proto-rap

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Performance art forms that served as precursors to rap, especially those that feature rhythmic spoken or half-sung lyrics. uncountable
    — They make much ado over Bob Dylan as a proto-rap pioneer, and taunt Public Enemy for being "unable to locate even one pure black source" (begging Chuck D's own question in "Fear of a Black Planet": "Who is Pure? What is pure?").
  2. A specific piece or performance delivered in such an art form. countable
    — Another source of rap, this one closer to home, was George Clinton's funk; we heard a proto-rap at the beginning of “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk).

词形变化

proto-raps plural protorap alternative

词源

From proto- + rap.
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