...The topic that I have picked to talk about is Topic 3. I am going to talk about Black pop, reggae, the Rise of the Funk, and disco. For each one of those caterigos I am going to explain what each one of those is. Then I am going to give two exams of each group. Then I am going to talk about how each one relates to music and culture of the time period I have picked. The time period that I am going to focus of is 1970’s. The first cartorige I am going to talk about is Black pop. Black pop mostly came from 1960’s. That means that Black pop to grow form 1960’s Most of white listeners that listened to Black pop did not know who was singing. There were also white folks involved with Black pop. There are white fans,...
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...Underground” band and how they were associated with famous pop artist Andy Warhol. This same band which was popular in the 1960s, was also a major influence to Jim Morrison. Another extremely popular band during this era was “The Doors”. “The Doors” were major influence to “Iggy Pop”, along with “The Velvet Underground”. One of the most prominent figures in rock during this time was Alice Cooper, and his band. His band was really the definition of cultureless American society. Alice Cooper gained a lot of press for an incident in which he bit the head of a chicken on stage. During this period we also saw the rise of the “Rock Star”, this feat is credited to David Bowie. In video 8, we learned about “funk” and its founding father James Brown. The component that separated “funk” music from the other genres was the increased role of all instruments in contributing to the “groove”. This time period also...
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...commercially viable, crossover production. The vocals are still raw, but the material and sound of the record could easily fit onto pop radio stations’ playlist. Motown was the pioneering label of pop soul, and through much of the 60s, it was one of the most popular pop music genres” (Bogdanov, 11). According to allmusic.com, some pop soul artists highlights are Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Aaron Neville, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Mathis, Michael Jackson (young), The Supremes, and Al Green. “Psychedelic Soul was born in the late 60s, as the chemically altered consciousness as trippy production techniques of psychedelic rock found its way into soul music of the time period. Its receptiveness to rock & roll made it a definite precursor of funk, whose hard-driving rhythms ns use of electronic and instrumental effects owed much to the ground broken by psychedelic soul. It was often state-of –the-art soul at its most celebratory, evoking the heady good times of a new, multifaceted cultural openness. However, there was a more darker, sometimes paranoid side to the music that reflected its uncertain social times, particularly increasing militancy of the civil rights movement. The catalyst behind psychedelic soul was Jimi Hendrix, who cut his teeth on the R&B circuit before coming into his own as a mind- and –genre-bending instrumentalist who spoke to both white and black listeners. Similarly eclectic but more firmly based on R&B were Sly and the Family Stone, a racially integrated outfit...
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...decline in the 1960s and 1970s. This happened because New York was changing its position of manufacturing center to a economy of financial and service sectors. These changes affected a lot people of color because they occupied the bottom fifth of the income scale together with Latinos. Afro Caribbean, black Africa-American and Puerto Ricans hip hop artists transformed “vocational skills from marginal occupations” into creativity. Marshall Berman said: because of its misery and anguish hip hop became more culturally creative than it had ever been in its life. One characteristic of the environment where hip hop culture was developed is urban poverty. Also, it was about creating a group identity and what is beautiful and fun. During 1979, a funk group called Fatback released the first commercial rap...
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...with only a few songs standing out as favorites. Unfortunately, this has likely been the case since the Eight Track Tape was phased out. There was no rewind or fast forward option, so the albums simply had to be good. It’s a lot harder found what I’d consider a good album, present day. In my opinion, a good album evokes just as much emotion as it does provoke those and give the desire to dance, particularly when speaking of R&B and Soul genres. By these standards, most albums fail. Most albums have one ore the other, but very seldom have all of these characteristics. D’Angelo’s Voodoo was a progressive work that had a retro feel. I think what made this album so strong was the fact that it was able to transcend time. Fans of funk music enjoyed this album just as much as fans of modern day R&B. D’Angelo calls on the inspiration of lots of older artists to ensure he has the right feel, and conveys the message he is looking for. The album seems to reach out to fans of Old School Soul music exclusively. With the combination of...
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...The genre of music that I find myself drawn to is Contemporary R&B. This genre of music encompasses elements of various music styles to form one music genre. The different types included in this style of music are rhythm and blues, pop, jazz, and hip-hop. With differing elements, R&B has allowed for an array of mainstream artists to express themselves and allow for other listeners to do the same. This type of mainstream R&B emerged around the 1980s in North America as a modern version of soul/funk-influenced music that now includes electronic production style, drum, rhythms and smooth vocal arrangements. The main aspect that draws me to this music genre is that a large amount of songs that are varied in a style where the tone can be melancholic,...
