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1. The music culture I chose is rap. More than a century before rap gained its popularity in America, West African musicians also known as griots, were telling stories rhythmically with just the beat of a drum. When slaves were brought over to America, this style of storytelling continued and evolved to eventually be known as the rap we know today. Rapping essentially involves the speaking or chanting of rhyming lyrics, often set to a beat. These rhymes often address provocative subjects such…

Music is enjoyed throughout the world by many cultures. In many cultures, music is not limited to just one type of genre. There are many types of genres in the music industry. Genres range from rap, to country, to techno. The question we are asking is that why does emotions connect to genres of music? Many different type of emotions come out of music. The emotions we are feeling are interpreted by the brain. Music has the ability to change our feelings. In this research paper I will discuss the…

The Black Eyed Peas, a hip-hop group combining various styles of music including soul, funk, noise music, and rap, first formed in 1995 based out of Los Angeles (Grove Music Online). Their group includes four members, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and eventually Fergie, all with unique ethnicities, which contributes to the diversity heard in their music. Their song, “Where is the Love?” serves as a commentary on the problems faced by many throughout the world. The first musical event happens from…

fame in 2004 (Prince Biography). Prince’s legacy will live on through music and style. Prince influence has changed the music industry, by pushing artist to go out of their boundaries. During his reign, his music spewed sex and soul with a mixture of funk. This style was never seen before Prince came into the industry, many artist sample his music in their songs or get inspiration from his previous work. His funky style of music is an inspiration to artist such as D’Angelo, Alicia Keys, TLC,…

In this performance he focuses more on his community by stating his independent stance, advocacy and compassion as a performing artist, presenting his work in such a way, and sampling jazz, rap, and a little funk to diversify the sound while spreading awareness to police brutality towards the African American community. For this reason, I would consider this a breakthrough performance for not only Kendrick Lamar but for the African American community as a whole…

dreams of becoming an entertainer. James Brown is one of the reasons why most of today’s music artists are capable of achieving hit songs. In the article A & E Networks Television by Bio.com states that Brown is “The Godfather of Soul, inventor of funk, the godfather of hip hop. Brown is cited as a seminal influence to artists such as: Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Afrika Bambaataa, and Jay-Z.” This legend’s dancing, shouting vocals, and unique rhythmic style was very renowned in the…

In this concert, we listened to some jazz songs interpreted by different very talented musicians. Among them, there were tracks such as “Body and Soul”, “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” and “Emily”. At the beginning, of the course, I was not familiar with the Jazz music genre. Throughout the course, Music of USA, I began to learn about Jazz as a musical phenomenon in the United States. I was soon able to identify characteristics of this incredible genre. Jazz originated in the southern city New…

Which In America is more popular Rock or Hip Hop music. Research dissected the musical elements of the songs, 23% of the population were rock fans and 25% were already Hip Hop fans of early 90’s, some artists altered, the change in popularity, Hip Hop and Rap influenced pop music more than the Beatles over the last 50 years and leading into early 90’s Hip Hop became the more popular types of music. From 1960 till 1990 it was Rock and Roll that was more popular types, but by 2000 40% of fans…

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…

The book I have chose to write my essay on is the book, "The Rap Yearbook" written by Shea Serrano. The reason I chose this book for this essay is because I have to write about quotes from a story, this book is filled with quotes from rap songs over the years. The book came out in 2015 and has the description of "The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed." The first quote from the book, "The Rap Yearbook" is from the song "Rapper's…