... statuses. In fact it is most artist sense of urgency to effect change of conditions threatening urban America. The article also ties in how rap music manifested in black America as a means for artist to show the traversing lines of language, culture, and the self with in. This was important ... important, is the capitalistic society we live today. Most rap artist, aren't able to gain as much education, as upper class Caucasians. Thus rap music has spawn into a means for them to gain and thrive in a society focused on one thing, money. Thus showing how artist were able to gain ... from ...

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... 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 language, a new religion and a new, but difficult way of life. Often times the songs were a means ... (the father of 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's...

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... had declared himself a "voluntary Negro" by the 1920's. This movement influenced the hipsters of the 1940's and the beats of the 1950's. The article presents an examination of the blues music of musician B. B. King in terms of how King reflected race relations and racial politics in the U.S. in the 1960's, a period when King became a commercially successful popular musician rather than ... a respected musician in a niche genre of popular music. This commercial success is attributed to a new popularity of King among white music fans. Statements from King's autobiography discussing a 1968...

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... of different civilizations and generations. Songs are generally divided into 3 categories: classical, popular and folk. The word song is divided into two categories; music which is the common ground between all songs and rendition which refers to the performance of the song. A song is not simply composed of ... is the enjoyment of its listeners and the factors that contributed to make the listener like the song. American history is greatly reflected in music that started since the arrival of Europeans and Africans. The first American popular song tradition was the minstrel show, with son...

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... ideas and labeling them as vast generalizations. In one generalization in particular, Bloom claims that art in music has died since the decline of classical music. Bayles on the other hand, disagrees by declaring that that void has been filled. Bayles quotes music critic Henry Pleasants, "Western music has undergone an idiomatic shift every time its creative center has shifted geographically" (Bayles, 25). He ... focus on the fact that there is a gap in musical history, which she fills with Pleasant's theories. Perhaps there is simply a misunderstanding in the role of twentieth century ...

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... . This is when people first starting having phonographs and gramophones to use in their homes. Now they could listen to the music that they wanted, when they wanted to. Sound engineers first used something called the "acoustical process" for sound recording. During this process, a singer, or whoever was being recorded would stand ... about 4 inches from the horn, and they would step back when they hit high notes. In 1925, they started using electric equipment to record music. In about 1900 - 1910, jazz started to flourish throughout America. There is not one way to give jazz a single def...

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... America, but until the early 1950's, white people had little interest in rhythm and blues. Two men, wanting to make a profit and expand the growing music business even more, exposed rhythm and blues to white teenagers. In 1951, Allen Freed, a disc jockey in Cleveland, Ohio teamed up with Leo Mintz, ... rock and roll truly came alive in the young adults" lives. While teens were on their own social territory, the high energy, hormonal rock music blasted through the speakers as they danced with their peers and their dates on the dance floor. "The beat is so strong that anyone could dance ...

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... language and many were separated from their families. So they were forced to improvise which, of course found also expression in their music. Mostly based on only a few chords, black music leaves the player much space to develop his own style. In 1817, the slaves of New Orleans were permitted to meet ... cf.: "Kulturindustrie,"" Microsoft Encarta Enzyklopãdie 2000 Plus). Another reason why jazz is now more attractive to people is the fact that it has always been a music for individuals. When people hear the word "jazz-, most of them think of improvisation and many have a picture in mind...

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... controversial subject because they often include the issues of Sex, Violence, and drugs. Supporters of rap culture believe that the issues discussed in this type of music are a result of the life that young black men are exposed to. Rap lyrics are a way for them to express their feelings and expose others to ... they live. As Berry's says culture rap is a vehicle for self expression. Rap opponents argue that the violent and sexually explicit lyrics of rap music cause the young black culture to act out in criminal ways and exploit their women. This group of people believe that the monkey...

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... "African Culture and Slavery in the American South: An African Point of View" Dr. Ibrahima Seck elaborated on the similarities of music from his native home of Senegal and the southern region of the United States. One of the most interesting similarities and coincidents between ... as slaves in the southeastern United States delta. Although there are many other social and cultural elements that attest to the correlation of the music of these two regions, I found this geographic model most surprising for its parallelism. In order to help prove many of his historical and ... As Mr. Kumba p...

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... populace's awareness of the great achievements and contributions made by African-Americans throughout the history of the United States (Franklin 429). Inasmuch, Soul music sought to bring that undersight to light. Soul songs like Donny Hathaway's "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," was revolutionary, in that ... singers voiced concern about the social injustice, racial pride, black militancy, and forms of protest (Southern 517)." Eileen Southern's statement on Soul music greatly describes the type of works produced by Hathaway and Brown at the time, yet was definitely not exclusive to thes...

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... little children/There's room for many a-more/The gospel train's a-leavin'..." The "gospel train" of the song likely represented an escape method, such as the Underground Railroad. Another type of music distinct to African slaves was gospel. These songs originated in plantation fields as work songs, and were later sung in churches of Black congregations. They were intended to enliven a crowd ... , and employed bright music and joyful lyrics. Gospel music contributed to the development of musical genres historically considered "white", such as rock'n'roll and country and western. Religion ...

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... black population influenced many of these. Elvis did t sound fully white, were fore many radio stations we cautious of playing his music due to the "black-white rigidities of a segregated society" (Pratt 376). He used different types of black music to make his own. He was "the only artist to have the same record at number one on the pop, country, and ... rhythm and blues charts" (Schmidt 339). Many black Southerners resented this and all the success that he gained by it because he was using music that had originated by black but was unable to be sold on the market due to the "segregated...

