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I was watching TV when the topic turned to certain celebrities' ability to
beatbox. In talking about this every mention of the term beatbox was

> **ヒューマン** ビートボックス.

Why is **human** necessary?  
The use of katakana is only natural, but why take a relatively long katakana
word and make it longer with a completely unnecessary word?

**Note**  
After going through the links in the answers and comments, I realized it was
using ヒューマンビートボックス like this: `俺、ヒューマンビートボックスできるよ！` in English `I can human
beatbox!` that made me think it strange.
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katakana loanwords
Why is beatboxing called 「ヒューマンビートボックス」?
The term is a loanword from the English term _human beatbox_ or _beat box_ : a
person that makes musical sounds using the human vocal organs. The abbreviated
term is _beatbox_ or _beat box_. The performer is also called a human
beatboxer or simply a beat boxer. The word _human_ was retained in the term to
enable understanding of its usage within specialized communities and to
differentiate its use from the sounds made by machines.

From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatboxing#Contribution_to_hip-
hop):

> The term "beatboxing" is derived from the mimicry of early drum machines,
> then known as beatboxes, particularly the Roland TR-808. The term "beatbox"
> was used to refer to earlier Roland drum machines such as the TR-55 and
> CR-78 in the 1970s. They were followed by the TR-808, released in 1980,
> which became central to hip hop music and electronic dance music. It is the
> TR-808 that human beatboxing is largely modeled after.
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