...The white families that left the city for the suburbs took everything with them, and the remaining inhabitants had to make something of their own. So, beginning in the 1990s and continuing today, the sudden appraisal of hip hop from those same white families is a form of generational whiplash for the black communities that created the art form. It is not reasonable to blame the descendants of the white families that fled during urban sprawl, but it becomes a whole new issue when those descendants of white families try to become involved in that industry. But based on Daniel Chandler's article about Genre Theory, there is "considerable theoretical disagreement about the definition of specific genres...it is an abstract conception rather than something that exists empirically in the world." Genres can be classified in many different ways; two techniques decipher genre based on either content or...
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...Music in the 1990s The nineteen-nineties was a time period that included many types of movements such as the teenage grunge movement, the ballad dominant pop era, and the east/west coast hip-hop rivalry. Of course, with each sort of pop-culture movement there are things that come along with it such as music. With the nineteen-nineties having a strong influence from many genres, musical figures and styles from the nineteen-nineties created a diverse American culture that inspired future artists along with different groups of American pop-culture. In the nineteen-nineties, pop music was one of the most popular genres in the decade. according to an online source, pop music has an eclectic style that borrows many elements of music from different...
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...My first experience of Hip-Hop music was “White America” by Eminem. At that time, I was 15, and my school senior who came back from Australia recommended to me. As soon as I listened to the song, I fell in love to the song. Before that time, my image of Hip-Hop was a music performed by African American people, so I remembered that I was very surprised to the fact that Eminem was not. In my knowledge the difference between Hip-Hop music and Pop music was that each words were linked with fast tempo in Hip-Hop musics. I felt like I listened to “the language game of black language games”(Henry Louis, pxxlll). Also, I felt Hip-Hop music had more clear message in a lyric than Pop music. As I learned about what Hip-Hop is all about from the course, I realized that the Hip-Hop music I am listening to now is not really a Hip-Hop music. From the course I found out that Hip-Hop is an art of self-assertiveness or the soul yearns for freedom from restrictions by African American people. Before Hip-Hop music appeared, everything was dominated by white people. Public had treated African American as symbol of evil for a long time even in media. For example, the movie “ Planet of the Apes”(1968) is the one well portrayed the relationship between white and African American people. In the movie, apes hated humans without reasons and lynched humans to death. In the text “THE HIP HOP WARS”, the author quoted “ I ain’t never shot nobody, I ain’t never stabbed nobody, I’m forty-five years old and...
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...MUS360 TR 4PM Research Paper The genre of music called “Hip Hop,” originated back in the 1960’s with the help of a Jamaican native and Dj, named Kool Hurc aka, Clive Cambell. Since the evolution of hip hop, the style of music has become one of the main branches of an artistic culture that consists of b-boying (break dancing), graffiti, and MC-ing. All of which have tremendously influenced many aspiring artists, their physical images, the ever-changing sound of hip hop, and other elements that relate to the hip hop culture. A lot of people claim that hip hop and rap can only be about violence, aggression, sex, and money in order to sell or be popular. Another view on hip hop and rap is that it’s too violent, and inappropriate to audiences. That it’s not even music but just a bunch of crap, when in reality, it’s like poetry. The lyrics that artists write come from personal experiences, and perceptions of what they see in the world they live in. Hip hop and rap is more than just music. One of the primary sources I found is a review/article published in “The New York Times” called “The Uncluttered Hip-hop of De La Soul”, written by Peter Watrous, in which Watrous critiques the performance and the group De La Soul at a show. This review of Del La Soul is relevant to the history of hip hop course because it makes a point in which gives an argument for positive recognition of not only De La Soul, but other hip hop groups with similar style of music. These groups don’t write about...