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... black population influenced many of these. Elvis did t sound fully white, were fore many radio stations we cautious of playing his music due to the "black-white rigidities of a segregated society" (Pratt 376). He used different types of black music to make his own. He was "the only artist to have the same record at number one on the pop, country, and ... rhythm and blues charts" (Schmidt 339). Many black Southerners resented this and all the success that he gained by it because he was using music that had originated by black but was unable to be sold on the market due to the "segregated...

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... the blues. At this same time, four million slaves became American citizens. The four million, mixing their African background with the popular and church music around them, were to be the nucleus of jazz. Jazz is America's indigenous art form, having its birth and evolution in the United States. ... political, and economic affects of American cities as well as the fluctuating reputation of American culture throughout the world. Jazz, more than any other music, has been intimately linked with legal and social equality for all, particularly African Americans. In the 30s, jazz reached new ...

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... . It is appropriate that each chapter of the book souls of black folk begins with a sorrowful way of freedom or grievance. Music is a great way to communicate, such as poetry. Poetry and music are very much on the same page. Deep and meaningful in most cases in the earlier years. One quote was good to ... handed: there are to-day no truer exponents of the pure human spirit of the Declaration of Independence than the American Negroes; there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and Indian and African, and, all in all, we men see...

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... Jhally, S., Killoy, A., Seely, J., Young, J. T., & Media Education Foundation. (2014)) This is important to think about when it comes to women trying to make it as music stars because for a women to make it nowadays her musical talent will only take her so far, often they need to put on this sexual cover-up to be able ... to attract an audience who often don't even really care about the music but more about the video itself. Two other really important things about male gaze that I took out of the "dream world" movie ... which was shown in class were the topics of male aggression and ra...

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... have strived for after hundreds of years of inferiority. Black Entertainment Television constructs the black race in a degrading way. Mainstream rap, which is the primary music aired on BET tells the story of expensive cars, alcohol, violence, drugs, promiscuity, and just about everything one doesn't want their child to see. ... be Black. A person that has been in contact with African Americans knows that not all Black people dress and act the way the Blacks in music videos on BET do. But then again, BET is a "mediocre approach to what it calls "black entertainment" and unwilling to chan...

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... time stood for. It became a place for gangsters to sell their bootlegged beer during prohibition, a home for jazz music, and a precursor to the Harlem Renaissance, a period of profound growth and change in black literature and music. "Harlem was not so much a place as a state of mind, the cultural metaphor for black America itself" ... United States. With them, they brought their culture"(Rhapsodies). Part of that culture was Jazz. Jazz was slang for sex but also a type of music. The music itself had, and still does have, enormous sexual appeal to it. It can be fast and intense or slow...

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... Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties was a decade of fun and general good feeling in the United States. The country was caught up in new music, new dances, new games, blossoming literature, different fashions, new heroes and heroines, and booming business that left everyone with a good feeling ... new trends for women's hairstyles, makeup, and clothes. The Roaring Twenties was a decade for music in the U.S. A new type of music, Jazz, was created by Black musicians in New Orleans from ragtime and blues. The new music was quick to spread through the United States, then through the world. O...

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... 's and Hughes" love of these rare relationships only blacks could maintain. Toomer and Hughes note the significance of race in music. In "Bona and Paul," Paul loves his "red-blooded Norwegian" roommate, Art. Being a black man surrounded by whites, Paul yearns for ... music uninfluenced by the presence of whites and their definition of acceptable music. When Art plays the piano, Paul reflects upon the music he hears; "Art sat on the piano and simply tore it down. Jazz I've got to ... incidental" (Schuyler 98), Paul lives in an environment dominated by whites, yet has a predisposition for ...

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... Duke Ellington who followed them and helped produce the Jazz Age. These musicians helped the African American culture by producing a type of free music that was a culture strike to many whites in the United States. By doing so breaking the lines of entanglement and allowing the beginning of ... the influence of black culture. With jazz music so popular many jazz nightclubs started to open. The most popular at this time was the Cotton Club. Harlem's Cotton Club illustrates the ... Don Redman, and later Henderson himself, introduced written jazz scores that were widely admired for their ...

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... helped African American Entertainers by creating a forum for black artist and entertainers for the past twenty years. This is done by showing African American entertainers ability whether it be through, music videos, movies, or documentaries, BET helped many Black Entertainers. Any media coverage is good, but most Black Entertainers looks for BET' s media coverage to boost their career. In 1982, a ... the BET awards has shown great for the progress of Black entertainers, hosted by funnymen Steve Harvey and Cedric "The Entertainer", the popular Black Entertainment TV awards honored achie...

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... fear that African Americans had implemented on the other race. This fear that African American males implemented would only get worse as we into the late 1970s, with hip hop music. Although times had changed and the environment wasn't quite the same, "white vs black hatred" was beginning to reach an all-time high. Political as well as community ... violence was taking place along with crack epidemic. Hip hop music had a major impact on not only the black community but African American masculinity. This impacted African American masculinity by artists making music about the things they w...

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... the history of jazz as a narrative of progress. Their accounts show jazz evolving from a boisterous type of dance music into forms of increasing complexity, gradually rising in prestige to become an artistic tradition revered around the world. Certainly attitudes towards the music have changed dramatically. In 1924 an editorial writer for The New York Times called jazz "a return to the humming ... ". In keeping with this general theme of progress, historians have emphasized innovation as a primary force driving jazz forward, identifying new techniques, concepts and structures that presum...

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