Music Interests

Arthur, Alton, Sonny, Tom

Hip-hop

Hip hop is a broad union of artistic forms that originated in the South Bronx and quickly spread through other parts of New York City such as Harlem among African American and youth from the Caribbean during the 1980s. It is characterized by four different segments, each one represents the different display of the culture: rap music (oral), turntablism or "DJing" (aural), breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Even while it continues in modern history to develop globally in a thriving multitude of diverse styles, these foundational segments provide stability and unity to the culture.

Links:

·      Juicy byThe Notorious B.I.G

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNwgtFYFXY

·      Try me by Dej Loaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ekf1QcZxAA

Rap

Rapping (or spitting bars) is spoken in rhyming lyrics. The elements of rapping include content, and flow. Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often linked with and a predominant portion of hip hop music, but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries.

Links:

·      IDFWU by Big Sean

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lrLhJnxi4

·      Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre feat. Eminem

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLqZGmWeXo

Gospel

Gospel music comes from African American religious experience and can be traced back to the 17th century. Gospel music usually uses an abundant amount of repetition. The repetition gave way for those who could not read a chance to take part in worship. In the midst of this time, hymns and sacred songs were lined and replicated in a call and response order, and the Negro spirituals and work songs came on the scene. Repeating of words and "call and response" are approved aspects in African music, arranged to achieve an adapted state of consciousness sometimes call "trance," strengthen a collective chain.

        R&B 

R&B was first used in a billboard magazine in the late 1940's and it emerged from blues and jazz. The diaspora of African Americans to the town industrial centers  of Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles and other places in the 1920's and 1930's created a new venue for jazz,blues, and related genre's of music. The forbearers of R&B came from jazz and blues, which overplayed in the late 1920's, 1930's came Through the work of musicians like The Harlem Hamfats, with their 1936 hit "Oh Red." There were also growing importance on the electric guitar as being the lead instrument, including the piano and saxophone.