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The history of rap music would not be complete without a look at the performers who make it all possible - the rap artists. Most rap music typically includes one or more rappers who often rap about their own personal life stories, important events in their lives, or social problems they wish to make a public statement about. Rap songs can also represent romanticized or fictional themes. The sky is the limit. Musically, rap songs usually have a strong rhythmic aspect with the spoken lyrics…

Case Study of a DJ: James Brown By Alvin Wilson Funky Drummer: There is a section where James Brown, the drummer and the sax come together in a beautiful and interesting manner. This portion of the song is from 3:38-3:56. It has that infectious riff. This portion when looped to create a chorus would surely get the crowd going incessantly. The beginning of the track which had the drummer hitting the rims (rim shot) with the electric guitar intro and the organ joining in later would make for a…

Mary Louise Pratt is a famous Silver Professor, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Language Instructor at the prestigious New York University. She holds a B.A in Modern Languages from the University of Toronto; she attended the University of Illinois for her M.A in Linguistics and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Stanford University. Mary Louise Pratt introduced the idea of contact zones with the point of admiring the different aspects that exist within a society. By definition, the term…

80’s Hip Hop Dance Did you know Hip Hop dance is healthy for you. As much as you move around in dancing you lose weight and also getting in shape. Dance can get your physical conditioning and exercise. “how hip hop dance could set you on course for a healthier and more active lifestyle.” Through popping, locking are all well-know hip-hop workouts.You can have so much fun with dancing. I bet you didn't know there were seven different types of hip hop. With the hip hop and the dance beats put…

The Golden age of Hip Hop began on August 11,1973 and was generally the first in New York South Bronx. It started in a party where Dj Kool Herc used his turntables and got the people to party. Dj Kool Herc knew that to have a party going the mic was important because thats what got the people pumped. So young African Americans started to rap. SInce that day ,it was embraced by young African American men who invented new music using turntables to epress themselves and express their culture. It…

My topic today is to talk about the world’s largest drone producer, DJI. DJI manufactures a range of products including flying cameras, flying platforms, flight controllers and so on. The main product I’m going to talk about today is its drone. This company might seem new to you if you don’t know drones very well. By the matter of the facts, almost about the worlds’ 70 percent of drones come from DJI. According to the Wall Street Journal, DJI has become the largest drone producer in the…

Hip Hop in society is anything but a word. It is a living thing that grows, changes, and expresses itself as it goes through this. No matter how it may change though, it has always had one single meaning for its existence: peace; and with this meaning for existence, there must always be nine elements that are presence in order for Hip Hop to fulfill its purpose. The first element of Hip Hop, is dancing. Usually those who dance in Hip Hop are considered either the B-boy or the B-girl, and they…

Will Sheerin Professor Lorenz Music and Migration April 4 2016 Skinhead’s influence in Jamaican Ska During the 1950’s, Britain’s economy was in a recession and they reached out to many of their Western colonies to increase immigration to England. After World War II the economy was in bad shape and the United Kingdom government looked for immigrants to fill the employment vacancies. Many Jamaicans took the opportunity to start a new life and migrated to London in large quantities. With them…

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…

Of the several amazing performers showed in the film, I choose to watch and describe DJ Shadow’s performance. One of the first times DJ Shadow shows up in the video is during the jam session with DJ Q-Bert, DJ Relm, and DJ Flare. When it was not his turn to show off his style and moves, DJ Shadow listened to the others around him, and even bopped his head to the beat and groove of the other turntablists. When it was DJ Shadow’s turn, he used a style of very fast-paced scratching and fader…