... the time of slavery and discrimination. They would sing songs like "Swing Low", "Kum-by-ya", and "In The High Roads", to pass their time working in the fields or along the roads making railroad tracks. The rhythm caught on and became blues, which told stories about the pain and hardships they had to go through from the whites of America ... entire American style music. Still today there are many African influenced music. Blues and jazz are still strongly rooted to the past as the new sound of "old school", "R&B", and "Rap" are not only tied to the early African American culture but are ...

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