Hip-hop is an expression of people. In particular, it is usually the truth expressed to the streets through the youth. It's what we see every day. It's the freedom to create with your heart and say whatever is on your mind. Truly, it is the music of culture, people, and a reflection of society. Life is culture and culture is expressed though hip-hop, so it could be said that hip-hop can take us where we want to go!
Make'n rhymes doesn't necessarily make you a hip-hop artists; it makes you a rapper. Hip-hop is about using your heart to create something others can feel! (Hearing it, understanding it, and liking it all mean nothing if the person listening to the music doesn't feel any emotion evoked from within themselves due to your rhymes.) To put it simply, hip-hop is what is being lived, rap is something that is being done.
Rap is the main component of hip-hop. Taken alone, the lyrical form does not included the cultural expression that is associated with hip-hop. A good rap not only has a good rhyme scheme but it is clever. It can also be argued that good rap doesn't have (or need) a beat. The point is to entertain with words rather than express cultural sentiments through music.
Rap is rap, and some rappers are just bad people so it makes the lyrical form look bad when it is really just those individuals. Coporate America loves (gangsta) rap music because it makes alot of money from sensionalizing violence, crime, and celebrating the objectification of women.
When it comes to my music, Apollo (and for the most part, Dionysus) is me, Apollo is why I'm in hip-hop. But E$ is my show, my act, me "just rapping" ...although, I do like to blur the lines.
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