rapping and influenced hip hop music greatly was the "Last poets".  They emerged from the Black Nationalist thread of the civil rights moments in the late 1960s and went on to make music which understood social commitment. Among other artists and groups who played a poignant role in the emergence of the genre is Louis Amstrong with his 1925 rap song – "Heebie Jeebies", Gill Scott-Heron, and the Watts Prophets. They initiated the use of jazzy tracks. Following the innovative trends, came the band "Cargo" with the single "Jazz Rap" from the album with the same title; and thus went down as the first recorded jazz-rap-single. The genre had arrived.

Talking about the instruments, the musical style is distinguished by the use of the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, electric-guitar, electric-bass, drums and turntables. These are a few common instruments basically used for the typical jazz-instrumentation.

The jazzy auditory themes are the real flavor of the music. The lyrics and the rhythm make this form stand a part. For a music lover, with an intellectual aptitude and a hunger for good music this is where we stop.

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The internet in the last few years has become one of the best ways for rappers and songwriters to connect with producers. If you need a beat at 5am on a Sunday morning and your local beat maker is still recovering from last nights parties there are many site that you can browse beats and start writing.

Some of the best websites on the internet to get beats are:

Soundclick.com - Soundclick has got tons of tracks from producers just starting out. Its also a great place for artists of any genre to show off and sell there music. The down side of soundtrack is many of the producers and beatmakers are new, and not everyone knows how to handle business. Newbie producers on soundclick are also famous for disapearing when you need to get a high quality copy of the beat.

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Rocbattle.com - This is a website hosted by a well known producer that lets other producers sell there beats. There are some great tracks on there but you must sift through tons stuff to find the gems. The tracks are also a bit trendy so they get dated quickly.

HowToBeAnMC.com - If you dont mind waiting for a CD. HowToBeAnMC.com has instrumentals from every major hip hop and rap artist. Biggie instrumentals, Tupac Instrumentals, Nas, what ever you want to rhyme over the instrumentals are availble on CD. The bad news is, your not going to be able your sell your stuff because they are are not orignal beats.

When your putting together and Album, Mixtape, Demo get proffesional help. A 2 track beat that you rhyme over in Garage Band can sound alot better when you have an actual recording engineer work with you, record, and mix your vocals in a program like Protools or Logic.

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