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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…

How does rap influence us today? Rap has come along way from when it first started and now. It has a different meaning in it then when it first started. Now rap is more about like drugs, sex, and money. Back then it was more about problems or about you. So here are some reasons why rap influences us. Rap influences us by the way we talk, the way we act around others, and the way we look at the world. We is referring to teens people by the way. One of the obvious ways rap influences is by the…

Hip-hop is another name for rap and it originally started as a means of bringing the youth together in the inner cities, but as its popularity began to grow so did the purpose behind it. There is six elements to hip hop and they include: a B-boy and B-girl, DJing, MCing, beat boxing, graffiti, and knowledge. With the rise of the hip-hop era, DJ’s are initially the most important because they play the music at events and keep the crowd dancing. Later on, MC’s gain popularity as they resemble the…

Cab Calloway has made a major Impact on the Harlem Renaissance.In his career, Calloway made records that made millions. His first song Minnie the Moocher were one of those million makers. He has made many songs that have touched the hearts and souls of Harlem. His fist and hand performance was at The Cotton Club. In Calloway's career, he also leads his very own band. The name of his band was The Calloway Orchestra, they presented music that excited the audience with a snazzy, jump, blues and…

I am an African -American young black women. I grew up around all types of music, but mostly R&B, Hip-Pop, and Rap. Hip-Pop and R&B music is mostly played at my family’s get together such as, parties, family reunions, and cookouts. I listen to Rap music when I’m at a party with friends or just hanging out by myself. Rap music can relate to an everyday life situation, but if you really listen to it you can see how it affects and disrespect our women. Rap music disrespect and affects our women…

“You see, we colored people have our own music that is part of us… [it’s] the product of our souls…” – James Reese Europe. Jazz is a popular style of music that emerged around the late 1800’s in New Orleans, a city of great ethnic diversity and unique musical styles. New Orleans’s cultural environment became the center of music which ultimately influenced the essence of jazz. Jazz music not only entertained the ears of many but also possessed the capability of bridging racial differences. If a…

All cultures, decades, countries, and people have different views on what it really means to be an American. Slavery was beyond prominent in the 18th century, so the African Americans were treated poorly. Views have changed since slavery has abolished, but there are other countries like China who believe that Americans are not as smart or helpful as the Chinese think they are. The views of what it means to be an American varies, but the main archetype is a hero. In Langston Hughes poem, “I,…

Through improvisation and virtuosic playing, musicians were able to combine both traditional melodic phrases and new chord progressions that led to the emergence of jazz music. Bebop and cool jazz incorporated fast tempos from African American cultures with European harmonies in order to create new music, representing the existing ethnic diversity in the US. The sociocultural environment of Harlem allowed for African American musicians to gather and produce bebop music by drawing from their folk…

An experiment, executed by John F. Mast and Francis T. McAndrew, sought to test the hypothesis that listening to violent metal music can increase aggression in males. Metal music is a genre of music that is usually made with distorted electric guitars, a set of loud drums, and a vocalist. The instrumental component of metal music is loud and musically complex, while the vocals can range from outright screaming to normal singing. Lyrics in metal music are usually themed around negative emotions…

Music is known to be part of the popular culture which reflects cultural and social changes in a society. Rap is a genre of music that has significantly changed throughout the years. Rap was once a genre dominated mostly by African American artists. When looking through Billboard’s “10 best Rappers of all Times,” the skin color seems to be all black until there is a white male named …. , but known as Eminem. When Eminem first started, he was a young white kid in a black community with a passion…