East Coast Hip-Hop
3. Focussing on a music based scene, movement or Artist of your own choosing from the period 1955 to 2000, you will detail, explain and analyse the roots, character and legacy of your chosen subject and consider what impact, if any, your subject has had upon popular music culture and the contemporary music business.Your choice may be a genre based scene such as the development of House Music in the UK through the 1980s and 90s, or a geographically connected movement such as the Singer- Songwriter movement in Los Angeles during the early 1970s, or a significantly influential and important Artist such as David Bowie or Madonna. You will need to
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Compared to the original form of Hip-Hop it became well known and recognised for the positive some-times being afro centric and realistic lyrics that often had some depth of meaning into what was currently going on in the “people’s lives”. East Coast Hip-Hop combined various genres of music and sounds one of the largest example’s being Jamaican dancehall toasting where DJ’s played the rhythm and artist such as Sister Nancy, Yellow Man and Dennis Alcapone blessed the music with their voice making unusual sounds by their mouth or slightly mc’ing over the beat making the crowd feel welcomed and at one with the artist. The passion of using words to express feelings and thoughts similar to Soul music which was also popular at this time. With all of these factors East Coast Hip-Hop began to see the rise of a new community and culture allowing us to sit back and witness the growth and beginning of world famous artist’s such as Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Notorious Big, Jay Z and Nas who would all go on to cause their own footstep on the future and all the great things it bought then, and still today in culture and the music industry.
Originating from the East Coast of America, being more specific in the South Bronx of New York Hip-Hop came alive and began to stomp down so many barriers. In the …show more content…
Carter, S (2010). Jay Z Decoded. Virgin Books.
CHARLENE HAZE ALCANTARA. (2009). It all started with Adidas. Available:http://www.examiner.com/article/it-all-started-with-my-adidas. Last accessed 13th Dec 2012
Henry Adaso. (2009). East Coast Hip Hop. Available: http://rap.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/EastCoastRap.htm. Last accessed 12th Dec 2012.
Luke Lewis. (2010). What 's the Best Debut Album Ever?. Available: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=what_s_the_best_debut_album_ever_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.
McCray, M. (2011). Why the Beastie Boys get respect from black rap fans. Available: http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/why-the-beastie-boys-get-respect-from-black-rap-fans.php. Last accessed 12th Dec 2012.
Run DMC History. Available: http://www.rundmc.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400092. Last accessed 10th Dec 2012.
Run DMC singles. Available: http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php). Last accessed 10th Dec 2012
Susan Okie. (2008). The epidemic that wasn’t, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27coca.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. Last accessed 13th Dec
Compared to the original form of Hip-Hop it became well known and recognised for the positive some-times being afro centric and realistic lyrics that often had some depth of meaning into what was currently going on in the “people’s lives”. East Coast Hip-Hop combined various genres of music and sounds one of the largest example’s being Jamaican dancehall toasting where DJ’s played the rhythm and artist such as Sister Nancy, Yellow Man and Dennis Alcapone blessed the music with their voice making unusual sounds by their mouth or slightly mc’ing over the beat making the crowd feel welcomed and at one with the artist. The passion of using words to express feelings and thoughts similar to Soul music which was also popular at this time. With all of these factors East Coast Hip-Hop began to see the rise of a new community and culture allowing us to sit back and witness the growth and beginning of world famous artist’s such as Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Notorious Big, Jay Z and Nas who would all go on to cause their own footstep on the future and all the great things it bought then, and still today in culture and the music industry.
Originating from the East Coast of America, being more specific in the South Bronx of New York Hip-Hop came alive and began to stomp down so many barriers. In the …show more content…
Carter, S (2010). Jay Z Decoded. Virgin Books.
CHARLENE HAZE ALCANTARA. (2009). It all started with Adidas. Available:http://www.examiner.com/article/it-all-started-with-my-adidas. Last accessed 13th Dec 2012
Henry Adaso. (2009). East Coast Hip Hop. Available: http://rap.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/EastCoastRap.htm. Last accessed 12th Dec 2012.
Luke Lewis. (2010). What 's the Best Debut Album Ever?. Available: http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=what_s_the_best_debut_album_ever_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.
McCray, M. (2011). Why the Beastie Boys get respect from black rap fans. Available: http://www.thegrio.com/entertainment/why-the-beastie-boys-get-respect-from-black-rap-fans.php. Last accessed 12th Dec 2012.
Run DMC History. Available: http://www.rundmc.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400092. Last accessed 10th Dec 2012.
Run DMC singles. Available: http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php). Last accessed 10th Dec 2012
Susan Okie. (2008). The epidemic that wasn’t, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27coca.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. Last accessed 13th Dec