... be traced to Negro spirituals. The negative connotation associated with both genres can be greatly attributed to the elements of sex, gambling, and drinking which are commonly associated with rap and blues. Blues music is very structured in its form. Songs are usually 12bars, 16 bars, or 8 bars. Each has a very specific set of rhyme schemes. Call and response is common in ... influenced by many genres, including rock and roll, disco, jazz, and of course blues. Like Blues, rap is usually spoken or chanted. Rap music is rebellious in nature, which makes sense, since rap was created out of...

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... The singer, songwriter combination seized a young Italian audience. Subject matters began to change once again, and the singer/songwriter phenomena exploded. By the 1990's, different groups of music clashed, producing heavy-metal, urban, rap, and pop sounds. New and Old artists have all made names for themselves, like Lucio Dalla, Anna Oxa, Lucio Battisi and Eros Ramazzotti. They have all broken ... use Italian dialects to express their thoughts as demonstration movements. However, as political as Italian rap seems, Jovanotti has been able to commercialize rap into popular music. His mus...

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... disco, and other genres have matured over time, while still maintaining at least a touch of their roots. In the 1970s, a new sort of music was born in The Bronx, New York City. A Jamaican immigrant by the name of DJ Kool Herc developed the blueprint for what is now known as ... other topics not acceptable at the dinner table. However, this could be the very reason why American youth began to feel passionate for Rap. Rap is not afraid to speak of what is really going on. Racial stereotyping, government violence, and common struggles among the ghetto are fully addressed with ... people look...

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... , Marilyn Manson, whose lyrical themes include hatred, revenge, shooting and death. Teenagers, who listen to heavy metal or rock music, are attracted because they can connect the lyrics of these songs with their own troubled feelings. "Gangsta rap" music is another type of music that has been very influential over the years. Its lyrics often involve references to street gangs, gunplay, sex, drugs and ... violence, which leads to the violent behaviour of youths. Studies have shown that exposure to rap music "tends to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of the ... use of violence."[4] W...

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FROM SLAVE FIELDS TO RAP SKILLS: A Journey Through Black American Music The Africans brought with them sounds of their ancestors as they came ashore to this country. Polyrhythms and work songs were parts of their heritage. As slaves labored in the fields, the music became a way of adapting to a new ... the blues), Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith just to name a few of the early pioneers. Another style of music that has the black influence is gospel music. Gospel music had its origin in the South. It developed in the African American Baptist churches during the 1930's. By the 1940 ... music influen...

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... closely related to sound systems in Jamaica, which were large parties, originally outdoors, thrown by owners of loud and expensive stereo equipment which they could share with the community. Rap emerged from block parties after DJs isolated percussion breaks and began speaking over the beats; in Jamaica, a similar vocal style called dub developed from the same isolated and elongated ... percussion breaks. Earlier styles that contributed to rap West African griots, wandering poets and "praise-singers" spirituals and other forms of Christian music, as well as certain Protestant preachers' ...

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... some where they would rather be, but is it ever recognized where that beat and rhythm come from? Well it's not a very common answer. Music gets its origin from many different places one of which is Europe because that's where many of American's migrated from. But the fact is that ... Fred McDowell helped to create a unique and powerful sound that is still popular today." (Lee) Widely recognized as the "Father of Rock and Roll", Blues music is one of America's great contributions to the world. "It was created in the days of slavery in America, when a black person was still an African ... )...

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... way for blues. Blues followed blacks to urban societies as spirituals followed the slaves onto the plantations. The differences between these types of music were that spirituals were collective, whereas an individual sang blues. Blues attributed to the evolution of black society toward individualism after the collective ... society of slavery. Blues became know as the music of the black working class. It was a way for African Americans to express the modern problems of economics, social errors, and poverty ... her death. The twentieth century saw the development of a specific form of r...

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... way for blues. Blues followed blacks to urban societies as spirituals followed the slaves onto the plantations. The differences between these types of music were that spirituals were collective, whereas an individual sang blues. Blues attributed to the evolution of black society toward individualism after the collective ... society of slavery. Blues became know as the music of the black working class. It was a way for African Americans to express the modern problems of economics, social errors, and poverty ... her death. The twentieth century saw the development of a specific form of r...

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... internationally influential. Rock quickly attracted the allegiance of Western teenagers, who, with new disposable incomes, replaced young adults as the chief audience for popular music. From the late 1960s black pop gained a huge white audience. The history of pop through the 1990s was basically that of rock and its ... variants, incl. disco, heavy metal, punk rock, and rap, which have spread throughout the world and become the standard musical idiom for young people in many countries. Ballad song Ballad, form of short ... Gallican, and Mozarabic chants in the East, Byzantine, Syrian,...

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... have challenged modern trends and proved competitive. Like rock and roll in the 50s, heavy metal in the 80s and rap in the 90s, the new millennium has also developed its own trend, called pop. Nowadays pop has become more than just music, it has become fashion statement, a form of speech and even a way of living. Although their have been many musical ... trends like heavy metal, hip-hop, rap, rock and others, Pop has developed into the biggest trend of all time. Pop is a combination of all music genders and all harmonic styles that incorporates modern everyday life. The rise of pop cann...

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... and ideals of America especially the younger generation. (2, 7, 8) Rock and Roll is a direct descendent of the blues. The blues is a form of music invented by blacks in the southern United States as a reaction to the harsh racial discrimination imposed upon them. It is a musical form based on alienation, ... the "me" decade, because the ideals and action of the Sixties turned inward. Disco certainly reflected the materialistic aspect. Disco want just a style of music, it was a style in general. Millions were made off of disco records, disco-style furniture, clothing, and movies and of c...

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... get other jobs. It has little lasting impact on rock and roll, but occasionally will have real impact. Chapter eighteen is the final chapter and discusses Techno-funk/pop, Rap, MTV, Dance music, and the future. Techno-funk was the standard way of defining what was happening. The technology of the time created the means to market rock which was through videotapes ... . Techno-funk/pop was more dominant in 1985 than any other time. Rap is a form of music that features a strong rhythm section, with the slap bass so important to funk, soul, and reggae. The rapper tells his message in a punct...

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... n" Roll. At the start of this decade, rock groups became more production oriented, mainly because of the sudden explosion of videos. During the 1980s music videos became a popular form of promotion and entertainment. With bands like U2, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Guns n" Roses, and Metallica ... . Rock music no longer continued to be a way to rebel against authority and injustice. It became oriented more around violence and expression of anger. As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. R...

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... will soon find yourself reminiscing about the crush or two you've had in the past (or present). I can remember a crush I had in 12th grade whenever I hear the song.. The music of the record is comprised of a jazz guitar, which riffs a melancholy note every 10 seconds. The electric bass guitar deeply hums a soulful note in the background. Percussion is the lifeline ... , smooth, but confident voice and lyrics of LL Cool J and you have a masterpiece. I have many favorites but this one in particular is great because it is one of the few rap/r&b collaborations that is on my favorites list. I...

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