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kozmonyet t1_izvzuhb wrote

I would argue that Rap and many other musical genres cannot be traced back to an origin at all. Like most things, they are the sum of many influences over longer periods and are more akin to evolutionary in development than spontaneous appearance.

Bad poetry to rhythmic music has been around a lot longer than 80 years.

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Ma3vis t1_izw1zav wrote

Yeah, I remember a TIL that was basically about vikings having rap battles against one another. There was diss track levels of poetry in Rome and other historical societies as well

Personally tho I theorize that all edm music can be traced back to James Brown, due to his use of rhythm and loops

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darkbee83 t1_izwh1h3 wrote

Funk may or may not have been a base for house, it most definitely was for hip-hop: tons of samples were taken from old funk and soul records (the Amen-break being used the most, but Funky drummer and others being not far behind).

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Fenix42 t1_izw9w1s wrote

EDM is basically modern disco. Disco has strong ties to early R&B. You might be onto something.

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