3. The audience are people that believe in the stereotypical ideas of what New York and California are like and what they have done for hip hop. People knowledgeable about those who were influential in music, particularly in hip hop and bebop. 4. Smith finds many rhetorical devices that grabs our attention i make us catch his message.
How does an awareness of the social and cultural context of music help to inform our understanding of music history? Understanding the social and cultural factors such as technology, production and politics all play a key role in helping people today understand the history of music. In this case, popular music is a prime example. Popular music is an extremely hard term to explain. Its often tied up to commercialism, however, not all popular music is commercially successful and this can be for a number of reasons.
Hip-hop, while opposed to rap, generally defines the whole culture. Rap formed during the 1970s with the rise in popularity of block parties in New York, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx. Rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks along with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The roots of rapping are found in African-American music and ultimate African music, with roots originating from the griots of west African culture. The African American traditions of signifyin' (an early form of wordplay), the dozens (game of spoken words between two communities) and jazz poetry all had an influence on rap music.
These distinctive beats and bass lines became the foundation of a new type of music in these clubs, and Djs can be seen as the prime movers of hip hop.” “MCs (Master of Ceremonies) in the clubs were there to introduce the hot new DJ. Between songs, though, MCs began to talk to the crowd. Like MC's even today, this talk varied between jokes, biographical anecdotes, as well as attempts to excite and energize the audience. Eventually, some local MCs began to talk over the music, and this talk soon became part of the music performance. These MC's became known as "rappers".” “Eventually, "rap music" was refined to become a mixture of rhythmic poetry, and rappers were getting noticed by 1979 and some commercially successful records were selling locally, though rap had hardly made an impact on the U.S. mainstream.” As the eighties went by, hip hop got more popular and we had some station that would play our music such as BET, but MTV only played everything besides African American music.
DuBois and Cornel West are two very important African American writers. They have shaped the way we look at our society. West will always make more sense to me because he is living in my generation and talking about current things. DuBois has no idea what has really happened with the hip-hop movement, but we can’t take what he was written and compare it to today. Our country has turned into an easily influenced society, and we have sort of fallen away from being a democracy, even though most Americans claim that we still are.
Hip hop is a way for the blacks in those communities to express themselves. Cornish, Melanie J. “The History of Hip Hop.” New York: Crabtree Pub., 2009. Melanie Cornish starts by explaining what hip hop is and the four important parts which make it up; MC, DJ, B-Boy, and Graffiti. MC’s are the
He now was on the same pedestal of other civil rights legends such as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B Du Bois, and of course, his counterpart Martin Luther King. Although this new “Malcolmology” spread across all groups, there were various interpretations of “Saint Malcolm”. As expressed, the hip-hop community typically associated with the younger generation, were drawn to the most attractive and against the grain characteristics of Malcolm X which were mainly the incendiary and militant elements. In sharp contrast to this, the formerly young African Americans that grew up and lived in the times of Malcolm X thought of him as an “inextricable trajectory of intellectual and political maturation” and his yearning for interracial
The reason why those who exercise live, because they are not getting fat over time as someone would be by just sitting at the couch all day. If you are obese you have more physical and possibly metal problems than a normal weight person and the physical problems are mostly severe and can cause premature death. Just by exercising you can avoid all these horrible diseases and early death. Studies show that exercising improves memory in older people. In conclusion exercising is a proven way to decrease the risk of all these medical conditions and they should be taken action with other factors as
People can become more educated and experience personal growth through the exposure of how others feel and think as expressed in their music. These expressed musical experiences can allow others to know in some measure what it is like to be the depressed person, or to be shunned as an outcast socially. Other music may educate the sexes on their counterparts, thus enhancing interpersonal relationships. Music helps some people in times of trouble, especially adolescent children dealing with fitting in with the peers during the awkward stages of puberty. Many songs have lifted the spirits of those downtrodden and in despair.
Music is a unique and irreplaceable art form and it conveys and expresses beautiful emotions of people. Many people cherish various types and genres of music and consider it an important trait of their everyday life. Not everyone appreciates and loves the same type of music. I listen to rock because I get a sense of relaxation, it has a positive influence on me, and it tightens my connection with my friends, while I avoid listening to country music because I find it very depressing. Music, like any other art, is a way of relaxing after a person’s regular hard day at work.