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...The evolution of dance in the 1980’s ranged from various forms of dancing styles. This included Breaking Dancing, Moon Walking and Hip Hop just to name a few. During this period, Michael Jackson, also know as the king of pop made significant contributions to music and dance. This helped to make him a global figure in pop culture. His style of dancing was also a major social influence during this period, especially through the launch of music videos. The information discussed in this essay will review the significant social impact of dancing styles during the 1980’s. In the 1980’s music videos became a part of our culture and also impacted Hip Hop dance during this decade. As a result in 1981, MTV (Music Television) was created which was...
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...IS HIP HOP DEAD? Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………..2 1.FOOTSTEPS/ BRIEF HISTORY ……………………………………………………….3 2.THE HIP HOP GAME/ INDUSTRY ………………………………………………….7 3. UNDERGROUND ………………………………………………………………………..10 5. SAMPLING …………………………………………………………………………………11 6. CREATIVITY IN THE TWO WORLDS ……………………………………………..13 7.SALVATION …………………………………………………………………………………16 CONCLUSION …………………………………………………………………………………17 BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION The phrase “Hip-Hop Is Dead” can be found everywhere around hip hop community discussions during the last years. Rapper “Nas” titled his eighth album in 2006 with this statement, and has caused a controversy among rap artists and listeners all over the world. But comparing today`s hip hop music with the roots of hip hop can we really claim that hip-hop is really dead? If so, what are the facts that lead in the death of hip hop? What does its demise mean for the average fan? How to bring it back? Does it mean the genre will go down in irrelevance like what happened in disco music? All these questions will be investigated during this paper, and to understand this complicate statement itself, we should figure out what the statement really means. Maybe it is the fact that most of the genre’s songs and music videos look exactly the same. Maybe it’s the mainstream hip-hop game’s emphasis in ridiculously shinning jewelry, the sexism and the focus on money and women. Better yet, according to Mickey Hess, “hip-hop’s...
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...Imagine living in a Puritan society 330 years ago. Religious zeal and devotion are the basis of the community. Ministers and pastors promote male supremacy and women are looked down upon. The fundamental rule in society is to follow God’s law and obey His commandments. Harsh, remorseless punishment is inflicted on those who stray from God’s laws. Now compare the Puritan society to today’s society. The American culture is ruled by momentary yet popular trends. Colored skinny jeans, snap-backs, unnecessary fashion glasses and neon clothing can be seen almost anywhere on the street (Lutz). Also modern culture has astronomically altered social norms. Women used to be the ideal caretaker of innocence and purity, but now women dress in revealing clothing and are preyed on by the indecent society. Proper mannerisms have vanished and young people have become straightforward and sometimes even rude. Respect for elders and wisdom has dwindled (The Revolution in Manners and Morals). What is the cause of this cultural shift? In Boston during 1684, a group of strict Puritan religious leaders wrote a letter to the community addressing the issue of dancing. Men could dance together and women could dance together, which was viewed as a natural expression of joy. Also children could dance with their parents’ permission. However if a male and female danced together it was seen as an inexcusable sin before God (An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing). Puritan religious leaders warned...
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...of hip-hop culture. Cultural hip-hop talks about real-life experiences of subjects such as gangster mafia violence, drugs, degrading of women, and many other realistic, pessimistic values, whether the artist has experienced those situations or not. Currently, the public has opened their ears to a whole new level by listening to the ludicrous lyrics of some of the mediocre, modern-day hip-hop and rap artists. Due to much of the publicity, some of these artists are put on such a high pedestal that they go to extremes by acting out their music and wind up being horrible role models, ruining the names they made for themselves. On the other hand, some artists in hip-hop culture see a political trend form and decide to incite it with heart-grasping lyrics that pertain to the governmental issues. From the 1970s to current times, there is a pattern emerging that Americans are willing to listen to politically subjected songs that hip-hop artists have written as signs of political trends. America’s changes through hip-hop culture have had some influences on the government and public as a whole through significantly realistic lyrics, violence, and trend-setters. Since 1979, when Sugarhill Gang came out with “Rapper’s Delight”, hip-hop music has been “all the rage” for about three decades (Blanchard 1). Hip-hop came from the different genres of jazz, gospel, reggae, and soul, all collaborated into the music styles of the African-American culture (Blanchard 2). Hip-hop culture...