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...sense of urgency. The urgency to redefine music as well as critically examine the world around us. With political undertones combined with the playfulness of hip-hop, Kanye’s frustration is captured as he weaves his way through the album. One of the stand-out tracks of this album is “Blood on the Leaves,” which juxtaposes varying ideas of slavery and explores what it means to be “enslaved.” Because the production of hip hop music is primarily created with the use of electronic musical instruments like Akai’s Music Production Controller (MPC), it is easier to “sample” music. Sampling music is based around the idea of taking certain sections of songs or sound recordings and reusing it to create a new song entirely. The sampling of primarily funk, soul, and jazz music in hip-hop is the direct result of the music lineage of African Americans in the twentieth century and therefore shares certain commonalities. The many overlaps between the genres in terms of style and lyrical content allows for these samples to coexist harmoniously in hip-hop tracks. Sampling is derived from the idea that referencing another artist will add to the potency of one’s music. By using a sample to evoke a message that resonates with the audience, Kanye is also linking the generational gap by showcasing the timeless nature of music. In the opening of “Blood on the Leaves,” Kanye West samples Nina Simone’s cover of “Strange Fruit.” This song was most notably covered by Billie Holiday and was written by Abel...
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...ingenuity. There are four elements of hip-hop; these include rapping, disc jockey (DJ), break dancing and graffiti writing/art. More specifically, rap can incorporate synthesizers (an electronic musical instrument), drum machines and live bands. Some subgenres of rap include alternative, gangsta, political, East Coast, West Coast, crunk and hyphy. The hip-hop movement originated in the 1970’s in South Bronx, New York. African American teenagers living in the South Bronx and Harlem could not afford admission into nightclubs as they came from families with poor surroundings. This instance would leave them with the alternative of hosting their own house parties. These house parties would have DJ’s, who played popular genres of music, particularly funk and soul. With this positive response, DJ’s began to isolate the percussive breaks of popular songs. This was a popular technique in Jamaican dubs and was introduced by Jamaican migrants. One of these Jamaican migrants was Clive Campbell (DJ Kool Herc). Campbell has been named as the "founding father of hip hop" because of his ability to DJ while using percussive breaks. This quickly became the roots of hip-hop as a cultural movement. The hip-hop movement was established after the Post-Civil rights movement in the United States. The Post-Civil Rights era in African-American history is defined as the time period where laws to protect anyone against discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, or national origin were established. Laws...
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...Running head: MUSIC TRENDS IN POPULAR AMERICAN CULTURE Music Trends in Popular American Culture University of Phoenix There have been many trends in American popular culture dating back since America was founded, anytime an activity or a lifestyle became popular people wanted to follow it and millions did. This is the case with music; it has evolved over time yet remains one of the most popular aspects of American Culture. From 1606-1776 religious music was the first music of early colonists in what was known as The Colonial Era. Traditional English hymns were brought to America and singing the psalms was an early form of hymns. Folk music and ballads were the rage from 1776-1860 in the Revolutionary War era. Popular music just before and during the Civil War had to do with political and military events such as; Amazing Grace, Battle Hymn of the Republic and Dixie and the Star Spangled Banner was written during this time. In 1897 different composers give birth to America’s popular music industry, ending reliance on Europe. The turn of the century arrived and there was a period of excitement for the American Music Scene. During this time the “Western” musical genre spreads throughout western states and featured steel guitars and singing cowboys (Johnson, 2007). The Blues were also created during this time by ex-slaves that sang work songs filled with irony, imagery and love, offering relief from the tensions in their lives. Jazz was also developed in the 1900s...
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...drugs, drink, and dress uncomfortably less. I feel that people in my school around me are too concerned about being known and popular rather than being themselves and really experiencing high school, therefore; they are falling into influences that lead them to accept “in” whether they like it or not and reject “out things”. The “in” things at my school are include raves, lightshows, clubs, crop tops, maxi skirts, bandanas breakdance, hip hop, shady, thirsty, and swag. These things tend to act as pull factors for high school students looking for a clique to belong in. Students want to be classified as popular and cool, therefore they purposely do these things and wear these things. The “out” things at my school include Flip phones, Funk music, Disney Channel, Roller Backpacks, Nintendo, and Rock bands. These things were very trendy when we were younger in grade or from the 1990s. These things are often classified as lame and uncool in my school, therefore people with a high reputation don’t choose to use these...
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...of men called the University Gospel Singers to travel across Chicago and various churches in big cities in America at that time. This was only the start of the genre of gospel music. R&B: “The term Rhythm and Blues, R&B, was first used by Billboard magazine in the late 1940’s.” (Adams) This unique African/ Urban sound grasped the attention of all who listened because it talked about everyday things in life. The lyrics were easy to follow and the tunes are catchy. The first men to make it in R&B music were Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers. A lot of R&B songs are about work and problems with life, or told a story. By the 1960’s R&B was considered soul music (Adams). This is also a popular genre that has many sub-genres including: soul, funk, and rock-n-roll. Heavy Metal: Heavy Metal was developed in the early 1970’s during a time of depression. “What happens when you have a generation come of age in an economically depressed industrial town during an era of lost innocence?” (Pearlin) Heavy metal bands are easily recognized by both distinct looks and loud sound. Men mainly play in heavy metal bands. This music is built upon speed, loudness, and hardness. This music sounds like it is just a bunch of jumbled up messy notes, but when reading the music it is very structurally complicated. It is diverse in composition. There are many many many different subgenres of heavy metal. “Harder. Faster. Louder. Forever.” (Pearlin) Country: “The origin of country music can be found in...
