混搭的Chap hop音樂

Chap hop是什么音樂？患有強迫癥的小伙伴們看著這個詞是不是很糾結，是hip hop？是rap?我們現在就來一探究竟。

Chap hop is a bizarre combination of the strong beat and rhythms associated with rap music, but with lyrics featuring such stereotypically upper-class turns of phrase as nincompoop ("foolish person") and adverbs like frightfully and awfully. Delivering their performance in the received pronunciation with an upper-class affectation, chap-hop musicians (sometimes described as chap-hoppers), turn themselves out in bowler hats, tweed suits or stripey blazers, sport handle-bar moustaches, brandish pipes, and often accompany themselves by strumming on the banjolele, a guitar-like instrument which is a cross between a banjo and a ukelele.

Chap Hop音樂將有力的節拍和說唱樂節奏奇妙地組合在一起，它的歌詞具有典型的上層社會風格，比如nincompoop（愚蠢的人）、副詞frightfully和awfully。Chap-hop音樂家們在表演時，使用英國上層社會的標準發音，戴著圓頂硬禮帽、穿著花呢套裝或條紋寬松運動外衣，炫耀著自己的鉗柄小胡子，揮舞著自己的煙管，而且經常還一邊彈奏著班卓萊利琴，一種類似于吉他的既像班卓琴又似尤克萊利琴的樂器。

Two leading exponents of the genre are Professor Elemental and Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, other names include Poplock Holmes & DJ WattsOn.

Chap hop的兩位典型代表是Elemental教授和B先生The Gentleman Rhymer，代表人物還有Poplock Holmes 和DJ WattsOn。

（中國日報英語點津 實習生 陳思迪）