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African-American music vs hip-hop

hip-hop vs African-American music

African-American music and hip-hop both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
African-American music Yes No No No
hip-hop Yes No No No
As nouns, hip-hop is a hyponym of African-American music; that is, hip-hop is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than African-American music:
  • African-American music: music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
  • hip-hop: genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
Other hyponyms of African-American music include blues, soul, rap, rap music, R and B, rhythm and blues.
African-American music (noun) hip-hop (noun)
music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
Difference between African-American music and hip-hop

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