theprof00 on 08 August 2008
not really rap is a part of hip hop nation.
beats by themselves is not rap, but it could be hip hop.
a person vocalizing in "rap" style is rap, but doesn't necessarily have to be hip hop.
hip hop is everything street, it's a way of life more than just music. it's bboying, and1 basketball, mc'ing.
nowadays rap is defined coloqially as the hard core stuff, and hip hop is more casual. outkast would be considered hip-hop but they are so different from hip hop i doubt it even qualifies as being hip hop. It is it's own.