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...there are the sweet melodic psychedelic sounds of Jimi’s electric guitar and voice. After that, there is a catchy bass guitar groove that comes in during the first chorus and enters in and out while back-up singers sing, “Let me stand next to your fire ”as Jimi sings the whole song and is on lead electric guitar. There are crescendos that lead up to Jimi’s awesome guitar solos throughout the whole song. The mood of the song is happy. The bass line is legato and the lead guitar part is staccato. The song for the most part is homophonic and has parts that sound polyphonic because he is singing while playing lead guitar. The band that made a cover of Fire is an awesome band called Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are an alternative and influential funk rock group that was made Los Angeles, California in 1983. They covered the song on their fourth album called Mother’s Milk, which was released on August 16th in 1989. Their version of Fire sounds the same except they took it from moderato to allegro and had more accelerandos and some of the lyrics are slightly different from the original. Overall, there isn’t much of a difference between the two. For example they changed around the chorus just a little. Instead of it just saying, “Let me stand next to your fire” heading into the first chorus, the lead singer says, “Can I make love with your fire”, and when the main chorus does say “Let me stand next to your...
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...Ryan Boeh Music apparition American gangster 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 remove all causes of these cultural ills. All the blame can not be put on one particular thing but a heavier degree of blame can be put on one thing. Some of the violent acts listed above are expressed through music. Gangster rap, which followed rap music, developed in the 1980's. Though the immaturity and lack of teaching morals has an impact on how we view and take in things, the context of gangster rap presents a negative image for people in society. Rap music has derived from other music categories. One of the first musical influences on rap music is hip hop. Hip hop is comprised of graffiti, break dancing, attitude and the dress of the people who listened to it. The start of hip hop, along with rap, can be located in the Bronx of New York. There were three major events that occurred in the Bronx that contributed to the hip hop subculture. The first event was the building of an expressway through the Bronx. This plan was carried...
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...one and up away from them. Jazz was likewise rooted in southern African American music, yet it was a band of white musicians, billing themselves as the original Dixieland Jazz Band who first recorded Jazz music." (SmithSonia.org) Hip-Hop music is now a culture for African American, even a culture of the whole America, Hip-Hop was borne in a very savage, hard time, during that time, those African American had a "bad time", therefore, the Hip-Hop music was a big culture for African American. As Sternberg states:" Hip-Hop began as a cultural movement when DJs began experimenting with scratching records, breakdancing, and rapping. Musically, hip-hop was borne out of various styles of music and different genres, such as Jazz, R&B, rap, soul, funk, rock, and many more. Beginning in the 80s. Key themes in Hip-Hop music emerge and become defining elements of the genre across various different artists in different eras. The core narrative of Hip-Hop is the documentation of the African American experience, including the discrimination injustice, oppression, and violence." ( Wordpress.clarku.edu) When did Hip-Hop music become famous? During the 70s, the synthesizer was born, it first used for the popular music such as disco and other music, but some of the DJs used the synthesizer for rapping, and also in the south area, a bunch of "rap stars" was born, too. The author Tristan Micheal states:" New YorkDj Kool Herc is generally considered the most important figure in the early years of...
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...Mini Essay #1 The Presence of Society: Norm Violations Just yesterday while I was driving home I thought of the norm to break. I was on the highway where the speed limit is 65 mph. I was driving about 75 mph, and realized that I was breaking a norm. I continued this and started to watch people’s reactions as I pulled up behind them or passed them. I would look to see in the cars if they were looking at me or just letting me pass as it was normal. While I was breaking this norm I didn’t really feel anything was wrong. I felt as if many people do this, and thought to myself that breaking the speed limit itself is almost becoming the norm. Almost no matter where you are driving people are passing you while you are already breaking the speed limit. On the highway I was going 75 mph, but there were still people passing me. I may have been passing others as well but when I was to slow down to 70 mph, I was driving at the same pace as almost every other car. It seems to me that almost if not all people break this norm we call following the speed limit. When people see someone speeding up from behind them and they are on a two lane road, they move over and let them pass. It has become a part of society. People are courteous to others who are not following the norm. This is why, in my mind, breaking the speed limit has almost become the norm now. Although I feel this way it is not going to change the law, or some people’s thoughts on speeders. The law says that speeding...
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