People
Places
Aspects and Types of Hip Hop
Concepts
Other
100

slang for breakdancers

b-boys

100

Pivotal places that helped spark the fire of hip hop in Japan. Includes clubs and recording students. Helped link the global to Japan.

Genba

100

More fun, lighter rap that talks about girls, summer, youth culture. Fun. Includes slang.

Party Rap

100

the area of inquiry used by Ian Condry to study hip hop in Japan

belonging

100

1983 American film that introduced the art of breakdancing to Japanese youth

Wild Styles

200

recorded the first hip hop single that sold 1 million copies in Japan

Sha Dara Parr

200

Hip hop festival where rappers message was promoting the hip hop value of social justice

Thump Camp

200

Sub-genre of rap that discusses the values of social justice in societies.

Underground Hip Hop

200

the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale (theory used by Condry to study hip hop in Japan)

globalization

200

Japanese hip hop fans that were overly devoted to a particular style/trend in hip hop and dedicated themselves to that style/trend

otaku
300

Influenced by the dancing he became Japan's first B-Boy and began breakdancing and recording hip hop albums

Crazy-A

300

a breakdancing festival performed in 1997 to showcase how Globalization was at work without the forces of big business

Yoyogi Park

300

an aspect of hip hop that challenged one another to dance-offs while listening to music

breakdancing

300

the actions of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission

cultural appropriation

300

cuteness sells in the entertainment industry in Japan especially for female artists

Kawaii

400

key figure in developing the underground hip hop scene in Japan; wrote protest anthems about Burakumin

ECD

400

Hip Hop festival where the rappers message was promoting the hip hop value of having fun

Lil Bird Festival

400
old world style of Japanese culture seeing itself as one world, one language, one culture

nihinjinron

400

the process by which people in local areas take global products in order for them to fit regionally

glocalization

400

Japanese hip hop fans that were considered trendy fans who only got into hip hop because they thought it was cool

shinjinrui

500

Ito Seiko

made a record album "Mess/Age" in 19889 and began infusing English into his rap; felt it important to tackle the ideas of language in hip hop

500

where MA$A coached Drunkk for hours to improve his performance, nit-picking where every word was emphasized and which sounds were on the beat

recording studio

500

the realness of a hip hop artist or performance, metrics for this differ but often include a measure of honoring the roots of the genre as well as how much an audience enjoys the performative skills presented

authenticity

500

the imperialistic ambitions of nations, corporations, and organizations and their desire to impose themselves on various societies and cultures

grobalization

500

a rapper whose lyrics are more aggress and imagery includes driving fancy cars, pretending to be a hitman, fantasizing about being a gangster --> imagery is similar to American hip hop

Dabo