Rap: The Story of the Streets Everybody in the house say hey! I have something to say! New school rap versus old “boom bap” find out who is better today! Rap, it began as a form of storytelling, giving an artist a way to voice their lives for others to hear. There resides several different “Era’s” of rap, but the two biggest have always been “new school” and “Golden age. The so called “golden age” was set during the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s and consisted of acts such as, KRS-One, A Tribe Called Quest, Slick Rick, LL Cool J and many other notable acts. “Golden Age” rap is known for its innovation on the music scene. So many very important albums came out of that era that redefined the genre as a whole. Then on the other side of the room
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Firstly, rappers from each respective era have very different flow. Specifically, “Golden Age” rappers flow well with long, poetic bars. Each individual bar of lyrics has had time and thought put into it to create a feeling and to set up and or flow into the next bar. “New School” consists of choppy, shorter bars, barley long enough to extract a meaning from. The new flow presents itself as a more up tempo, exciting flow, but lacks the lyrical stability brought to the table by the ironclad bars of the golden age. Thus, the flow of the golden age decimates the new school by a very large margin. Secondly, the images painted by each era of lyrics are different. For instance, new school rap generally paints a picture of several different topics, never joining together in synchronization, while golden age rappers tell a story that coincides with itself throughout the whole piece. Therefore, the story telling ear known as the “Golden Age” takes the cake once again. Thirdly, each era has a different appeal to their audience. Case in point, golden age made “crowd movers” while new school makes “crowd jumpers. Allow me to elaborate, by “crowd movers” I mean music that creates a deep seeded feeling of emotion within an audience, and by “crowd jumpers” I mean music that creates a party like atmosphere and allows the audience to, in layman’s terms, act like a fool. Thus, …show more content…
The old school brings forth vivid pictures of the harsh street life that is lyrically rock solid. At the same time, the old school produces catchy, up tempo music that creates a feeling of excitement. Both leave their individual audience fighting for more, but in the end the eras will continue to change like the seasons. While I may not exactly like, or agree with the current music, I enjoy what it symbolizes. Not the money or the cars, but the music and the love for it. “Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.” – KRS
Firstly, rappers from each respective era have very different flow. Specifically, “Golden Age” rappers flow well with long, poetic bars. Each individual bar of lyrics has had time and thought put into it to create a feeling and to set up and or flow into the next bar. “New School” consists of choppy, shorter bars, barley long enough to extract a meaning from. The new flow presents itself as a more up tempo, exciting flow, but lacks the lyrical stability brought to the table by the ironclad bars of the golden age. Thus, the flow of the golden age decimates the new school by a very large margin. Secondly, the images painted by each era of lyrics are different. For instance, new school rap generally paints a picture of several different topics, never joining together in synchronization, while golden age rappers tell a story that coincides with itself throughout the whole piece. Therefore, the story telling ear known as the “Golden Age” takes the cake once again. Thirdly, each era has a different appeal to their audience. Case in point, golden age made “crowd movers” while new school makes “crowd jumpers. Allow me to elaborate, by “crowd movers” I mean music that creates a deep seeded feeling of emotion within an audience, and by “crowd jumpers” I mean music that creates a party like atmosphere and allows the audience to, in layman’s terms, act like a fool. Thus, …show more content…
The old school brings forth vivid pictures of the harsh street life that is lyrically rock solid. At the same time, the old school produces catchy, up tempo music that creates a feeling of excitement. Both leave their individual audience fighting for more, but in the end the eras will continue to change like the seasons. While I may not exactly like, or agree with the current music, I enjoy what it symbolizes. Not the money or the cars, but the music and the love for it. “Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.” – KRS