《名人传记》之李小龙如何改变世界111:即兴说唱的兴起

　　One, two, three...Add the pianos.Do the four piano chords.

　　一 二 三，加入钢琴配乐，弹下那四个和弦.

　　As well as being influenced by Bruce Lee and kungfu movies,Raz says there are also parallels between the improvisational² nature of rapping and martial³ arts.

　　同样受到李小龙和功夫表演的影响，Raz也认为说唱的即兴性和武术有相通之处。

　　I come from the era of hip-hop where people would battle each other on the subway trains, in the school bathrooms, on the street corners,and it's almost like a martial art fight, you know what I mean?

　　在嘻哈说唱界中，人们会在地下铁站啊 学校澡堂啊 街角斗艺，就像是武术格斗 你懂我的意思吧?

　　It's like a martial art fight, actually,because you're flowing.

　　真的都像武术格斗，因为你滔滔不绝地说。

　　You're throwing your best weapons, which are your lyrical weapons,and you're trying to defeat this guy by saying the most wittiest⁴ thing.

　　你运用最有效的武器 也就是所说的韵律武器，你试着用最诙谐聪明的话赢过对方。

　　Bruce Lee has a tremendous influence on... on the culture of, like, hip-hop,because it's just... it's really taking an ethnic⁵ icon⁶ reappropriating this ethnic icon to your own ethnicity and to your own sort of outsider culture.

　　李小龙对 对像嘻哈说唱的艺术的影响极大，因为他真的... 真是民族的偶像，以人们自己定义的民族和外来文化重新定位的民族偶像。

　　Bruce in the martial arts world is a... you know, a virtuoso⁷.He's constantly improvising⁸.It's like Miles Davis with his hands and feet.

　　武术界的李小龙 就是一位艺术大家，他不断即兴创作动作，就像Miles Davis手脚并用的表演。

　　And that's what hip-hop does, is improvise⁹.

　　嘻哈说唱也是即兴的说唱

　　You free styling on the mic.

　　拿着麦克风自由发挥

　　Improvisation¹ in Jeet Kune Do can be mirrored by broken rhythm,and this also reflects in rap music, jazz music, all sorts of music, rock music.

　　断断续续的节奏里体现出了截拳道的不定性，当然说唱 爵士 所有音乐 摇滚乐也有影子。

1 improvisation   

n.即席演奏(或演唱)；即兴创作

参考例句：

• a free-form jazz improvisation 自由创作的爵士乐即兴演出
• Most of their music was spontaneous improvisation. 他们的大部分音乐作品都是即兴创作的。

2 improvisational   

adj. 即兴的

参考例句：

• I have never been at games like charades or improvisational acting. 您从来都唔擅长玩“有口难言”或者“即席表演”之类既游戏。
• I'm practicing self-control, those random and improvisational acts aren't allowed. 我在练习控制自己，那些随意的、即兴的举动是不允许的。

3 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

4 wittiest   

机智的，言辞巧妙的，情趣横生的( witty的最高级 )

参考例句：

• One of the wittiest exemplars of the technique was M. C. Escher. 最为巧妙地运用那种技巧的一个典型人物就是M.C.埃舍尔。 来自柯林斯例句

5 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

6 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

7 virtuoso   

n.精于某种艺术或乐器的专家，行家里手

参考例句：

• He was gaining a reputation as a remarkable virtuoso.作为一位技艺非凡的大师，他声誉日隆。
• His father was a virtuoso horn player who belonged to the court orchestra.他的父亲是宫廷乐队中一个技巧精湛的圆号演奏家。

8 improvising   

即兴创作（improvise的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• I knew he was improvising, an old habit of his. 我知道他是在即兴发挥，这是他的老习惯。
• A few lecturers have been improvising to catch up. 部分讲师被临时抽调以救急。

9 improvise   

v.即兴创作；临时准备，临时凑成

参考例句：

• If an actor forgets his words，he has to improvise.演员要是忘记台词，那就只好即兴现编。
• As we've not got the proper materials,we'll just have to improvise.我们没有弄到合适的材料，只好临时凑合了。