In hip hop their were many artists in New York and California making their names big in the 1980s. These artists brought influence and helped spark interest in the hip hop game. There were two young men who took interest and were listening in Port Arthur, Texas. These artists learned from the artist before them and created their own style of music. They rhymed about drugs and women and their style was about to blow up in the early 1990s. This group was the Underground Kingz. What was the history
Britney Jean Spears is a well-known pop singer throughout the world. The 34-year-old pop artist was born on December 2, 1981 in Mc.Comb, Mississippi. Britney was raised by both of her parents Jamie Spears and Lynne Spears in a small rural town of Louisiana. At a young age Britney liked to dance and do gymnastics, taking classes and winning several competitions. Although she is shy, Britney had high hopes and dreams to be like her idols Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, so she took vocal lessons in
airwaves with their radio-friendly records. Hits like “Jive Talkin’” exploited their distinct falsetto and their groove thrived in the growing dance culture. The Bee Gees flourished as pioneers of disco, which joined elements of funk, soul, pop, and salsa. The film Saturday Night Fever, for which the Bee Gees produced most of
creating his first album Marshall Mathers LP. That album was the first rap album to ever be nominated for “Album of the Year” and won 3 Grammy awards. In the first week the album was released, it sold 1.76 million copies in the U.S. which is a record for a solo artist. Eminem has released 10 albums, all rap music. He would spend hours... ... middle of paper ... .... There is no way to really say which one is the better musician, which would be a matter of opinion. Both have done rap music, while Kid
extra money from the record company. If this happens it is called payola, is it illegal? For two DJ’s in 1950’s found out how illegal it was. The payola scandal actually began with game shows, it was found that the show “Twenty-one” and “$64,000 question” were rigged, this is what led to the investigation of the practices of radio stations. Many DJ’s made deals with record labels, to ensure their record played a minimum amount of times. The DJ’s made $50 dollars each record, however, some DJ
Bill Haley and The Comets, “Rock Around the Clock:” The 1956 release of Bill Haley and The Comets ‘Rock around the clock’ (written by Max Freedman and James Myers), was originally the B-side to ‘Thirteen women’ gaining little initial interest. This essay will evaluate major themes of the period: events, youth, technology and race to illustrate why Haley has a definite contender for the title of the first rock and roll song. Rock Around the Clock was to prove important being the first rock and roll
During the eighteenth century, 1918-1930 to be correct, an intense social development that focused in Harlem, New York occurred. The Harlem Renaissance was the introduction of African American; artists, artists, performing artists additionally craftsman. It commended dark conventions, the dark voice, and dark lifestyles. The Harlem Renaissance grasped scholarly, musical, showy, and visual expressions. The members tried to re-conceptualize "the Negro" aside from the white generalizations that had
changes, many known changes came from one man known as “The King of Rock and Roll”: Elvis Presley. With Market potential on his mind, Sam Phillips of Sun Records was looking for an artist who appealed to both whites and blacks, found just what he was looking for in Elvis, a man with a white face and a black sound. Phillips managed to find an artist who appealed to the largest consumer base; white society. Presley’s music would go on to revolutionize future genres along with the people themselves. Elvis
hard to become like them, to become good enough so that one day he could meet them and say he does this because of them. He studied moves,music, and just the way they were in general. When first starting you could see a the inspiration that these artists had on him. In the year of 2011 he made a song in tribute to Michael Jackson which became the hit known as she ain't you. To the public eye the things his influences stood for a slowly fading away from what Chris stands for especially after the the
others, to escape the racism and unfairness that plagued the south after the Civil War. The success of the blues would have never reached a worldwide magnitude if it was not for this “Great Migration” to the north, and the willingness of open minded record executives, taking a chance on some black musicians from the south. If it was not for these musicians, who knows who could have inspired bands like The Rolling Stones, the Band or even the Beatles. The shape of Rock and Roll today derives from music
