Hip Hop Music: East Coast, West Coast, Dirty South, and Midwest Rap Ess

The beauty of hip hop is that it is malleable. It is not defined by strict boundaries but by treble characteristics. Young artist J. Cole (2013) explains this best by stating in an interview, I think theres no rules in rap. You can say what you want. Thats your poetical license to test peoples boundaries. (p.1) The results of such malleability and the need to experiment within the unwritten boundaries of hip hop are the birth of various styles and sectors/scenes in America. These sectors are represented by the geographic location of the artists and the distinctive sounds and styles that the artists utilize. For years the literary genre of hip hop was found pri marching musicily in the united States in these particular scenes. In the past few years, however, Toronto has been making waves and slowly making a name for itself in the rap game collect to the inbred artists gaining popularity and critical acclaim across the globe. As a result, it had come to question whether the Cana dian city can be defined as its scene due to styles the artists from the city are using or whether or not the artists are simply mocking styles from other distinct hip hop scenes in America. When the genre of hip hop music was starting to emerge to mainstream America it was not classified into distinctive groups based on the type of rapping. Instead, artists were labeled based on the geographic location they were hailing from. Until the mid-1980s, the majority of the rappers were hailing from the Big Apple. However with the introduction of new artists such as Ice-T and N.W.A., California would offer competition for the East Coast dominate genre. In the coming years, talented artists would emerge from all corners of the country. As a result, four distinctive scenes can b... ...so much?. The Guardian. Web. 15 may 2015.http//www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/29/drake-why-hate-me-so-muchMarkit. (2013, October 1). 5 up and coming hip hop artists in Toronto. blogTO RSS. Web. 1 May 201 5.http//www.blogto.com/music/2013/10/5_up_and_coming_hip_hop_artists_in_toronto/One, D. (2001, December 1). The Geography Of Hip Hop. VICE. Web. 12 May 2015.http//www.vice.com/read/the-geography-v8n10Walters, B. (2012, August 22). Frank Ocean, Miguel, and Holy Other Usher in PBR&B 2.0. SPIN. Web. 9 May 2015.http//www.spin.com/articles/frank-ocean-miguel-and-holy-other-usher-in-pbrb-20/Wheeler, B. (2013, April 26). The Toronto rappers who really started from the bottomAdd to .... The Globe and Mail. Web. 6 May 2015.http//www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/the-toronto-rappers-who-really-started-from-the-bottom/article11581851/