Rap is simply a unique element of hip hop music. Flava Flav of the group Public Enemy speculates that rap and hip hop are sometimes differentiated by tempo. "I think the hip-hop element disappeared when rap music started to be created at a slow tempo... It stayed there for years. Right now, a lot of rap music is created at slow Very low tempos There's no more "wave your hands in the air like you don't care" - you know, something that makes you want to get there and breakdancing.. . Rap ​​music has lost that element at the moment, mainly in America There aren't a lot of good hip-hop records, but there are good rap records ("The difference between rap and. hip-hop,”