African American Rap Music

Rap music is a very different genre of music from the rest because it keeps changing its influence among black Americans. From the book by Debra Rosenthal, she defines rap music as an art that is well connected to the African American literature (Rosenthal 661). Rhythm and rhyme are emphasized in the music. On the other hand, melody and harmony are not given much of a priority. From the article, one can get the point that she hates on the music because she states that rap keeps changing the African American slang and refers it as rituals and figures to the black culture. However, I strongly disagree with the conclusion because according to me these black rappers have worked their way up to the top to gain the international recognition. They have also used their prowess in rhyme and rhythm to win their fans. They have taken up the challenge to use the most challenging aspect of music that many other genres do not use. On the point where she has related the rap on only blacks and the way it keeps changing the slang, she misses the point because it is not all the
rap music in the world that is about blacks or by blacks. She fails to appreciate the diversity of rap and also fails to recognize the talent in rhyming and the strong emotions that connect rap music with the culture of black Americans.
Moving on to the article by Matthew Jordan titled Canned Music, he writes about advertisements and music.
He goes ahead to state that the two cannot be played in areas that are public because of the Grand Central Terminal trial of public sound. Moreover, he says that music from the private sounds can be played and heard, but they were not meant for that purpose. According to Jordan, the sole purpose of music is to make people happy by lightening their mood and not annoying people (Jordan 228). As time moves on, music has turned to be a part of everybody’s live because it is more popular than before. On his thoughts on background music, he states that it is more common in today’s world than it was before as canned music was the thing in the yester years. From his conclusion, he says that canned music played an important role because it listed to put workers on the move and also put consumers in the mood to
buy.
On his point, on canned music, he cannot imagine a coffee shop without music because it will look more of an office space than business premises. On that point, I agree with him because canned music will promote a business because when workers are motivated, they will give their best. On the other hand, when consumers are motivated they will spend more on a store that keeps them in the mood. Therefore, canned music is good for businesses as it will promote business by bringing more customers back and encouraging workers to offer the best to their employers.
Conclusively, the two articles deepen the understanding of music. As of the class music “with you," it creates a serene environment due to its soft beat that makes listeners feel like listening to more. Its background soothes and relaxes as the lyrics create the mood for the class. The natural feeling of the song makes one feel like spending the holidays outdoor. Moreover, it discusses relationships and love providing a chance for canned music to be played at the beginning because of canned music best suits relationship and love songs.
After finishing both articles by Matthew Jordan and Debra Rosenthal, I fully understand more viewpoints of music. When I listen our class song "With you" one famous quote come in my mind. “If music be the food of love, play on” by Shakespeare.