Evolution of Music Genres (Hip-Hop/R&B) Music is truly a gift to humanity that can be used in a multitude of ways. Music is used in ways of conveying emotion and creativity; it can also be used in celebration or setting the mood for a certain event. Whether music fans notice or not‚ the evolution of music is occurring now. Certain music genres have been thrusted into the limelight of the current state of music and also the future of it as well. The first new genre that has emerged from the pack
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Members of the American hip hop group from Detroit‚ Michigan - D12‚ discussed the beginnings of the American rapper‚ record producer‚ and actor - Eminem‚ saying that individuals thought that Marshall Bruce "Eminem" Mathers III was black when they first heard him rap. The hip hop group D12 was formed in 1996 in the hometown of Eminem (who is the other half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil)‚ and apparently became famous following the subsequent success of Eminem. Hip-hop artist Kuniva‚ who is a
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The genre evolved from hardcore hip hop into a distinct form‚ pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T‚ and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A attracted in the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative subgenre of hip hop. Many (if not most) gangsta rap artists openly boast of their associations with various
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Comparisons and differences between ballet and hip hop Ballet and Hip hop are two types of dance that are studied by dancers all over the world along with many other types of dance. Ballet is a type of dance that originated from Italy and was shaped by the French. Hip-hop is a more modern type of dance that was first discovered in the late 1970’s in America. Both ballet and hip-hop are specific types of dance that uses different types of music‚ technique‚ and have different dress codes. Ballet
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Rap Now a days there are many different types of music. There’s hip-hop‚ r&b‚ metal‚ rock or religious music. My favorite is Hip-hop because of its culture and because according to Wikipedia “rap origins from it Hip-Hop.” Wikipedia also states that “Rap is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping‚ a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It had been developed as part of hip hop culture‚ a subculture defined by four key elements: MCing/rapping
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Afrika Bambaataa‚ Fab 5 Freddy‚ Frosty Freeze‚ Kool Herc‚ and numerous other relevant hip-hop connoisseurs explore the culture of hip-hop‚ specifically by breaking down how B-Boys and B-Girls pioneered and shaped the hip-hop culture known today. While this documentary‚ interview-styled film had limited information to share about other aspects of hip-hop‚ it gave a wide variety of facts and details of B-Boying‚ or ‘break-dancing’‚ which is considered to be one of the key elements. Overall‚ this film
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Cook begins his contribution in this book by talking about the background of Jay-Z. He eventually gets to his main claim‚ that even though hip hop and black urban culture isn’t highly represented through mainstream media‚ Jay-Z is able to provide a media for his expression because of his developed fanbase. His presence within pop culture allows him to do this as well. Cook supports his main claim with a subclaim‚ that media typically doesn’t follow black celebrities around and have multiple news
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In linguistic terms‚ "bling" is an ideophone (a sound intended to evoke an idea)—it is not onomatopoeia‚ because the act of jewelry shining does not make a sound. The form "bling-bling" is a case of reduplication. Coinage of the term "bling"‚ which came into use in the late 1990s‚ is often attributed to rap artists B.G. and Cash Money Millionaires. It was used in a song title by Cash Money Records rapper B.G.‚ and in 1998 by fellow Cash Money artist Lil Wayne on the track "Millionaire Dream" ("I
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According to Jeff Chang‚ “By the beginning of 2005‚ hip-hop music‚ in particular‚ had become a weapon of mass distraction— abused by corporate media monopolies with their deployments of blockbuster-minded execs‚ reactionary programmers‚ and vernacular shock jocks‚ incurring a grassroots clapback from hip-hop activists dismayed at the pimping of their culture” (Chang‚ xi). In other words‚ the author points out that the new age of hip hop has lost the true meaning of the genre and is too focused on
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Rappers Delight - The Start of Hip-Hop and It’s Death Now what you hear is not a test‚ I’m rappin to the beat and me‚ the groove‚ and my friends are gonna try to move your feet see I am wonder mike and I like to say hello to the black‚ to the white‚ the red‚ and the brown‚ the purple and yellow. On January 5‚ 1980‚ New Jersey businesswoman and highly respected rhythm and Blues artist Sylvia Robinson and three young men from Englewood‚ New Jersey — Big Bank Hank‚ Master Gee and Wonder Mike — changed
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