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Musical Styling
Pop Music History
R&B/Soul (80's/90's)
Began on street corners in African American communities with teenagers, vocal harmonies
Berry Gordy founded Detroit, signed some of the greatest musical talents of the 1960's
Rhythm & Blues used to catagorize black music, although music genre included a variety of genres and styles
Born 1939
Grammy Winner,
"Thunderdome", "Whats Love Got to Do with It"
Born, 1958
American Musician
"Purple Rain"
Hip Hop & Rap
Developed as underground music in South Bronx in NY, during houseparties DJ
Early hip hop included artists such Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, and Africa Bambaattaa
Later influences from toasts, hippin, rapping, signifyin from comedy, cultural phenomenon, and poets.
Later used "sampling" and tape loops to create more sophisticated beats
By 1990's influences included jazz, and sampling from unique sources, artists LL Cool J, and A Tribe Called Quest
Gangster rap is a derivative from hip hop, so called because of the themes of urban violence/poverty, rivaries (East & West coast and perceived lifestyles
Like all African America musical genres this has emerged into innovation
Lacrae
Music as Protest
Codes for escape
Ways to express true feelings
Expressions of Social Injustice
Civil Rights Protest Songs 60's Folk Music
Expressions of hope and discontentment
Art as way to promote ideas of social justice
Continues tradition of pushing for hope and transcendance and highlighting social ills