Hip house, also known as house rap, is a
mixture of
house music and
hip hop which arose during the
1980s in New York and Chicago. However, the first hip house
track was "Rok Da House" by the UK producers 'The
Beatmasters' and featured British female rappers 'The Cookie
Crew'. Later came "I'll House You" by the Jungle Brothers -
although this is not indicated on the album, the track is
generally seen as a collaboration between NY house producer
Todd Terry and the Jungle Brothers (an Afrocentric rap group
from New York). Shortly after "I'll House You", artists in
Chicago, the home of house music, started producing their
own hip house tracks. Though hip house never achieved
massive popularity, a few hits arose when fused with Belgian
New beat and Italo House (such as by Technotronic, a Belgian
group) in the later part of the decade and the early 1990s.
List of artists
2 In A Room
AB Logic
B.G. The Prince of Rap
Doug Lazy
Fast Eddie
Kickin' Kenny V
Kool Rock Steady
La Bouche
Mr. Lee
Outhere Brothers
Snap!
Stereo MCs
Technotronic
Tony Scott
Tyree
White Knight
Ya Kid K
2 Young Brothers