Rap vs. R&B The definition of music is defined differently between each individual. Some people define music as the blend of silence and sound. The definition musicians have for music usually depends on what style or genre of music they make. Some people feel that for rap songs‚ only the beat for the song counts as music while the lyrics are only spoken poetry. Listeners to R&B feel that both the vocals and the instrumental noise are music. Artists of these genres often collaborate with other artists
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tradition of poetry and speech over music. Many believe hip hop was born in the historic building in 1520 Sedgwick Avenue‚ Bronx‚ New York. This is where DJ Kool Herc and other DJs would perform. He also developed “break-beat deejaying” where the breaks of funk songs were repeated and isolated to be used and go with all-night dance parties. Herc would make announcements to dancers which would lead to rhyme spoken accompaniment now known as rapping. This formed the basis of hip hop music. (Jeff Chang‚
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Big Payback Notes • Early conflict in the the fiscal underpinnings of hiphop. There was significant backlash from urban purists (essentially those living and breathing hiphop’s four elements by DJing‚ MCing‚ breakdancing‚ and graffiti tagging in its raw street setting) who disliked the commerical sensibiltiies of the Sugar Hill Gang and the mercenary attitudes of rap’s first music label Sugar Hill Records. Term “hiphop” begot cultural factions between those who saw themselves as lubricant partygoers (the
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In the late 1970’s a new‚ popular form of urban youth culture emerged in the Bronx‚ New York that changed the face of popular music and American culture. Throughout its development‚ hip-hop has become a vastly commercialized component of popular American culture; however‚ it took the efforts of many pioneers and innovators to shape modern hip-hop culture and music. By exploring hip-hop’s origins‚ one can better understand its evolution and its influence on different social groups throughout the United
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Rap is a popular type of music in today’s society‚ but it didn’t just come to be. In the 1970’s rap emerged from other types of music to become what it is today. Rap is influenced and inspired by other types of music. Its influences are closely related to each other. Rap music has derived from various types of music. In a world in which people are constantly confronted with violent acts such as rape‚ assault‚ murder‚ school shootings and other violence’s‚ society is eager and anxious to find and
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BTEC Extended Diploma in Music Unit 22: Music Performance Session Styles You are to recognise 3 genre of music and evaluate that style with the aim of performing that style accurately. P1 Explain the fundamental stylistic elements of a wide range of musical genres. You will understand the stylistic elements across a wide range of musical genres Reggae Reggae is most easily recognized by the rhythmic accents on the off-beat‚ usually played by guitar or piano (or both)‚ known as the skank
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Million Ways; I was astounded as this track seemed to elevate the "jump up" sound of DnB and Jungle to a higher level. At a time when Jungle was thriving these tracks were not pure Jungle in my opinion‚ due to the fact they heavily sampled Hip Hop and Funk tracks with Super Sharp Shooter using Fred Wesley‚ Method Man‚ LL Cool Jay‚ James brown‚ Tommy Roe and The Winston’s classic Amen Brother.
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Emerging in 1993‚ when Dr. Dre’s G-funk had overtaken the hip-hop world‚ the Staten Island‚ NY-based Wu Tang Clan proved to be the most revolutionary rap group of the mid-’90s -- and only partially because of their music. Turning the standard concept of a hip-hop crew inside out‚ the Wu-Tang Clan were assembled as a loose congregation of nine MCs‚ almost as a support group. Instead of releasing one album after another‚ the Clan was designed to overtake the record industry in as profitable a fashion
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Research Proposal: The Social Realities of Rock n’ Roll’s Birth and the Teenager The story of the birth of rock n’ roll has a mythical quality to it. It speaks of racial barriers bridged through the fusion of Afro-American musical styles with white popular music in 1950s America. Not only did white record producers and radio disc jockeys market Afro-American artists‚ but white artists began to cover their songs‚ as well as incorporate Afro-American style into their own song writing. The musical
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Track 1 P Funk- I like the way this song started off at 0:18. Like I was about to watch a good movie. It also reminded me of the movie Roll bounce with the percussion instrumentation in the background. It was like they were telling a story. Track 2 Mothership Connection- This song gives me a funk vibe as it starts off. Reminds me of a song my mother and her friends use to dance to when I was younger. The instrumentation was nice‚ the guitar‚ trombone‚ and piano I think. Track 3 Unfunky UFO- What
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