Hip-House

tagStarted 1986Peak 1988-1992Last big hit 1998From Chicago, United States

Located in 2 routes

Hip-Hop / Rap → Club / Dance / Electronic Rap Electronic / Dance → House / Club House

House music's four-on-the-floor kick, piano stabs, and 120-plus-BPM pulse topped with rapped vocals and club-centric hooks. Brighter and more euphoric than most rap, it marries Chicago house energy to MC cadence, hand-clap snares, soulful diva ad-libs, and party chants, dance-rap built for the warehouse rather than the corner.

History

Born in 1988 Chicago when Fast Eddie and Tyree Cooper rapped over house beats; the Beatmasters' 1986 'Rok da House' is a UK forerunner. New York's Jungle Brothers reworked a Todd Terry track for 'I'll House You,' and Belgium's Technotronic took 'Pump Up the Jam' worldwide in 1989, marrying house to rap on the global charts.

Defining artists

Fast EddieSpotify YouTube
Tyree CooperSpotify YouTube
TechnotronicSpotify YouTube
Jungle BrothersSpotify YouTube
Snap!Spotify YouTube
The BeatmastersSpotify YouTube

Essential listening

Pump Up the Jam — TechnotronicSpotify YouTube
I'll House You — Jungle BrothersSpotify YouTube
Hip House — Fast EddieSpotify YouTube
Turn Up the Bass — Tyree CooperSpotify YouTube
The Power — Snap!Spotify YouTube

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Sources

Wikipedia: Hip house
Red Bull Music Academy Daily: Hip House Oral History
Critical Minded: First Wave Hip-House 1988-1990