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Genres and styles whose names start with HI.
Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG (pronounced "high energy") is a genre of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As a music genre, typified by its fast tempo, staccato
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Highlife is a Ghanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British and through its trade routes in
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Hill country blues (also known as North Mississippi hill country blues or North Mississippi blues) is a regional style of country blues. It is characterized by a strong emphasis on rhythm and
Read → EntryHindi dance music
Hindi dance music encompasses a wide range of songs predominantly featured in the Hindi cinema with a growing worldwide attraction. The music became popular among overseas Indians in places such as
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Hindi film songs, more formally known as Hindi Geet or Filmi songs and informally known as Bollywood music, are songs featured in Hindi films. Derived from the song-and-dance routines common in
Read → EntryHindu spiritual music
Hindu spiritual music is music created for or influenced by Hinduism. It includes Indian classical music, Kirtan, Bhajan and other musical genres. Raagas are a common form of Hindu music in classical
Read → EntryHindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music (also known as North Indian classical music or Shastriya Sangeet) is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It is played on instruments like the
Read → EntryHindutva pop
Hindutva pop, often referred to as H-Pop, is a genre of Indian pop music that promotes Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. The music has become increasingly popular in the 2010s and 2020s and
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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
Read → EntryHip-hop
Hip-hop (also known as rap music or simply rap) is a genre of popular music that emerged in the early 1970s alongside an associated subculture created by African-American and Afro-Caribbean
Read → EntryHip-hop and social injustice
Hip-hop music, developed in the South Bronx in the early 1970s, has long been tied to social injustice in the United States, particularly that of the African American experience. Hip-hop artists have
Read → EntryHip-hop production
Hip-hop production is the creation of hip-hop in a recording studio. While the term encompasses all aspects of hip-hop music creation, including recording the rapping of an MC, a turntablist or DJ
Read → EntryHip-hop soul
Hip-hop soul is a subgenre of contemporary R&B music, most popular during the early and mid 1990s, which had incorporated hip-hop influences into R&B music. The genre was most popular during the mid
Read → EntryHip-hop tuga
Portuguese hip hop (), more commonly called hip hop tuga ("tuga" here being a slang for "Portuguese"), is the Portuguese variety of hip hop music. It differs from mainstream hip hop because it has
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Hipco, also referred to as HipCo or just Co, is a genre of hip hop from Liberia. It has been described by The Guardian as Liberia's "unique musical style" using "vernacular speech and political
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Hipdut or hip-dut is an Indonesian fusion genre that combines elements of hip hop and dangdut. It is commonly associated with rap or sung vocals over dangdut, koplo, electronic, or trap-influenced
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Hiplife is a Ghanaian musical style that fuses Ghanaian culture and hip hop. Recorded predominantly in the Ghanaian Akan language, hiplife is rapidly gaining popularity in the 2010s throughout West
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Hipster hop (also known as hipster rap) is a term that was used by music bloggers and critics in the 2000s and early 2010s to describe hip hop music that was perceived to be influenced by the hipster
Read → EntryHiragasy
Hiragasy or hira gasy (hira: song; gasy: Malagasy) is a musical tradition in Madagascar, particularly among the Merina ethnic group of the Highland regions around the capital of Antananarivo. It is a
Read → EntryHistory of Cajun music
Cajun music has its roots based in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians of Canada, and in country
Read → EntryHistory of disco
Disco originated from the dance floors of the 1940s and 1950s, evolving from venues that replaced live bands with recorded music, particularly in clubs across Europe and the United States. By the
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