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'''Nā mele paleoleo''' (sometimes "mele paleoleo") is a [[contemporary music|contemporary]] form of [[Music of Hawaii|Hawaiian music]] that cuts and mixes [[Hip hop|American hip hop]] with [[Hawaiian music|Hawaiian]] [[rapping]].<ref name="sudden">Akindes, Fay Yokomizo. (March 31, 2001) [[Wayne State University Press|Discourse]] ''[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/discourse/v023/23.1akindes.pdf Sudden Rush: Na Mele Paleoleo (Hawaiian Rap) as Liberatory Discourse.]'' Volume 23; Issue 1; Page 82.</ref> Known as a form of [[Hawaii Slam|Hawaiian performance poetry]], spoken-word performers of na mele paleoleo are gaining popularity due to rap and hip hop influences.<ref>Ho'omanawanui, Ku'ualoha. (January 1, 2005) [[The Contemporary Pacific]] ''[http://uhpjournals.wordpress.com/2005/01/08/the-contemporary-pacific-vol-17-no-1-2005/ He Lei Ho'oheno no na Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry.]'' Volume 17; Issue 1; Page 29.</ref> The first group to perform nā mele paleoleo was [[Sudden Rush]] in 1993.<ref name="sudden" />
'''Nā mele paleoleo''' (sometimes "mele paleoleo") is a [[contemporary music|contemporary]] form of [[Music of Hawaii|Hawaiian music]] that cuts and mixes [[Hip hop|American hip hop]] with [[Hawaiian music|Hawaiian]] [[rapping]].<ref name="sudden">Akindes, Fay Yokomizo. (March 31, 2001) [[Wayne State University Press|Discourse]] ''[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/discourse/v023/23.1akindes.pdf Sudden Rush: Na Mele Paleoleo (Hawaiian Rap) as Liberatory Discourse.]'' Volume 23; Issue 1; Page 82.</ref> Known as a form of [[Hawaii Slam|Hawaiian performance poetry]], spoken-word performers of na mele paleoleo are gaining popularity due to rap and hip hop influences.<ref>Ho'omanawanui, Ku'ualoha. (January 1, 2005) [[The Contemporary Pacific]] ''[http://uhpjournals.wordpress.com/2005/01/08/the-contemporary-pacific-vol-17-no-1-2005/ He Lei Ho'oheno no na Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry.]'' Volume 17; Issue 1; Page 29.</ref> The first group to perform nā mele paleoleo was [[Sudden Rush]] in 1993.<ref name="sudden" /> The term itself means "songs that speak loudly and angrily".<ref>{{cite book|last=Osumare|first=Halifu|title=The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TUsBDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143|year=2007|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-05964-2|page=143}}</ref>


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Revision as of 18:43, 7 February 2018

Nā mele paleoleo (sometimes "mele paleoleo") is a contemporary form of Hawaiian music that cuts and mixes American hip hop with Hawaiian rapping.[1] Known as a form of Hawaiian performance poetry, spoken-word performers of na mele paleoleo are gaining popularity due to rap and hip hop influences.[2] The first group to perform nā mele paleoleo was Sudden Rush in 1993.[1] The term itself means "songs that speak loudly and angrily".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Akindes, Fay Yokomizo. (March 31, 2001) Discourse Sudden Rush: Na Mele Paleoleo (Hawaiian Rap) as Liberatory Discourse. Volume 23; Issue 1; Page 82.
  2. ^ Ho'omanawanui, Ku'ualoha. (January 1, 2005) The Contemporary Pacific He Lei Ho'oheno no na Kau a Kau: Language, Performance, and Form in Hawaiian Poetry. Volume 17; Issue 1; Page 29.
  3. ^ Osumare, Halifu (2007). The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves. Springer. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-137-05964-2.
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