Louis Armstrong is a very popular Jazz artist, cornet, and trumpet player from the early and mid 1900’s. Some of Mr. Armstrong’s most popular songs were “What a Wonderful World”,” Mack the Knife”, and “Hello Dolly”. He has won a few awards throughout his life time including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Grammy Award for Male Vocals Performance. Louis Armstrong passed away in 1971, but he had several songs released and won a few awards after his passing. Louis Armstrong was born to William
The popularity of jazz musicians by black artists has experienced particularly high levels of advancement in Kansas City throughout history. "For a brief period from the late 1920s through the late 1930s, Kansas City was a mecca for Midwestern and southwestern black jazz musicians. Some extraorginary music resulted from the healthy competition and collegiality that grew among musicians of significantly different backgrounds and styles. Among the musicians who marked the sound of Kansas City then
(Wikipedia.org) The culture, music, and lifestyle known as hip-hop began in the Bronx in New York City in the years 1970’s. At house parties and community centers DJs mixed songs from different records together. They started extending short drum breaks into longer dance mixes by switching between record decks. Bronx DJs experimented with touching
Backstreet Boys In a world full of imitations, the Backstreet Boys are definitely not just another fabricated, bubblegum-pop boy-band, but are a multi-talented group of real musicians. With each Backstreet Boy having his own unique experiences in such areas as: acting, singing, modeling, and playing instruments, it is obvious that it would add flavor to their phenomenal voices, and lead them to fame and fortune. “Honestly, looking at them for the first time with their country, down to earth, all
Introduction The Dream Girls film is a wonderful musical drama, yet merely watching the movie does not deliver the impact that ‘seeing’ the movie can. Evaluating elements of their construction and bringing together an effective message. While watching a movie is good, being able to critique film assists you to not just watch but to ‘see’ the movie; because it makes messages clearer, it inhibits social interaction, and it brings deeper understanding of a movie. In this critical analysis I will show
Super Bowl XLIX has come and gone, but it’s still making headlines with everything from a shocking ending that included an on-field brawl between the two teams to Katy Perry’s insane halftime performance. All of that and more made this year’s big game the most-watched television broadcast of any type according to the Nielsen ratings with 14.4 million viewers from beginning to end, 2.2 million more than last year. While some may say the two dancing sharks were the halftime showstoppers, others may
Langston Hughes was probably the most well-known literary force during the Harlem Renaissance. He was one of the first known black artists to stress a need for his contemporaries to embrace the black jazz culture of the 1920s, as well as the cultural roots in Africa and not-so-distant memory of enslavement in the United States. In formal aspects, Hughes was innovative in that other writers of the Harlem Renaissance stuck with existing literary conventions, while Hughes wrote several poems and stories
fight (Small 77). In light of B-D-P's role in reforming rap in the succeeding years, his biography is significant; he was college educated and was employed--in addition to his musical activity--as a social worker. He had released a groundbreaking record that year, and had already worked on a follow-up, which would defy older categories of rap music. His violent death seemed a cause for pause to reflect on rap music's new direction. The effect on the other member of B-D-P, the rapper K-R-S One
since it is such an individualized movement. Therefore, unfortunately, the image painted by these artists is one of violence and misogyny. Some of the most popular hip-hop artists associated with the Nation are Jay-Z, Nas, and Erykah Badu. These artists cover topics such as violence, drug sales, and Five Percent teachings in their lyrics. This section will analyze lyrics by some of these popular artists. All lyrics were taken off the website genius.com. Jay-Z has built an empire built off of lyrics
venues, such as ballrooms, and to large audiences, who seized the opportunity to not just tap their toes, but to "jump, jive, and wail." The swing era became the most popular form of jazz, as it catered to audiences as a form of social and interactive entertainment. So, bop can be seen as a reaction to the eventual sterilization and ubiquity of swing music. The first bop records were made by in 1944 by Coleman Hawkins experimenting with his swing band. Several individuals were instrumental in the