Elements of Hip Hop Culture: Beats & Rhymes

Today we explore two of the elements of Hip Hop culture: Beats (producing) & Rhymes (emceeing). Wordsmiths, beat-makers, lyricists, and sound providers. Those are some of the names Hip Hop culture uses to describe emcees and producers. How is being an emcee different from being a rapper? What’s up with sampling in hip hop? We talk with local Hip Hop artists who specialize in two of the core elements of hip hop. Beats and Rhymes. GUESTS: PE McCallum aka Pow Shadowz The General Kyna Ealey aka JusBam Ah Dell aka Ah-Deli Chris Jones aka M-SLAGO Brian Brown Sunil Rajan - aka Carmine Prophets Today's episode was produced by host Khalil Ekulona