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    Music Industry Have you ever just been in a mood where only music can describe the way you feel? Well that is how it works with musicians and artists. Music is more than just a couple of sounds thrown together, a couple of lyrics, and a catchy hook; music is not only a way of life for artists and musicians, but it is a stress reliever and a way to teach lessons through their stories. Music generations before now has changed and been advanced because of certain technology methods created. If we…

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    Hip Hop Sociology

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    Hip hop comprises of music, dancing, art, poetry, language and style or as it’s called now of days Swag. Its creators/ entrepreneurs were from the inner-city hard-not society: frustrated young people who felt subjugated by the system, disqualified from conventional culture, and frantic with emotions waiting to be express. These cultural entrepreneurs did a lot of illegal, condemned, or otherwise disapproved of the music industry in the beginning. In modern time hip hop is now a global…

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    Evolution Of Hip-Hop

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    In 1973, Cindy Campbell was throwing a Back to School party. Cindy had her brother Clive Campbell spin records at her party, which led to the creation of Hip- Hop music. It probably started out like any other party in the Bronx, but Clive was inspired by his upbringing in Jamaica. Hip- Hop was created in the Bronx, Clive Campbell started it, and Hip- Hop has a big impact through it’s evolution. That’s why Hip- Hop is one of the most popular genres of music(Birthplace). First, It was created at…

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    Music has evolved for many years and it has always been the key element of culture. When music first started evolving, people would design their own beats and styles to represent them as a group; however, when the world started evolving there was more equipment to use, such as drums, guitars, computers, pianos, bass player, and etc. Music helps construct self-images of people and express emotions within a group of people. Hip hop and rock and roll are two types of music genres that are capable…

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    Now that all the basic essentials technology wise has been identified and discussed, the anatomy of what exactly makes EDM, EDM must be explained. First off, much like any rock and roll song, there must be an ongoing backbeat. This beat sets the ‘mood’ of the piece. A faster backbeat will encourage the production of a high-energy song, such as house music, whilst a slow less elaborate backbeat will promote a low-intensity song which can build up progressively like trance or progressive house…

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    Origin of Hip Hop Dance Early hip hop has an effect on many people, the early history of hip hop formed in 1960s- 1970s. A lot of african movements have influenced hip hop as well as tap and swing, the movements are all similar in many ways the movement of fast footwork and fast arm movements as well as upper and lower body movement. Kool DJ Herc moved from Jamaica to NY to start off his career in DJing which brought up the opportunity for more people to put together these dance movements we now…

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    Hip Hop Research Paper

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    in the 70s hip hop and rap was from and became a popular with the young people in the bronx there four main thing that from hip hop kool herc was the first major DJer kool herc, grandmaster flash, afrika bambaa and wizard theodore pretty much made hip hop a popular type of music. That people love today. Hip-hop was born in the neighborhood, where young people gathered in parks, on playgrounds, and on street corners, to speak poetry over mechanical sounds and borrowed melodies. Rapping…

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    Lastly, even though lyrics follow the urban society’s view on their own situations, many contemplate that the content can be mislead, over exaggerate or inappropriately describe the nation and its people. As often as Americans preach the good word of fairness and equality, the American urbanites filling cities like Chicago, Atlanta and Watts were locked out of the sermon. During what historians call the Civil Rights Era (Timeline: Civil Rights Era 1954-1971), Americans would witness multiple…

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    B-Boying Subculture

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    B-boying is considered currently to be one of the mainstream dances of the Hip Hop genre. This intensely physical dance has a very interesting history and is a product of a subculture that was born on the streets of New York City during the early 1970s. Understanding the foundations and environment that created this dance is vital as well as its evolution into a modern dance form. B-boying and eventually B-girling can be divided into three main categories: old school, the freak and its…

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    Hip Hop Fashion Analysis

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    In the burrows of New York City, dress was already playing a big roll in the areas where hip-hop would come to dominate. Hip-hop culture emerged in the 1970s from the streets of New York City. In the early stages of hip-hop, rappers and followers would sport fashions inspired by the dress culture in New York City. The documentary Fresh Dressed, directed by Sacha Jenkins, follows the development of hip-hop culture (Fresh Dressed). Jenkins shows us how in its premature stage, hip-hop fashion…

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