Hip-Hop: Rhymes and Beats

Section 2 Explore Rap Verses

Listen to Four Rap Verses

• Listen carefully to four examples of rap verses. Consider how the energy and attitude of the rap verses fit with that of the accompaniment tracks.
  

Rap example 1

Rap example 2

Rap example 3

Rap example 4

• Use the chart in Section 2 on your worksheet to help you evaluate the relationship between the rap verses and the rap tracks.
• You might notice that rap example 4 uses a Caribbean dialect to capture the speech rhythms and overall flavor of a Caribbean island. This flavor is important to the rap's lyrics, which describe how Caribbean music impacts world music.

Learn more about the Caribbean rap lyrics.

Now continue to Section 3.