A rap opera or hip hopera is a musical work in hip hop style with operatic form. The terms have been used to describe both dramatic works and concept albums , and hip hopera has also been used for works drawing more heavily on contemporary R&B than other hip hop such as rap.
20-501: For the genre, see rap opera . 1994 studio album by Volume 10 Hip-Hopera [REDACTED] Studio album by Volume 10 Released April 26, 1994 ( 1994-04-26 ) Genre Hip hop Length 61 : 49 Label Immortal Records , RCA Records Producer Moe Dee, Bosco Kante, Fat Jack, Baka Boyz , Theodore Stanley, Cut Chemist , DJ Homicide , Massive, Coze, Soup, Stone
40-413: A contemporary, hip-hop musical works quite well, and represents one of the more original recent efforts to create a new form from an old one." AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG ) is an American online music database . It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands . Initiated in 1991,
60-464: A database engineer, Vladimir Bogdanov , to design the All Music Guide framework, and recruited his nephew, writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine , to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music". 1,400 subgenres of music were created,
80-467: A feature that became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in Tedium , Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of the most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it's one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn't just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with the tone of the music and the platforms on which
100-506: Is adopting modern hip hop beats to appeal to the modern youth. The Moon Prince: A Rap Opera , is another community-led rap opera for youth featured in Charlotte and Boston. There have been mixed responses to the usage of rap opera. Theater critic Steven Oxman gave his feedback on Carmen: A Hip Hopera , stating " Carmen is MTV's first 'Hip Hopera', and while that phrase may be way too cute for its own good, this reworking of Bizet's opera into
120-524: Is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Album articles lacking alt text for covers Rap opera The word hip hopera is a portmanteau of hip hop and opera . An early use of the phrase was a 1994 album of that name by Volume 10 (although not a concept album). The first dramatic production to use the term was a 2001 telefilm by MTV , titled Carmen: A Hip Hopera . The word received increased use after 2005, in describing R&B singer R. Kelly 's Trapped in
140-1047: Is the debut studio album by Volume 10 . It was released on Immortal Records and RCA Records in 1994. It peaked at number 66 on Billboard ' s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Track listing [ edit ] No. Title Producer(s) Length 1. "A'cappella / Stylesondeck" Moe Doe, Bosco Kante 4:13 2. "Where's the Sniper?" Bosco Kante 4:34 3. "A Real Freestyle" Fat Jack 4:49 4. "Pistolgrip Pump" Baka Boyz 2:57 5. "Mom & Deb" Fat Jack 1:33 6. "Sho Is Hype" Theodore Stanley, Cut Chemist 5:22 7. "Hip-Hopera" Baka Boyz 4:58 8. "Interlude / Tops Wall" DJ Homicide 1:05 9. "First Born" Fat Jack 4:49 10. "Knockoutchaskull" Moe Doe, Bosco Kante 3:02 11. "Home Alone" Fat Jack 3:27 12. "Harderthanallya'll" Massive, Fat Jack 4:03 13. "Sunbeams" Coze, Soup, Stone
160-451: The Closet series. Rap opera, also known as hip-hopera, is a hybrid genre between rap and opera. Opera is a musical genre that began in the late 16th century. Hip hop is a much newer musical genre that became popular during the 1970s. Historically, both rap and opera have been used as a form of expression and storytelling. Now in popular culture, the fusion of the two genres is being used for
180-559: The Lunatic Volume 10 chronology Hip-Hopera (1994) Psycho (2000) Singles from Hip-Hopera "Pistolgrip Pump" Released: 1993 "Sunbeams" Released: 1994 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] RapReviews.com 7.5/10 Vinyl Addicts favorable Hip-Hopera
200-797: The Lunatic 3:00 14. "Tops Toe" DJ Homicide 0:59 15. "Flow Wood" Baka Boyz 3:34 16. "Tricks-N-Hoes" Fat Jack 3:52 17. "What's Up To..." Fat Jack 4:03 Charts [ edit ] Chart Peak position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) 66 References [ edit ] ^ Gabriel, Robert. "Hip-Hopera - Volume 10" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 6, 2017 . ^ Juon, Steve (December 2, 2008). "Volume 10 :: Hip-Hopera :: Immortal/RCA Records" . RapReviews.com . Retrieved June 6, 2017 . ^ Smoov (December 7, 2005). "Volume 10 - Hip-Hopera LP" . Vinyl Addicts . Archived from
220-520: The Rap Opera Project. Carlos Aguirre, the creator of the Rap Opera Project, teaches rap opera to marginalized and at risk youth in his community. The project's intention is to give voice to individuals who have otherwise felt oppressed. Aguirre, channeling his own personal experience and youth as a minority, is using musical expression as a form of therapy. In the United Kingdom, traditional opera
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#1733093637957240-471: The database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne . AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine , a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as
260-502: The dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard . After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan , he founded All Music Guide with a goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since Enrico Caruso gave
280-621: The industry its first big boost". The first All Music Guide , published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music . Its first online version, in 1994, was a text-based Gopher site. It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user-friendly. Erlewine hired
300-566: The music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like sadcore ." In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $ 3.5 million. He left the company after its sale. Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle 's Yucaipa Equity Fund. In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor , where
320-859: The original on March 22, 2012 . Retrieved June 6, 2017 . ^ Kergan, Wade. "Volume 10 - Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved June 6, 2017 . ^ "Volume 10 - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" . Billboard . Archived from the original on May 19, 2018 . Retrieved April 11, 2018 . External links [ edit ] Hip-Hopera at Discogs (list of releases) Authority control databases [REDACTED] MusicBrainz release group Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hip-Hopera&oldid=1059679249 " Categories : 1994 debut albums Hip hop albums by American artists Immortal Records albums RCA Records albums Rap operas Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
340-517: The sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016). In 2012, AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams ' info from the site per a request from the artist. In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX, later known as RhythmOne . The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB . The All Media Network produced the All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide (at first released as The Experts' Guide ), which includes
360-519: The same purpose. Historically popular and classic pieces such as Carmen and Romeo and Juliet have been transformed into hip hop pieces. The use of hip hopera in popular culture began in 1997 when hip hop group The Fugees and Bounty Killer collaborated on a musical single titled " Hip-Hopera ." In 2001, the film Carmen: A Hip Hopera , a modern rendition of Georges Bizet 's 1875 opera Carmen aired on MTV . The film featured Beyoncé Knowles , as well as other rappers and modern musicians, and
380-407: The staff expanded from 12 to 100 people. By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors". In late 2007, AllMusic was purchased for $ 72 million by TiVo Corporation (known as Macrovision at the time of
400-408: Was renowned as "the first hip hop musical." Rome & Jewel , a 2006 Rennie Harris film is another hip hop rendition of William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet . In 2023, American rapper Latto and American singer Christina Aguilera released a rap opera-inspired song for the food delivery company Just Eat . Rap opera is also being used in communities through local organizations such as
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