DJ Kool Herc

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…

In the book, Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Chang makes a point to address how Kool Herc’s style was so popular that many DJ’s and crews came to adopt his style. This provides an excellent example of how what mainstream culture was viewed. It was as if DJ Kool Herc’s style was almost copied and pasted onto an entirely brand new age of youth. This has been the central point of my argument, and now can be comparatively…

which displaced 60,000 employees greatly affected the African & African Diasporic communities of the South Bronx. With issues with housing, public services, the shrinking job opportunity due to the industrializing city, caused the Artist such as Dj Herc who learned specific trades and vocational skills to develop the means for artistic defiance and ingenuity. Hip hop became a means of expression for African Americans, from teens to adults, as a way to the cope with the hardships of the living…

know is that it is actually the birthplace of Hip Hop which led to an entire cultural movement that has changed generational thinking from music and art to fashion and language. Here is how the story goes: August 11, 1973, Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc was entertaining at his sisters back-to-school party in the Bronx, a New York borough. He decided to try something new on the turntables such as breaking or scratching the beat to allow people to dance longer and started rapping during…

From its roots in the depths of Jamaica’s political uprisings to its role in fostering togetherness in the south Bronx, hip-hop culture is a phoenix: born from the ashes of a dejected, scorned community which blossomed into a vibrant, rich culture. Political and social tensions, in conjunction with diverse artistic movements, influenced the culture and expression of hip-hop; a movement which began in the seven-mile world of the South Bronx and eventually became a global sensation. Hip-hop was…

Music genre is many different type of music and each of music has different meaning. There are many type of music consist in the genre, Hip-hop music is classified in one of the category of music. Hip hop it self, has a meaning, which is combine between “Hip” and ”hop” or the combination between knowledge or intelligent and the action or relevant movement, and going through the music and become hip-hop music style. According to Laurence Krisna Parker: “Rap is something you do Hip Hop is…

“The Last Words of the Great James Brown” Do you remember some of the most famous words your icon ever said before? Well James Brown said, “When I’m on stage, I’m trying to do one thing: bring people joy. People don’t go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.” By his inspirational words and encouragement, I felt motivated to better myself as an entertainer. James Brown’s last words indicated that he was an inspirational, hardworking, and social activist who focused on his dreams…

In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Contemporary R&B music ruled the charts. R&B had a compilation of soul, pop, funk, hip hop and dance. Composer’s such as Teddy Riley influenced the blend of R&B and hip hop which opened doors for a new sound of music. Artists such as Micheal Jackson, Bobby Brown, Jodeci, and Boys II Men applied this style of music to their albums. R&B dominated the charts during the early 2000’s and has gained recognition all over the world. Even so, there are artists with great…

The controversy of Hip Hop’s negative influence has been a constant discussion over the decades since its inception. As both a music genre and a cultural movement, the reach of Hip is unprecedented, but this exposure has come to form a negative public image of the genre in the public conscious. Whenever an instance of gang violence, police shooting, or riot occurs, Hip Hop is quick to be blamed. But is Hip Hop misunderstood, and misrepresented by those? And does Hip Hop truly inspire its…

The beastie boys influenced american culture by igniting the explosion of hip-hop. They did this by actually getting their sound into the mainstream of culture. They did this by having completely new and original content(other than the mixing of other artists beats into theirs), and had no problems with acceptance. After hip-hop became recognized, it matured, and a lot more groups starting making hip-hop. . By 1989 Public Enemy was working with The Bomb Squad, N.W.A. released “straight outta…