核心畫面

Start with the beat: heavy, even, and it does not stop. A voice comes in over it, not singing but speaking the words right on the beat. Now the shot and you see everything that grew up around that beat — people dancing to it on the street, paint on a wall, a whole way of doing things that young people in big cities built for themselves. The word can mean the sound alone, or the whole picture the sound sits in.

先從節拍開始想:重的、平均的、一直走不停。一個聲音壓在上面,不是唱旋律,而是照著拍子把字唸出來。然後把鏡頭拉遠,你會更多收起先從節拍開始想:重的、平均的、一直走不停。一個聲音壓在上面,不是唱旋律,而是照著拍子把字唸出來。然後把鏡頭拉遠,你會看到圍著這個節拍長出來的一切——街上跟著跳的人、牆上的顏料、一整套年輕人在大城市裡自己做出來的玩法。這個詞可以只指那個聲音,也可以指聲音所在的那整張畫面。

Two branches

聽得到的那個部分

鏡頭停在節拍和人聲上:這是整張畫面的中心。

noun · B1

A kind of popular dance music built on a strong, steady beat, with words that are spoken in rhythm over the beat instead of being sung.

嘻哈音樂

圍著音樂長出來的一整個圈子

鏡頭拉遠,音樂只剩下畫面的一角。

noun · B2

The wider popular culture that grew up around this music among young African Americans in big cities, taking in the music itself, the dancing, and graffiti art.

嘻哈文化