Jam Master Jay Mizell Essay

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One of the most influential groups to date who helped paved the way for the second coming generation of rap music in the 80’s was RUN-D.M.C. The group consisted of 3 members: Jay Mizell, also known as “Jam Master Jay”, Darryl McDaniels, and Joseph Simmons. From the years 1981 all the way through 2002, they were changing the game of rap and bringing in new ideas into the field. Rather than switching from one flow to the next on their verses, they finished each other's lines, something no other big group had done before. They were the first hip-hop artists to create entire albums, not just some mixes with singles and some nonsense. It was this same trio who also “introduced hats, gold chains, and untied sneakers” (“Rolling Stone”, para. 1, 2001) …show more content…

It is interesting how these three members grew up within the same city and ended up forming a band altogether within the near future. As a young boy, Darryl Matthews McDaniels developed a desire to draw pictures found in the insides of comic books due to the fact that his older brother, Alford often brought in materials at home. At first, he started out with stick figures but little did he know that music would encounter him and remain with him for quite a while. McDaniels commenced his music career by deejaying. He eventually formed a duo with Simmons because of the love they both felt towards rap itself, but someone needed to help them with records. Mizell, superior deejay at the time, was the perfect match for these …show more content…

is the group that set the sound and style of hip-hop and rap. Simply through their music, which consisted of hard beats and blunt lyrics which were empowered greatly with the powerful vocals that conveyed what their music was. Starting with their first single “It’s Like That”/ “Sucker MC’s”, released in 1983, that marked them for their unique style of rap. As mentioned in the beginning, signature trademarks such as the overlapping of Run’s and D.M. C’s vocals as they finished each other’s lines, something that no rapper back then did. This single was what started the road to their ultimate fame. They were also the group that brought the snapback, gold chains, and untied sneakers as the fashion trend for rappers, but ultimately impacted the style of the youth during the

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