Hip Hopera

[Benjamin Zimmer]

_Hip-Hopera_ was the name of an album released in 1994 by Volume 10, an
underground L.A. rapper.

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:30:07 -0500, davemarc wrote:

>Here's something.
>
>Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274415/
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Hip Hopera
>
>> The largest popularizer of the term "hip-hopera" that I know of is
>> the Kleptones, a couple of fellows who last year used sampling from
>> guitar rock and hip-hop to create an album-length mash-up called "A
>> Night at the Hip-Hopera." It's really very good.
>>
>> http://www.kleptones.com/pages/downloads_hiphopera.html
>> http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/09/23/kleptone.shtml
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised to find there are other, earlier uses, since
>> "hip hop" is constantly being punned on and blended.
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2005, at 09:31, bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>> > "Hip Hopera" has been used in various news stories, including
>> > Murder Inc.'s Gotti brothers that's in the newspapers this
>> > week...OT: 8,000 Big Apple website hits yesterday?