Currently, there are a group of rappers in China who have been using positive language and methods to tell Chinese culture and the lives of young people nowadays. It is an art form completely different from black culture. Moreover, there are many academic masters hidden in Chinese rap singers. The lyrics they write are unique, either to promote the righteousness of China or to inspire life, full of positive energy. These unique and sharp expressions of
have made more and more people like Chinese rap.
You fan of rap idol, may be a low-key high-educated tyrant
"Rocker does not hold an umbrella, Rapper does not go to work", the person who says this will be beaten. Nowadays, if your education is not enough, you may not even be able to write a punchline.
Duo Lei of "China New Rap" graduated from the Department of Automotive Engineering of Tsinghua University. The first rap MV "Water Wood Road" was filmed by the school. A few lyrics contained the beauty and domineering of Greater China, and the beauty and dominance of Tsinghua University. It's not that Xueba couldn't write such lyrics.
"I am not from the underground, nor is it an idol. I am inspired by school. I only write the most authentic demos. Don't ask me what style I am. My style is young."
-Duo Lei "The Crown"
Mans, all the seas fill the wastes, the clear water and the wood are in the center, and the blood is in the middle."
-Duo Lei's "Water Wood Road"
Speaking of Xueba playing rap, Kong Lingqi, who graduated from Peking University, is naturally one. He is not a member of the so-and-so label or a popular player in the so-and-so draft, but an authentic "rap culture promoter". A rap culture program he hosted has been broadcast for twelve years.
and L4WUDU (Le is Wudu) of "New Rap in China" this season, known as "the first person in Chinese trap", from childhood to most of the "children of other people", when he was in high school, he was in a key middle school in Chongqing —— Chongqing No. 8 Middle School goes to school. When I was in college, I went to study at Michigan State University in the United States. I first studied engineering, and then I was not interested in media undergraduate. In an interview with VICE,
said that his purpose is to sing in Chinese and sing the purest feeling of Trap. As early as 2015, he actually did it successfully.
Turbo is also from Michigan State University in the United States. The founder of the Gosh Music label, returned to his hometown after living in Canada and devoted himself to music creation. With its magnetic voice and sunshine, it became the warmest temperament in the Gosh family. International Rapper".
also studied at Michigan State University in the United States and Ranzer from the SUP label. He is also a member of Leica Artist CN, a user platform for Leica cameras. He integrated his experience at Michigan State University into the song, and only then has the Chinese and Western combination of "Bout’ Dat Life". Recently, he and GAI, Dasha recently released "Tou Ming Zhuang" which is an authentic Chinese song.
I came here from the desert, flying sand and Gobi, you and my land
I am famous from Sanxiang, Four Seas and Five Lakes and more than seven heroes and five righteousness
——GAI Zhou Yan/Dasha/Ranzer "Certificate"
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) was also born There are quite a few rappers that everyone is familiar with. For example, lu1, with four major work experience, graduated from UCLA with a perfect score in computer science, is said to be good at "giving rap the sunshine of California." There are also Feezy, XZT of the Zhihuo Gang, and Yang Hesu who is participating in this season of "China New Rap", all of whom graduated from UCLA, a prestigious school. Feezy is UCLA ’16 majoring in applied mathematics and minoring in philosophy; XZT is UCLA ’16 mathematics and economics major, and Yang and Su have double degrees in philosophy and economics.
In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that Zhihuo Gang is a "rap group from the world's top prestigious schools", because another member Zigga, he has studied at the top American liberal arts college Swarthmore College (Swarthmore College) and ranked The University of Chicago UChicago is the third largest in the United States.
has no swear words and curses, but rap is mostly family loveLove and friendship
In fact, with the development of rap music in China, the content it expresses is no longer what people thought in the past. You can hear many touching songs about family, love and friendship.
For example, last year's "China New Rap" champion Ai Ge, everyone knows through the tender love song "I want to take off the stars for you, take off the moon for you, take off the sun for you, and I will give you everything you want" he. Along the way, in addition to the brainwashing of the most Soviet love song "Planet Fall" for the audience, there are also classics such as "Giant" dedicated to mothers, "In the Dark Clouds" to redeem the predecessor, and "Little People" that ride a camel to conquer skyscrapers. Made.
