Abstracthiphop combines elements of hip hop with experimental and avant-garde sounds, while also incorporating jazz, funk, soul, and electronic music. The genre is characterized by unconventional production techniques, abstract and often surrealistic lyrical content, and use of samples from a wide range of sources.
Originally produced in the United States, abstract hip hop has since spread to other parts of the world. This form of music, which eschews many of the conventions of traditional rap music, has become increasingly popular in underground hip hop scenes around the world in recent years.
Writing and hip hop culture combine to create a unique, edgy aesthetic that is both intriguing and addicting. Teachers are using hip hop literature in the classroom, and writers for kids, teens, and young adults are telling Hip Hop tales that address social justice issues.
Hip hop plays and musicals explore issues involving race, class, gender, and sexuality. They also explore the strength of activism and empowerment and questions of identity.
When writers began to enter the Hip Hop scene, their work reflected a hunger for inspiration and an eagerness to create. They added illustrations and second colors to stylized bubble and block lettering, jumped over fences, and trespassed in subway tunnels to paint the sides of subway cars with elaborate designs.
This creativity was infectious and the competition between writers to see who could create the coolest design was one of the driving forces in Hip Hop. It was an art form that grew out of the urban ghettos, where young people had few options to express themselves in their own words or to find a place for themselves.
