What is a Hip-Hop Remix? v.1
by a Guest Author
The Hip-Hop remix is the driving force behind the massive success of Hip-Hop as the remix is responsible for the expansion of the music genre and culture world-wide. What is special about Hip-Hop is that you can transform ANY type of music into a hip-hop song; only if done correctly of course.
Hip-Hop originated from the sounds of reggae, jazz, and disco. Since then it has been remixed and remade into almost all genres of music while still keeping its original form. From Run-DMC and Aerosmith with “Walk this way” to Nelly and Tim McGraw with “Over and Over”; Hip-Hop has extended its boundaries farther than any other music genre ever.
A “Hip-hop” remix is an original form of music in its own, there is no other music genre that remakes a song that is still fresh on the market and make it into a “remix” and receive more airtime for the same song. The song usually contains the original beat just slightly modified with a either new artist or several new artists on the song. This has been done countless times through several world wide stars such as P. Diddy who is infamous for remixes and remakes. Jermaine Dupri is another super producer who is infamous for remixing hip-hop songs. A lot of hip-hop producers have been able to branch out to other music genres because of this, such as DJ Premier producing tracks for Christina Aguilera or J.D. himself producing songs for Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson.
Another element to a hip-hop remix would be it’s sister music genre; R&B. More than often the two merge together for an original song, tracing it’s grand exposure back to Mary J. Blige ft. Method Man with “You are all I need”. A Hip-Hop remix usually adds a form of R&B if it fits the song or the aim of the dj/producer making the remix. R&B now actually often has remixes adding in its brother genre Hip-Hop to make it an official remix. Many songs, Hip-hop and R&B, could have many different remixes. As a matter of fact so many remixes that there would be an “Official Remix” or Master Remix, as opposed to a remix made by a third party where the DJ/Producer would mix and match Rap and R&B verses with an instrumental that could be from any genre of music.
The Hip-hop remix is a major component to the success of Hip-Hop today. It has allowed hip-hop to merge with other music genres and form new fans (i.e. Jay-z & Linkin Park). Hip-hop is the LARGEST and LONGEST running music genre in history because of its ability to reshape and adapt. Every other music genre has its “time” but as for hip-hop has no time, it will be here as long as music is alive. Hip-hop is NOT dead…that’s impossible.
The “Hip-Hop Remixed” articles are a series of articles that displays the different elements of hip-hop from the power of an actual hip-hip remix to hip-hop being used in forms other than music, thus “remixing” the purpose of hip-hop.
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