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the four elements
Successful hip-hop artists inculde [[DJ Shadow]], [[Eminem]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[The Sugarhill Gang]], [[NWA]], [[Kanye West]] and [[Notorious B.I.G]].
Successful hip-hop artists inculde [[DJ Shadow]], [[Eminem]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[The Sugarhill Gang]], [[NWA]], [[Kanye West]] and [[Notorious B.I.G]].
== The four elements ==
During the 1980s, the nascent culture of hip-hop was seen encompassing more than just music. Originally, there were said to be four elements of hip-hop:
* rapping
* DJing, ie playing the records that provided the musical background for rapping
* breakdancing
* [[graffiti]], in the disctinctive style that has now spread all over the Western world.
However, hip-hop graffiti and dancing are now niche interests whose popularity is dwarfed by the global ubiquity of hip-hop music. Even DJing is now largely marginalised, as modern hip-hop music now mainly performed by solo rappers over pre-produced beats, rather than the 'crews' of rappers and DJs who were popular in the early days of the genre.
==Criticism==
==Criticism==