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Originally Posted by blaise

That's interesting. In my mind I would have thought rap was the one that was considered more true to form. When I hear the word "rap" I generally think of a song where MCs rap over a beat, usually with limited production. When I think of hip-hop I generally relate it to a broader scale, maybe even more poppy; for example a song where some chick sings a portion and some guy like Ludacris raps a portion.
Like, if you said to me Run DMC or EPMD I'd say rap, if you said Ludacris I'd probably say hip-hop. There's no real reason for that, but that's how I always percieved it.
Maybe it's more of an old-school, new-school thing. If nothing else it's probably because MTV's show was called Yo! MTV Raps and so the word rap makes me think of that era.

The rise of the Hip Hop conservatives took place sometime after YMR went off the air.

There's been a bitter war between the "right" and the "left" ever since.