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Design Graffiti Alphabets Letter N

Design Graffiti Alphabets Letter N

Design Graffiti Alphabets Letter N Classic

Aerial7 Graffiti Headphones One Pacifier Short of a Personal Rave

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HIP HOP Graffiti Street Art - Rap Graffiti Music

Music with graffiti is a great unity despite having different backgrounds. Mainly hip hop (rap) has become an important part in graffiti art during this. And 4 elements in hip hop music that is:

1. Graffiti
Hip-Hop culture warmly accepted Graffiti. Graffiti is mostly drawn or written illegally on public property. Its artists' purposes are usually for artistic expression, the marking of gang territories, and public protest. For example before the Gulf War, the mayor of Paris called on Graffiti artists to draw on a certain wall, protesting the war in Iraq.

2. Rap (MC'ing)
Rap is spoken over the accompaniment of "mixed" music. In Hip-Hop there are different kinds of rap; political rap, rap accompanied by jazz, alternative rap and more. The most popular style of rapping is the "gangster rap", describing the close proximity between rappers and the criminal lifestyle.

3. The DJ
Unlike electronic music, he/she creates their own music live, by mixing records, scratching, and improvising.

4. Break Dance
Break-dancing is a sort of acrobatic dance, significant to the foundation of Hip-Hop. The character of the dance is sharp and short movements combined with flowing and wave-like motion, along with difficult floor acrobatics structured on balance techniques, and spinning on body parts such as the head, shoulders, stomach etc. A famous element of the break-dance is the "moonwalk" one of Michael Jackson signature moves. Break-dance music is electronic combined with "scratching". This style was most popular during the 80's, when one would find break-dancers at street corners and city-squares.

5. Beat-Boxing
Besides the 4 elements of hip hop, Beat-Boxing is viewed by many people as the 5 th element of Hip-Hop. Beat-Boxing is the art-form of making beats and music with the mouth. The term Beat-Box is taken from the name of the first drum machines. Its founders are Dog E Fresh and Buffy and Biz Marqi. Beat-Boxing was extremely popular in the 80's but lost its identity in the 90's, and is slowly returning now to the ring.

HIP HOP Graffiti Street Art - Rap Graffiti Music

Graffiti - Hosier Lane, Melbourne

Graffiti - photographed down Hosier Lane in Melbourne

Hosier Lane, on the southern end of Melbourne's CBD, is famous for it's street art and graffiti. The graffiti covered walls have become a back drop for fashion and wedding photography as well as being a tourist attraction. The lane is also featured in state sponsored tourism campaigns and other publications. Everything along the lane, including the bins which are shown in one of the images below, is covered in Graffiti. The street art on the walls along Hosier lane is legal. More images inside.

Graffiti - photographed down Hosier Lane in Melbourne

While I was photographing the lane, several groups of tourists and school children were being guided through. A number of other photographers were also wondering along the lane capturing images of whatever caught their eye. Below is a selection of images which I managed to capture over the two hours I spent in the area.