This new type of music was rap music. ... I loved the new sounds and lyrics of rap music. ... They sang or rapped about their lives and things they've done and to me that's what really makes or breaks an artist. ... The rap music in a sense is not as relatable, though I still enjoy many other qualities of it. ... Of course I don't only listen to music I can relate to, but the songs that are, are the songs I tend to like more. ...

• Word Count: 1167
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Rap is exactly the opposite. ... In 1979, rap had its first hit single with the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight." ... Along with rap come many sub-types of rap. ... Varying in many different styles, country songs are now about love, heartbreak, good times, friends, fishing, and other situations common people can relate too. ... Rap derived in the inner city. ...

• Word Count: 523
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Bobby Braddock had come up with a very interesting idea for a country rap song and pitched it to some producers. ... The song itself takes a country rap approach that is so different from all of other country music, but the lyrics are conveyed so well behind the speed and tempo of hip-hop music. ... In my opinion it was a very smart move to incorporate such an influential culture into this song that could have been just another average country song. The song stayed number one consecutively for weeks. ... I think that this song and video is good examples of innovative appropriation because of ...

• Word Count: 830
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They would take turns 'calling out' in song, to which the other laborers would 'respond' in unison. ... They would also use these songs to communicate information about escaping, because the slave owners could not understand the "slaves' language". ... Muddy Waters said it best with his song, "The Blues Had A Baby, And They Named It Rock and Roll". ... So heavily that some Blues artists have even successfully sued in court, and won damages for songs they have written that were unfairly made into Rock and Roll songs without their knowledge or permission. ... Blues and...

• Word Count: 1385
• Approx Pages: 6

This nauseating, migraine-inducing background noise would play behind every song, just enough to make you wonder if you are slipping into insanity through auditory hallucinations, or if some evil bastard actually added those sounds intentionally, just to make it uncomfortable; the sort of sound that would purge a cold sweat through the pores of your skin while standing half-naked in a blizzard. ... My musical soundtrack would include a mysterious lack of rap music, and I will explain that now: I find rap music to be the audible equivalent of dollar store beef jerky; filthy, cheap, nauseating, ...

• Word Count: 720
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate