Hurban n. a commercial radio programming format made of music intended to be popular with Black and Spanish-speaking city-dwellers. Editorial Note: The format usually emphasizes reggaeton, dancehall, and English- and Spanish-language hip-hop, but...
hiplife n. a musical genre from Ghana which combines elements of American-style hip-hop and the Ghanaian pop genre known as highlife. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
hiplife n.— «In hiplife, hip-hop beats fuse with raps in any of Ghana’s many languages or English-language raps ride beats that incorporate elements of highlife, Ghana’s indigenous pop style.» —“Fusion-Based Hiplife Genre Invigorates...
backpack rap n.— «I think that’s already happening in the form of what Stretch Armstrong disdainfully calls “backpack rap”—emphasis on lyrics and/or bugged production, with head-nodding a low priority. unfortunately, this kind...
hiplife n.— «Hiplife was almost solely the brainchild of Reginald “Reggie Rockstone” Osei. Memory lane: Whilst we were both in Accra from London on Christmas holidays in 1994, I vividly recollect meeting Reggie at a friend’s...
ho-wop n.— «On “My Baby’s Lost,” [Eamon] even sounds like a potty-mouthed Frankie Vali. The New York crooner claims to have masterminded a new genre he calls “ho-wop”: “raw hip- hop and smooth doo-wop...