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Hip-Hop is the leading genre in the modern music industry. There was a time that hip-hop was just a local music genre in the New York boroughs. An interest thing happened, a new dialect of English called black talk, or Ebonics came to the scene. The new dialect brought a new way to talk in every day talk across different backgrounds, especially in the youth. The effects can be seen today and specifically in hip-hop music. To understand the hip-hop culture and the impact on pop culture, one has…

Miles Davis was an ordinary boy, born and raised in Illinois, United States who created one of the most complete jazz albums of all time called Kind of Blue. Davis’s parents were a big part of his early success, being that his father bought him his first trumpet at the age of 13 and his mother being a music teacher helped Davis express his love for music. By the age of 16 Davis was talented enough to play at local restaurants and bars around the city. Within one year a band called “Blue Devils”…

Former Captain Robert R. Crunch, 40 years old, is a strong conservative Republican. He has been married to his wife Roberta Crunch since he was 18 years old. He has three kids and his entire family are strong Protestants. He is strongly pro-life, pro-gun and thinks everyone is equal, no matter color, gender, or body weight. He wants our government to represent his beliefs and will do everything in his power to change the United States into a better place. He wants to use his military expertise…

Music has been my salvation; reggae music is my mainstay because the lyrics are like a sermon. Reggae is about life and the world around you. Listen to any Bob Marley record and you will hear what I speak of. In high school I listened to heavy metal which as a black teen is very rare but I was in the environment and so adapted. What is interesting is that, what I heard in heavy metal was nothing more that the blues that had been amplified and I called it amplified blues. My thought was…

Anastasia Heinze Mr. Summers Honors English 11 15 October 2015 Music. Culture. History. American ragtime, jazz, and blues, is affected by society; much like American pop and rap music today. The 1920’s American culture was a profound, racy, yet brilliant era. American culture was made up of change, racism, and iconic music. The ending of the World War I in 1918 made an immense impact on American culture. The portrayal of women was altering, new music was being discovered, and the economy was…

Protest music of the 1950’s and 1960’s Music of the 1950s and 1960s was often considered music of rebellion and protest because at this time, there were many groups of people that demanded either equality or putting a stop to awful things that were ruining the world. Whether it be racism or war, people wrote songs to either tell other people about it or to stop it in it’s tracks. Rock and roll carried on the criticism of society and the cries for change that are evident in its musical roots.…

the 20th century.Many new genres of music were being introduced such as country(1920's), rock(1950's), pop(1950's), and hip hop(1970's).The new introduction of music impacted music on a global scale.This would present some of the most iconic artists the world had ever seen at that time such as rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon; and country stars Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and Jimmy Rodgers.But as time progresses music progresses with it and new genres and artist become…

Hip-hop is arguably the biggest influence on today’s youth. Being born in the 1990’s, I was able to witness the positive and negative influences hip-hop has had on my generation, as well as be a part of the audience that has brought hip-hop to be as prevalent around the world as it is today. Now, as the artists of my generation were raised by hip-hop, these same artists will be responsible for the future of hip-hop. I did not always like hip-hop, so my first impression of it came with…

Beginning in the early 20 th century Jazz is believed to have originated in the Southern United States within the African American communities of New Orleans. Although the definition and exact origins of jazz are widely debated, there is no question that the genre of music we know now as Jazz was strongly influenced by two specific genres known as the Blues and Ragtime. Before formally taking on the name blues, the blues originated within the slave communities of the south as spritual songs and…

Hip hop in Senegal arrived in the 1980s via France. Some of the rappers were DJ Awadi and Deegutee. They were in a group called Black Soul. They were rapping in French and Wolof, their native language. French was the language that the Senegal people learned in schools and spoke in the workforce but Wolof was spoken at home. Senegal is one of the most democratic countries in Western Africa and has a long history of freedom of speech. In 2000, the youth helped elect a new president by the name of…