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...American Pop music has been and will continue to be one of the versatile genres in music. Pop music can be defined as a combination of country, rock and roll, hip hop, as well as other elements from an assortment of musical styles that has grown over the decades and will continue to change as more countries are exposed musically to one another. According to Lane Crothers, author of “Globalization & American Popular Culture”, popular culture such as movies, music, and television has become one of the top exporting businesses in the United States. The end of the Cold War played a major contributing factor in exposing other countries to American culture due to the increase of technology, such as the internet, cell phones and satellites for example, which allowed other countries to be exposed to the growing music industry in the United States. Even though the American Pop Music is composed of a variety of styles and elements, three of the biggest contributors are Country, Rock and Roll, and Hip Hop. Each genre focuses on different subjects, however it’s popularity in different countries have increased due to how easy it is for individuals to relate to the lyrics. For example, Country music emphasizes on day-to-day struggles, such as an unhappy relationship, career, substance abuse addiction. Rock and Roll emphasizes on individual desires such as sex, and on human emotion. Lastly, Hip Hop emphasizes on the anger and frustration caused in oppressed environments. In conclusion...
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...SWOT Analysis of YG Strength Unique brand image, leading the creation of new trends The company’s potential for growth is huge in light of its superior creativity. For example, the company boasts the largest share of the domestic digital music market due to its creative music development. YG Entertainment sticks to the HIP-HOP style and leads the hip-hop fashion in this industry. YG catches the HIP-HOP heat point and distinct itself from the other regular K-pop entertainment company with digital dancing music, which is the mainstream in Korean music market. YG is known for performing unique Korean Pop/Hip Hop music, mixing the genres. Given YG’s unique music style and fashion taste, it has accumulated a group of loyal fans. Resourceful talents, YG spirit and YG family. The quality and size of artist lineups are key growth determinants for an entertainment company. A larger lineup improves a company’s brand awareness and makes it easier to market new artists. YG has been promoting itself as a company that encourage creativity of its own artists within a family-like environment without interfering with the creating process of its artists. YG spirit consists of creative thinking, excellence, unique identity and family-oriented mind set. Strong relationship with SBS. Over the years, SBS and YG Entertainment have been known to share a good relationship. Indeed, YG entertainment has a particularly strong relationship with SBS compared to its relationships with KBS and MBC...
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...[pic] AMST 100 – Introduction to American Studies Fall 2013 -- 100-01 -- 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. MWF – Information Technology 229 100-05 -- 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. MWF – Sondheim 409 Instructor: Ellen Gorman Office: Fine Arts 424 Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: elg@umbc.edu; elgorman@msn.com Required Texts Celebrity Culture and the American Dream, Karen Sternheimer The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz Shoplifting from American Apparel, Tao Lin It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation, M.K. Asante Films: The Social Network (Fincher 2010); Mean Girls (Waters 2004); Bomb It (Reiss 2007); Objectified (Hustwit 2009), The Bling Ring (Coppola 2013) Course Description: In this course we will engage in an interdisciplinary analysis of oral, written, visual, and material representations of American life and culture and the historical and social contexts in which they are produced and consumed. Our analyses will necessitate a survey the interplay of the popular arts and American society, using American studies interdisciplinary methodologies. The framework of the course is the development of critical thinking and writing skills. All students are encouraged to avail themselves of the free services at the University’s Writing Center, http://www.umbc.edu/lrc/writing_center.htm List of assignments and percentage of grade Formal Assignment #1/Critical Analysis 20% Formal Assignment #2/Creative Production 30% ...
