Elements Of Hip Hop


1. bboying
2. mcing
3. graffiti
4. djing
5. knowledge, culture and overstanding

there are lesser elements of hip hop including fashion, promoting, beatboxing, funkstyles, flyer-making, and many others. however, these are often debated as to whether they are hip hop elements, or simply a part of hip hop culture.
the universal zulu nation spreads the word of peace, love, unity, and having fun through the many elements of hip hop culture.
5 elements of hip hop:
1.bboying
2.mcing
3.graffiti
4. djing
5. knowledge
praise the 2 the zulu nation, the first hip hop activist organization which defined the elements of hip hop.
the elements are:
1st – breakdancing (bboying)
2nd – emcee
3rd – dj
4th – graffitti

the other one is the 5th which is beat boxing.
know your elements of hip hop!
1. bboying
2. mcing
3. graffiti
4. djing
5. knowledge, culture and understanding

there are lesser elements of hip hop including fashion, promoting, beatboxing, funkstyles, flyer-making, and many others. however, these are often debated as to whether they are hip hop elements, or simply a part of hip hop culture.
the universal zulu nation spreads the word of peace, love, unity, and having fun through the elements of hip hop culture.
elements of hip hop:
1.bboying not breakdancing, bboying
2.mcing
3.tagging/graffiti
4.djing

some know a fifth element, it is knowledge.
stupid nonbreaker: omg can you breakdance can you breakdance?!?! show me now show me now! can you do that thing where you spin on your head?!?!

true bboy: f-ck you.
1. mc
2. dj
3. breakdancing
4. graffiti
5. crowd partic-p-tion
as heard in the jurrasic 5 song “lausd” from their quality control alb-m, the elements of hip-hop include the crowd. knowledge is good, but without crowd partic-p-tion it’s nothing.
1.b-boyin’ or breakin
2.djin’
3.mcin’ or emceein’
4.graffiti or taggin’
5.????

alot of contraversy of the 5th element.some say that the 5th is fasion(i.ei clothes/image),beatboxin(could be put under mcin’ n djin’).but i say its tha hip hop culture itself,n like tha rings in tha phantom and in tha movie 5 elements, all tha elements go into tha final to make tha painting complete.
“the five elements of hip hop…djin’,mcin’, breakin, and graffiti” -arsonists

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