Beatboxing

Spencer X performing "Be Somebody" with only vocal beat-boxing

Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (typically a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.^[1] It may also involve vocal imitation of turntablism, and other musical instruments. Beatboxing today is connected with hip-hop culture, often referred to as "the fifth element" of hip-hop, although it is not limited to hip-hop music.^[2]^[3] The term "beatboxing" is sometimes used to refer to vocal percussion in general.

^ TOWARD A BEATBOXOLOGY, Human Beatbox
^ The History of Beatboxing, humanbeatbox.com
^ D. Stowell and M. D. Plumbley, Characteristics of the beatboxing vocal style Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Technical Report C4DM-TR-08-01. 2008.

[beatboxology-1] TOWARD A BEATBOXOLOGY, Human Beatbox

[2] The History of Beatboxing, humanbeatbox.com

[3] D. Stowell and M. D. Plumbley, Characteristics of the beatboxing vocal style Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Technical Report C4DM-TR-08-01. 2008.

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