{{short description|Music genre}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Hip house | other_names = {{hlist|Rap house|house rap}} | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[House music|House]]|[[hip-hop]]|[[acid house]]|[[pop rap]]}} | cultural_origins = Mid-to-late 1980s, [[London]], UK, and [[Chicago]], U.S. | derivatives = [[Eurodance]] | other_topics = {{hlist|[[List of house music artists|List of house artists and DJs]]|[[styles of house music]]|[[ghetto house]]}} }}
'''Hip house''', also known as '''rap house''' or '''house rap''', is a musical genre that mixes elements of [[house music]] and [[hip-hop]], which originated in both [[London]] and [[Chicago]] in the mid-to-late 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/hip-house-oral-history|title=Hip House: An Oral History|date=2 May 2016|work=[[Red Bull Music Academy]]|author=Phillip Mlynar}}</ref>
==History== A British collaboration between the electronic group [[Beatmasters]] and the rap duo [[Cookie Crew]] entitled "[[Rok da House]]" is cited as one of the first hip house tracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Cookie-Crew/93548/|title=Cookie Crew Reviews, Music, News}}</ref>
Minor controversy ensued in 1988 when a U.S. record called "Turn Up the Bass" by [[Tyree Cooper]] featuring Kool Rock Steady claimed it was the "first hip house record on vinyl". The [[Beatmasters]] disputed this, pointing out that "Rok da House" had originally been written and pressed to vinyl in 1986. The outfit then released "Who's in the House?" featuring British emcee Merlin, containing the lines "Beatmasters stand to attention, hip house is your invention" and "Watch out Tyree, we come faster". More claims to the hip-house crown were subsequently laid down by [[Fast Eddie (producer)|Fast Eddie]] in "Yo Yo Get Funky!", [[Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock]] with "[[It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)|It Takes Two]]", and [[Tony Scott (rapper)|Tony Scott]]'s "That's How I'm Living".
After successful releases by the Beatmasters, [[Deskee]], Tyree, KC Flightt, [[Doug Lazy]] and [[Mr. Lee (rapper)|Mr. Lee]], hip-house became popular in the [[acid house]] warehouse scene and [[nightclub]]s. Hip house also garnered substantial chart success.<ref name=essay>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/essay/|title=Hip House|author=Henderson, Alex|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=1 June 2010|archive-date=13 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113053923/http://allmusic.com/explore/essay|url-status=dead}}</ref> The style complemented sample-based records of the period, produced by British artists such as [[S-Express]], [[Bomb the Bass]] and [[MARRS]].
Hip house tracks featured on popular dance compilations including [[Telstar Records|Telstar]]'s ''Deep Heat'' compilation series and was championed by DJs such as [[Chad Jackson (DJ)|Chad Jackson]].
As house music emerged as a worldwide industry by the late 1980s, U.S. acts such as [[C+C Music Factory]] would use the hip house formula in hits such as "[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)|Gonna Make You Sweat]]", as well as the [[Eurodance]] {{nowrap|genre{{hsp}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}}}particularly with hits by the Belgian group [[Technotronic]] and the German groups [[Snap!]] and [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]].
==Influence on UK rave scene== Late 1980s hip house releases by UK artists such as [[Double Trouble (dance music producers)|Double Trouble]] and [[Rebel MC]], [[Blapps Posse]] and [[Shut Up and Dance (duo)|Shut Up and Dance]] were an early influence towards the early 1990s UK [[rave]] scene and the [[breakbeat hardcore]] genre (and genres that developed from it such as [[jungle music|jungle]]).<ref>{{cite book|first=Martin|last=James|title=State of Bass|publisher=Boxtree|year=1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abasschronicle.co.uk/history-sessions-hardcore-breakbeats/|title=History Sessions: Hardcore Breakbeats (1990 – 1991)|work=A Bass Chronicle|date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
==Hip house in the present day== A modern form of hip house became popular in the mid-2000s, known as '''electro hop''',<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://recordingarts.com/record/evolution-of-hip-hop/electro-hop/|title=Evolution of Electro Hop|date=20 February 2020|website=Recording Arts Canada}}</ref> with artists enjoying mainstream success towards the end of the decade and into the 2010s. These artists included [[LMFAO]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bk.asia-city.com/events/news/together-festival|title=Together Festival Featuring LMFAO, Lil Jon and DJ Afrojack|website=Bk.asia-city.com|date=23 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/lmfao-and-shwayze-played-at-showbox-sodo-on-thursday-november-12-2009/|title=LMFAO and Shwayze played at Showbox SoDo on Thursday, November 12, 2009.|first=Erika|last=Hobart|date=13 November 2009|website=Seattle Weekly}}</ref> [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] (most notably with his albums ''[[Pitbull Starring in Rebelution|Rebelution]]'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/Music/AlbumReviews/Pitbull-Rebelution-20091117-2|title=Pitbull - Rebelution|first=Masande|last=Ntshanga|website=Channel}}</ref> and ''[[Planet Pit]]'' (2011)),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/arts/music/pitbull-the-rapper-releases-planet-pit.html|title=Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/arts/music/pitbull-climate-change-review.html|title=Pitbull Moves Beyond Hip-Hop and Into the Unknown on 'Climate Change'|first=Jon|last=Caramanica|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 March 2017}}</ref> [[Flo Rida]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thethings.com/top-10-highest-selling-hip-hop-artists-of-all-time/|title=Top 10 Highest-Selling Hip-Hop Artists Of All Time|date=12 February 2021|website=TheThings}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegrio.com/2012/07/13/flo-rida-talks-charity-frank-ocean-and-haters/|title = Flo Rida talks charity, Frank Ocean and haters|date = 13 July 2012}}</ref> [[Far East Movement]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allkpop.com/article/2010/11/fareast-movement-reveals-mv-for-rocketeer-ft-ryan-tedder/feed | title=Far*East Movement reveals MV for "Rocketeer" ft. Ryan Tedder }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/266613/far-east-movement-is-what-cha-want|title=Far East Movement Is What'cha Want|date=29 September 2011|website=E! Online}}</ref> [[Hyper Crush]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/hyper-crush/Content?oid=2323428|title=Hyper Crush|website=San Antonio Current}}</ref> [[Example (musician)|Example]] (described as "rave-rap" or "rave-hop") and [[Azealia Banks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/azealia_banks-1991|title=Azealia Banks 1991|website=Exclaim.ca}}</ref> [[Electronic dance music]] DJs/producers also had hits in the genre, which featured vocals from rappers. These include "[[C'mon (Catch 'em by Surprise)]]" by [[Tiësto]] and [[Diplo]] with [[Busta Rhymes]],<ref name="auto"/> and "[[Forever (Wolfgang Gartner and will.i.am song)|Forever]]" by [[Wolfgang Gartner]] and [[will.i.am]]. French DJ [[David Guetta]] had several hip house hits such as "[[Memories (David Guetta song)|Memories]]" with [[Kid Cudi]],<ref name="auto"/> "[[Where Them Girls At]]" with [[Flo Rida]] and [[Nicki Minaj]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/609-the-nicki-minaj-singles-tournament-round-two/|title=The Nicki Minaj Singles Tournament: Round Two|date=23 December 2014|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> "[[Gettin' Over You]]" with [[LMFAO]] and "[[Little Bad Girl]]" with [[Taio Cruz]] and [[Ludacris]].<ref name="auto"/>
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