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...With all different types of genres and views on music, there can never really be a type of sound that is universally known as the music of today. However, music that reaches out to a wide variety of people and is generally well-accepted can be viewed as the music of today. Various genres make up this music. Wether it is rock, hip hop, classical, or electronic; these genres make up most of what people in our world listen to today. Nevertheless, there is one particular genre of music that combines all different genres into one, eclectic, form of music. This genre of music is commonly known as the mashup song. Mashups are songs that are created from the mixing and combining of various beats and other songs together to form one track. This can be done using simple computer software. The first step in creating a mashup is brainstorming different songs and vocals that you want to use in your track. The next step is choosing which program to use to create the mashup. Generally, any music mixing software can be used, however, one of the simplest and most common programs used is MacBook's Garage Band. The next step is to copy the songs into the program and lay them over each other. This is usually the hardest step in the mashup process due to the difficulty many people face when trying to incorporate the different songs together in a way that makes it sound as if its one single song. The third step is to incorporate different sounds and beats into the track. What this means is that...
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...folklorico and the american lyrical hip hop are both dance styles that have a large branch of either a set of movements or regions ,where a specific type of style evolved from . folklorico is a folk dance from mexico which originally originated from the mexicans and europeans which the blood lines crossed over . folklorico isn’t just a dance style it is also considered to also be a culture or tradition to most people . The stems of folklorico comes from ancient people and crossing of foreign blood even of their cultures and traditions . folklorico is composed of different varieties of steps from other regions of Mexico, the movements also have a ballet characteristic with its pointed toes and its sharp movement...
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...it’s true! Music is a sweet poison which even makes death (boring lectures in reality) tolerable .this poison is available under various labels – rock, blues,metal,pop,RnB etc.For my convenience, I have arranged these cracks under three stacks: the good,the nice & the third the dope. In our hood, we have lot of ‘good drug’ users. They can be distinguished from their over the top hairdo.They have a great affinity for the devil’s number.They have a self – destruct habit of head banging. One shouldn’t bug them because they have a reputation for their temper. But to be honest my rock listening & metalhead homies ,when I heard the crew of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham, I certainly got ‘Led’ out on my ‘stairway to heaven’! We all know the nice drug,pop does lighten up our minds & heighten our spirits & RnB does feed our souls. It gives us a goody-goody feeling. This nice drug have various manufacturers ranging from legends like Madonna,Stevie Wonders,Elton john to newbies like Justin beiber,Lady Gaga,Katy Perry,Taylor Swift etc.Artists like Akon ,Usher,Rihanna have taken RnB to an another level. But when I need to be real high & tight I use my third stack ‘the dope’. When I put on my snares (headphones) & hear hip hop/rap, my heart begins to beat to the sync of the hip hop beats & the words of the MC flows like venom into my veins, I totally get gassed up. It tones me up to take up my stance against all the odds. Rap Music! Many...
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...Task 1 - Produce a questionnaire and interview twenty people (16 -19 Age Group Only). Conduct primary and secondary research for a selected product/service making use of identifiable sampling techniques. A sample is a piece of a whole; you cannot research the whole market, so you pick a sample. An example of a non-profitable sample could be dimensional sampling this is an extension to quota sampling. The researcher takes into account several characteristics e.g. gender, age, income, residence and education. An example of a profitable sample could be systematic random sampling. With the systematic random sample, there is an equal chance (probability) of selecting each unit (every nth person) from within the population when creating the sample. For my research I've chosen to use a non-profitable sampling methods simply because I am targeting young people on how music influences them. So I have specific age groups (16-19), which are allowed to answer the questionnaire in order to make my research more reliable. With my questions I've used four different methods in order to make my questionnaires more do able and reliable. I used opened questionnaires, which allows my samples to elaborate on their answers. I've also used closed question such as 'do you listen to music?’ as yes or no question are easy to tally up. I've used scaled questions in order to easily tally up and give general quantitative data and finally I have also used dichotomous which is the use fixed-alternative questions...
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