When compared to the other rap hits of the time, Run DMC's sound was very unique in the sound of the beats and the skillful, push it to the limit vocals. By the mid 80's, Simmons had founded the hip hop record label Def Jam, and Run DMC became the most powerful group in hip hop. Run DMC then started to experiment mixing their sound with samples of heavy metal guitars, basically combining the sound of each genre to create a gritty, street savvy sound. Run DMC's success showed the rest of the hip hop world that success could be achieved by delivering constant new material that challenged the status-quo with unique sounds and challenging lyrics. Their 1986 album Raising Hell was preceded by the top ten hit “My Adidas”, and then the release of a cover of Aerosmith's “Walk This Way”, off the same album, became the groups biggest commercial hit.
The Early Years Theodore Robert Cowell was born on November 24, 1946 to Louise Cowell following her stay of three months at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers in Vermont. Ted's biological father, who was an Air Force veteran, was unknown to his son throughout his life. Shortly after his birth, Ted and his mother moved back to the home of his grandparents in Philadelphia. While growing up, Ted was led to believe that his grandparents were his parents and his natural mother was his older sister. The charade was created in order to protect his biological mother from harsh criticism and prejudice of being an unwed mother.
Smith uses “Ms. Hip Hop, generic girl fan” to comment on music because New York is the “birthplace” of hip hop. She also uses it show the difference between New York and California by telling us what Ms. Hip Hop likes in California, “California has its glories, and it holds on tight to its trophies -- the Eagles, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Tower of Power” (para. 5). 3.
Analysis project on Madonna’s FRASHERI Bledar music video “Cherish” Music videos seem to have ranged from simple band performance to an enormous industry. Born of a sudden expansion in new broadcast channels like MTV, music videos continue to influence popular music. They help to create an artist's identity, to affect a song's mood and determine chart success. During many years of development, music video has changed our idea of how we perceive popular music today. The book by Carol Vernallis, “Experiencing Music Video, aesthetics and cultural context”, treats music video as a distinct multimedia artistic genre, different from film, television.
It is a style of dance where participants push or slam into each other. As I've been a fan of Joey Badass since he first came on the scene, I knew all of the songs he performed. He performed some songs from his first mixtape, 1999, such as "Funky Ho", "Survival Tactics" and ''Waves". In addition, he performed songs from Summer Knights, such as "Unorthodox'' and "95 Til' Infinity", which is a reference to 90's Golden Era group Souls Of Mischief and their album 93 Til' Infinity. I arrived at the venue in Shepherd's Bush quite early and saw the audience getting gradually more excited as the show approached its start.
The dynamics were very forte because the vocalist, Vic Fuentes has a very strong and passionate voice that electrifies and brings to life every lyric. The tempo was allegro, as I said it was very fast paced and made you want to dance. The instrumentation was fabulous, the musicians, Jaime Preciado: Bass, Tony Perry: Guitar, and Mike Fuentes: Drums (who is my idol because I play the drums as well) are by far the best musicians I’ve ever heard in a post hardcore band. They take their music seriously, while also having fun and never losing their unique sound. “Yeah Boy and Doll Face” As they played this very beautiful and romantic song, they pulled up a girl from the crowd and Vic sang it to her.
Sweat is racing down the cheeks and forehead of his face like bullets. His arm stretches out to place the microphone in front of someone in the crowd like the hand of god reaching down to Adam. The army of people are all chanting along to the words that the vocalist is spitting out. The crowd’s eyebrows scrunch down with the expressions of war as they surround the vocalist. One last scream is ringing out, slowly fading away like a passing ambulance.
2-1 Case Study 02.qxd 3/30/06 3:36 PM Page 2-2 2-2 Client Profile Kyla is an 8-month-old infant who lives with her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her mother, Sierra, is a 16-year-old who stopped going to school after she became pregnant by her on-again, off-again 18-year-old boyfriend, Kyle, who visits Sierra but shows no interest in Kyla. He frequently becomes annoyed and leaves when Kyla needs to be fed or have her diapers changed. Sierra’s father was very abusive to both Sierra and her mother as Sierra was growing up. He died 6 months ago as a result of a knife wound that occurred during a fight at a local tavern.
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. Its initial audiences were club-goers from the African American, Latino, gay, and psychedelic communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco also was a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period. Women embraced disco as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other popular groups of the time.
But the artist who draws everyone’s attention, everyone has heard of and makes many want to constantly be listening to her and be like her, someone who is a key element of my generation has to be Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga has been making a name for herself as soon as her pop music hit the radio. Her first hit was “Just Dance” release in 2008. Hitting #1 in the billboard charts in 2009 followed by the release of her first album, The Fame. This really got people listening and earned her 8 Grammy nomination and 2 wins.