a “Everybody’s somebodies everything…nobody’s nothing”-Chance The Rapper “Everybody’s something”. These words obviously aren’t just words, they came out of a song from a genre of music that you might not listen to very often or at all. This genre of Music is “Rap”. As I said before you might not listen to rap often or at all but the reason people do listen to rap is because of the things that have been done to it to make it a unique and entertaining genre of music over the years. The change in rap music has made it universal. Today you can make an instrumental for a rap song with bits and pieces of other song of any genre. In rap the only thing that matters is if someone can add words that rhyme to the instrumental …show more content…
Although DJ’s were almost never seen they still played an important role in hip-hop. “The hip-hop DJ has to endure the process of obtaining a vast knowledge of music and rhythm… be able to synchronize the grooves and beats, and continually search for new sounds to maintain his status in the culture”( DXT, The Importance of the Hip Hop DJ by DXT Formerly Grandmixer DST). DJ’s didn’t just listen to hip-hop to get the inspiration to make their beats. A DJ would listen to many different genres of music like rock, country and Latin. Even though the range of music they listened to was wide, DJ’s got most of their inspiration from R&B and funk. The reason being that these two genres were more inspirational for DJ’s is because it sounded more like the drums of Africa. It wasn’t easy for DJ’s to pull out their inspiration, they listen to songs and practice for hours and hours trying to really feel the rhythm of the music. With a lot of practice an up and coming DJ could get better at polishing the craft and making it their own. Only certain DJ’s were able to take their art and become an influential part of history. The mark that they left also set a example for the youth at the …show more content…
From the DJ’s role in ‘breaking tracks’ on commercial radio and dance floors, to supplying sounds for film scores and various recordings, to being the focus of the recent gaming trends over the years like DJ Hero. The impact of the DJ in popular culture is significant. Many of today’s most successful producers, like Dr. Dre and Mark Ronson, came from DJ backgrounds or have cultivated DJing as part of their repertoire of skills. Increasingly, DJing has become a viable way for aspiring entrepreneurs in music to diversify and create success for themselves. If you want to be a successful DJ Don’t be afraid to start off in a local club or just DJ for your friends. you don’t need to start off DJing the Golden Globes. Get good at it and then show off your skills to strangers. The world will continue to see various artists push the envelope for what is expected of the modern DJ, and it can’t wait to see what new innovation comes to light next. The love of music, being able to hear it clearly so you can take it and make it into something greater than it was before, adapting to the everyday fickleness of peoples ears is what being a Dj is all about. I’ve learned that my definition of a DJ was only part of what the true definition was. It requires more than just headphones, music and making a scratching
was never, and has yet to be, attributed to any one certain individual. Rap, also known as
Hip Hop started in the South Bronx, New York City in the 1970’s. Hip Hop as a music and culture started when block parties became popular, particular among African-American youths who reside in Bronx. Deejays would play popular songs on turntables at that time and start to break or “scratching” in between playing songs to create their own beats. Hip Hop served as a voice for the inner city youths were from a low-income families. The culture would reflect their way of life. As the years of Hip Hop progressed, a new form of Hip Hop was introduced that was called “gangster rap”, which rapped about the hyper-masculinity and violence. The biggest controversy in the Hip Hop world took place between The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Both artists took lyrical jabs at each other until their untimely death.
All types of music from all different genres around the world use some of the most basic elements adapted by western music. It is evident in Negro spirituals, Gospel, Broadway Musicals, Rhythm and Blues, and Rap. These elements provide for certain congeniality between music in the world. It shows that no matter how different a certain selection of music may sound, there are many characteristics that can be found in the opposing selection of music. Rap is a brilliant form of art that has been, and will continue to express the minds of men and women through various elements of music.
If we hark back to the history of hip-hop music, we will find that the culture of this music dates back to early 1970s. It came
artists, the lyrics they wrote were their way of life. The Gangsta-Rap culture came straight from the
Many people do not like rap music because they say that it is too violent or the people that are involved are just very violent. Many people say this because most people who rap or listen to rap music, grew up in the “Ghetto”. The “Ghetto” is a place no one wants to be because it is very violent, hearing gunshots and people screaming and fighting because of the situation they are in. The people in the ghetto are in a bad situation because...
Known also for its explicit and violence lyrics, Rap has a strong influence on the personalities of
Hip hop was spurred in the late 70’s. The man credited as being the first rapper ever, DJ Afrika Bambataa, was the first to “talk” to his music. His unorthodox style quickly became very popular in the disco and funk clubs. For the lack of a better word,
Rapping is simply a single element of hip hop music. Flava Flav of the group Public Enemy, speculates that rap and hip hop are sometimes differentiated by tempo.
The most popular new music to emerge from the ‘80’s was rap music. It first developed in the mid ‘70’s in New York City, and soon in other urban areas, primarily amongst African-American teen-agers. It became very popular with the urban public that it soon began to spread throughout the United States and much of the world. It replaced rock music as the creative force in music of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s. However, as popular as it was then and it is now, the lyrics of many rap songs have caused controversy. Many believe and have charged that these lyrics promote racism and violence and show contempt for women.
Rhodes, Henry A. “The Evolution of Rap Music in the United States.” Yale. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.
Rap is becoming more popular than ever, soon most of the world will have some type of knowledge of rap music. Rachel Sullivan from the University of Connecticut stated “White respondents in this survey had difficulty naming three rap artists, which indicated that they did not have a high level of commitment to the music.” This statement was produced in 2003, also seemed to be very one dimensional. Recently, rap music has been surging through the masses no matter the race. Furthermore, rap is becoming very prevalent especially in the youth of this era. Many trends, commercials, social media, etc. are revolving around rap music.
Rap Music, a genre of R&B that includes rhythmic poetry put over a musical background. The background consists of beats combined with digitally isolated sound bites from other recordings. The first recording of rap was made in 1979 and the genre began to take notice in the U.S. in the mid-1980s. Though the name rap is often used back and forth with hip hop. The name hip-hop comes from one of the earliest phrases used in rap on the song “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang. “I said a hip hop, hippie to the hippie, the hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it to the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.”. In addition to rap music, the hip-hop subculture also formed other methods of expression like break dancing, graffiti art, a unique slang vocabulary, and fashion sense.
Rhodes, Henry A. “The Evolution of Rap Music in the United States.” Yale New Haven
Today 's rap music reflects its origin in the hip-hop culture of young, urban, working-class African-Americans, its roots in the African oral tradition, its function as the voice of an otherwise underrepresented group, and, as its popularity has grown,