Terry Funk

What was the original purpose of Hip-hop music? The original purpose of Hip-hop music was to dance at get-togethers and other occasions like birthday parties or dances. It all first started on August 11,1973, DJ Kool Herc, a building resident, was entertaining at his sister’s back-to-school party. He tried something new on the turntable: he extended an instrumental beat to let people dance longer because he began to take notice that people got up on the part they like to dance on. Then he began…

Who is Faheem Rashad Najm? Rashad is the rapper that many of us know today as T-pain. T-Pain, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and an actor. People might recognize T-Pain for his music but a little known fact about him is that he's changed the music industry. Ever wondered why T-pain’s voice is different and almost perfectly soothing and unique? It’s called auto tune. Since T-Pain introduced auto tune into the game, many artists also followed right behind him. Today…

Facts About Hip Hop Dance Hip hop dance has a huge impact on clothing dance and graphic design.(WordPress."HistoryFacts." Hip-Hop History. Word Press, 19 June 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.)the beginning of hip hop did not start with dmc or LL Cool J it started with Kool Herc of Africa who was the first to put words to music. ("Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music." Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music. Learnhowtorap. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.)"Rap was created to reduce all the negativity such as gang…

If you are a jazz guitar artist, or just enjoy jazz and play to some degree, you can create your own business teaching jazz guitar! There are many things you can do, from teaching guitar lessons to creating a guitar video, to writing jazz lyrics, to creating a book or CD or DVD teaching other people how to play jazz (or as some people refer to it, modern jazz). Let's say you already play or sing in a jazz guitar band or group of some kind. Start by handing out a few business cards at your…

I prefer the risk of failure to mediocrity. The Zulu Tribe had such an important impact on Hip-Hop. They didn´t care what others thought, they just wanted to take something that was negative and turn it into something positive. Now that we're in the twenty first century artist aren´t taking as many risk. They are more worried about failure, and their image being destroyed than the music itself. The variety in Hip hop has decreased drastically throughout the years. In 1978 a group of misfits…

Eighties Music Compared To Today’s Music is something that many people take great pleasure in listening to. Music has evolved from the beginning with faintly recorded music to the music recognise today. These changes in music have been massive but have occurred very gradually without us noticing. The changes from eighties era music to how it has evolved and developed into what we recognised it today through changes in the age it’s targeted at, the language and phrases used to how music has…

PRINCE ROYCE Geoffrey Royce Rojas which is now Prince Royce released his first cover in January 19, 2010 which is called Stand by me The song is remake of American soul singer Ben E. King's original 1961 song. Prince Royce made it into a bachata song . now he is famous he is in the billboard in the latin tropical and r&b known for the singles Stand by Me and Corazon sin cara which both hit #1 on the Billboard Tropical Songs Chart. His 2013 album featuring the chart topping single Darte un…

Counter culture, emancipation and liberation are the characteristics of the Disco era. No complications and a carefree attitude defined Disco. Individualism as well as empowerment were at the forefront of the movement, characterized in songs like “I will survive” By Gloria Gaynor or the Village people “I am what I am”. The age of Discotheques 1974 thru 1981, arguably, originated in the underground gay clubs of New York. it is said Disco is dead, but the music lives on in the hearts of…

Rap has a tendency to be the most authentic form of music. Jay-Z tells us , “Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.” hip-hop is most well known for being the choice genre of music for the poor and repressed, although this is true, rap has grown to be so much more contemporary than it used to be. Rap is for anyone who is willing to listen, it is an amalgamation of all the music genres you can think of, jazz, blues, gospel, rock…

Music The Beatles, “shocked the world” with their lyrics although today America has an abundance of uncensored language and context. Companies are striving for profits, while children are the main consumers. Music has become more explicit with music videos, radio and downloadable music displaying explicit behavior. There is evidence that listening to music with sexual content in the lyrics makes youth more likely to start having sex earlier than their peers. (Primack) Many genres such as…