Pinoy Hiphop
By Charlie. Filed in Music |
With names like Gloc9, MC Duane, and Pambansang Kamao, there’s no question that this is the realm of Pinoy Hiphop. The recent winners have been playing a particularly eclectic number of styles, but then again, hiphop has always been eclectic. That may be its most consistent defining characteristic, other than the roots. In Manila, the hiphop is as bold as life, and as urgent as any message with a medium that can keep up.
It might surprise some to learn that hiphop is big in Manila , but to others, it’s very old news by now. The cultures here are very adept in adopting and modifying art forms from all over the globe, but it’s always been particularly porous when it comes to U.S. culture. Artists can be as hospitable as the hotels in Manila , and they always add their own versions of local rhythm and intonation to make it something that can’t be heard anywhere else on the planet.
However. It’s also become apparent that Pinoy hiphop is starting to work its way back into U.S. hiphop, as these things always move in both directions. Members of the Neptunes and the Black Eyed Peas are of Pinoy origin, and the Manila sounds are getting global.
It seems like an inevitable, if not altogether logical, direction. The hiphop community today is very large, and very vibrant, but it’s been that way almost since the beginnings of hiphop in the U.S. Old school songs were imported almost as soon as they were recorded, and the kids here also grew up listening to the same things as the kids there. The golden age may have happened in the 90s on both sides, but there’s enough happening right now to suggest that the golden age was just a whisper of what’s still to come.
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