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Hip Hop Christmas Songs
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Christmas is a holy event not just for the Christians but also to the people belonging to other religions. It is a time of the year when we engage in spontaneous mirth with our near and dear ones. The occasion of Christmas remains unfulfilled to a great extent without Christmas Music, ranging from Christmas carols to Hip Hop Christmas Songs. Various genres of Christmas songs have evolved over the years, adding an extra edge to the fiesta of fun. Hip Hop Christmas Songs are perfectly in accordance to the free flowing nature of Hip Hop music. This genre of Christmas music focuses on narrating tales in a rhythmically lyrical form using techniques such as alliteration and assonance. Very close to rap songs, Hip Hop Christmas Songs have become extremely popular in most parts of the world.
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One of the cardinal features of Hip Hop Christmas Songs is DJing blended with graffiti art and break-dancing. The spontaneous characteristic of the performance lets people relate themselves to the thematic nature of Christmas itself.
Kirk Franklin is arguably one of the pioneering exponents of Hip Hop Christmas music. This Afro American musician has intermingled R&B, gospel and hip hop with the precision of a genius craftsman. His album titled Christmas stayed at the top of the Gospel chart in the USA for 8 consecutive weeks and is still regarded as one of the leading modern Christmas album.
Among the other artists who have performed hip hop music on Christmas, the worth mentioning names are Dirty Boyz, Young Lo, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, James Brown, Christopher Robinson, John Tavener, Tim HughAaron Neville, Mahalia Jackson, Max Roach and Destiny's Child.
So get into the party mode with your friends by putting on lively hip hop numbers!
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