You took my hand and taught me to walk, you touched my head and kissed my hands and feet proudly
There may be too many blurry pictures that make me unimpressed, but they can never be erased, you are to me All the influence of
-Ai Ge's "Giant"
returns to the music itself. Rap is no longer a BATTLE scene with pigtails and swear words. It is a form of music that contains the connotation of family, friendship, and love. A stage where singers are positive, sunny and positive. You can hear the expectation of Na Wukere for his newborn baby, hear the innocent teenager's love for the girl he loves, hear the firm defense of friendship:
can't bully your mother and make her cry, because compared to you I love your mommy
even more——Why haven’t I received the Morse code from me in "Paper Airplane"
? When you get up, my heartbeat is like an earthquake. I have begun to imagine your unique body temperature
——Wang Yitai Keeping your eyes on"
stepped on the ground, for home, for my brother; stepped on the ground, for her, for me and you
-Ai Re / Zhou Tanghao / Wang Qiming WatchMe / ICE "Stand Up on the Ground"
rap is just a form, Chinese rap singing What is Chinese culture and positive energy
The development of Chinese rap music has become an important form of expressing Chinese culture and positive energy. Dialect rap, pop singer rap, red song rap, everyone can feel full of positive energy. The song of
L4WUDU can remind people of Chongqing’s pride again: "Le is a foggy city", Nawu Kere, a song that let people all over the country know the word "son doll" in Xinjiang, Liu Cong's song can simply take you Take a stroll in Hunan.
Xiaolongkan is my hood (hometown), the earliest city center of Shapingba
walked from childhood to the big road, all of them were nursery drivers
——L4WUDU "Night in the Fog"
You call me my son doll (man), I From Urumqi represents Balangzi (a young man), I grew up from snacks of beef and lamb
-Nawu Ke Hot "Son Doll"
Every time I pass by the Monkey Rock and look at the Xiang River, the young Mao Zedong stands on the revolutionary river
A real hustler has to work hard, the wind blows away the dark clouds on the top of Yuelu Mountain and reveals the sun
——Liu CongKEY.L / $CC731
Pop singers also participate in the creation of rap music, and the response is also very good.
This year's "I'm a Singer and Composer" program, Wang Yuan used dialect to sing "Nothing to Tell" and beat hot dogs.
Chongqing, you know that there are many mountains, Chongqing, you know that there are many temples
Chongqing, you know that there are many dams, if you don’t believe me, I will show you one
——Wang Yuan "Can’t Be Told" The song "Almost Girl" pays tribute to hot dogs and sings the girl's fighting spirit in working and living in society.
is almost almost the same. Life really shouldn’t be this way.
, like the song I sang, is almost the same. If you can see through
, it’s just the same bubble. In the red songs, for example, the song "This is China" and "My Country" created by the Chengdu rap group Tianfu Incident has been reposted and praised by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.
I love you China, it’s a nice song
when we were young, I heard Mom and Dad sang
and now we are proud to say that my country
is amazing-Tianfu Incident/Shanghai Aying/JarStick/Wang Da Mole "My country is amazing"
rap is even used by the police Anti-fraud propaganda: Haidian police compiled a telecom anti-fraud propaganda video, which has been broadcasted over 10 million in 3 days. It was called by netizens as "scammers watched the weak police rap conference."
As early as more than ten years ago, Jay Chou wrote mature Chinese raps such as "Nunchaku", "Bullfighting", and "Peninsula Iron Box"; in addition to his fast-boy debut, he was also the first batch of rappers in China . Nowadays, Wu Yifan, a representative of the younger generation of Chinese rap, says that he wants to find the Chinese style of rap music. His creations "Heaven and Earth" and "Big Bowl Wide Noodles" have successfully won the love of young people.
Good music does not depend on academic qualifications, but more highly educated academics participate in the creation of Chinese rap, which can give young people a better role model. How to express Chinese culture and Chinese stories and make people feel the positive energy with empathy is the direction that every music practitioner needs to work hard on.
