Hip fracture

rapping to either get the crowd hype or get a message across. Hip hop started underground due to the audience it initially attracted, until The Sugar Hill Gang made “Rappers Delight,” which allowed hip hop to spill into mainstream and commercial radio. This track became an anthem in dance clubs everywhere for the next year. More than just a novelty, the track became hip hop genres first top 40 hit on Jan. 5, 1980 (Frost 5). Now that hip hop was finally gaining momentum and beginning to reach…

Today, I will be discussing my opinion on how rap has influenced many kids’ lives in society. From a good and bad point of view on how it miss lead and help guide kids in life. Rap is a unique god given talent that he has blessed many in this world too do. Expressing about their feelings, struggles, and up bringing in their lives. Having a strong voice too rap about the society hardships, their success, and their situations in the world. Spreading positivity and knowledge to all views, majority…

Unorthodox Jukebox is an album composed by Bruno Mars in 2012 that is unique in its own way by having multiple genres instead of one. For example, “Locked out of Heaven,” the hit single in this album is a mix of reggae and funk, also it carries many 80s influences especially from the ‘Oh, Yeah, Yeah!’ that are throughout the song, whereas the song “Moonshine” is considered an R&B song with a lot of 80s influences throughout the whole song. Apart from having reggae and R&B, Mars also had included…

styles of sound such as Jazz, Rock and Roll, or even Hip-Hop, which some may say has lost its way. On account of the continuous change that inevitably occurs in the world we live in, many artists have utilized Hip-Hop to either glamorize dangerous lifestyles that have developed over the years, or to raise awareness against them. Controversially, various excerpts and images have a say on who has taken over Hip-Hop such as the news article "How Hip-Hop Music Lost Its Way And Betrayed Its Fans",…

A hip hop song writer, like any other song writer, has to go through the same kinds of steps that lead to a completed song. There are no fixed ways to get a complete song, only the steps are the same, the order in which one goes about them is an individual preference. Mostly the first step is the Title, because in that one line the writer is able to decide what exactly they want to talk about via the song. Once the title is done it's a simple matter of getting down the lyrics to explain what the…

Dark wave is a remarkable music genre that started gaining popularity in the late 1970s in Germany and. This genre of music was brought to the forefront in the early 1980s and it owed its success to the new generation of artists who dared to experiment with post-punk and new wave music. Dark wave music got bigger over that decade and remains as relevant even till this day. Over the 50 years there were numerous solo Dark Wave solo artists and bands that boosted the Dark wave and brought it to the…

According to Oxford dictionary the term demographics is, "relating to the structure of populations and a particular sector of a population. If I had to define it in my own words it would be similar to the definition that they give but I would go into further detail. Demographics can consist of gender, age, income status, region, and also race. Demographics is usually meant to target certain audience for several things. The one that I would like to touch on is music. Demographics is used for…

Hip hop, like any other art form, allows for the expression of ideas and feelings. However, in this male dominated genre of music, hip hop is often used to assert dominance and masculinity. Unfortunately, this reassurance of masculinity, heterosexuality, and dominance comes at the cost of respect for women. Misogyny is generally defined as the hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women (Random House). However, Terri Adams and Douglas Fuller from the Journal of Black…

United Kingdom’s Motown Records went by Tamla-Motown Records keeping the root name of Tamla as it was the original name of Motown. 2. Other music genres such as Country, Rock and Hip-Hop have established subsidiary labels under Motown. II. How did Berry Gordy create viable business and music outlet? A. In 1953 Berry opened a retail store dedicated to jazz musicians. He then started a publishing company in 1959. 1. Shortly after…

Rock n’ Roll is better than Hip-hop for many different reason. Rock n’ Roll is a type of music dating back to the 50s and defined by simple melodies and heavy beats. While Hip-hop is defined as rapping with an electronic backing. In fact, Rock n’ Roll is rated second best music genres and is only beat by heavy metal therefore better than hip-hop. Rock n’ Roll is better than Hip-hop because it has diverse meanings for different viewers, in addition it is more pleasing to hear, and bring people…