The Difference Between Old and New Music

The CEO of Motown, Berry Gordy tried to block its release, calling it “the worst thing I’ve ever heard.” Hutchinson (2014). Dyson (2005) declares that Gordy was irritated with the song's musical tributes to jazz and nervous about making something political. Furthermore, Gaye was seen as a Motown hitmaker which could be argued that making a politically charged record would be detrimental to his career. However, Gaye believed that “What’s Going On” was an important record that needed to be heard by the masses and refused to record any new material until “What’s Going On” was released. Eventually, with the help of lower executives at Motown and while Gordy was on holidays, the song was released and from that day some would say it changed the legacy of Marvin Gaye

Langston Hughes and Mos Def are writers of different epochs but still have a lot in common; the black experience. Langston Hughes wrote poetry from a 1920’s era point of view. Mos Def wrote “Hip Hop” that portrays what is happening now in the black culture. Although from different times, both writers still had to deal with the issues of being black in America. Writers that wrote poetry during the Harlem Renaissance wanted to be treated equally and fairly. They also wanted to show the world that they were educated and want to be taken seriously. Mos Def song “Hip Hop” looks at how hip hop has effected the African American society as a whole. Mos Def’s “Hip Hop” looks at the road blacks has taken to where blacks are today. “We went from picking cotton, to chain-gang line chopping to be-bopping, to hip-hopping” (Def 585), Mos Def is describing the progress blacks has made since the Harlem Renaissance. The writers from the Harlem Renaissance was looking for the dream, Mos Def response to Harlem Renaissance is that blacks are living the dream. There are many flaws but there has been some progression since the earlier times of the Harlem Renaissance.

Guap and Commas is the new meaning for money. The word “chainz and bling” is the new meaning of jewelry. During the performance, there were other phrases such as “drinking watermelon, surfboard, deep throat, give brain and tapout,” these are phrases not used in everyday conversation however, it creative way to speak about sexually without being grossed and nasty. The phrases, “dirt off the shoulder,” “loose lips sink ships,” and “getting this paper,” where some of the other phrases that were more relatable and reminded one of early Hip

Goats, half-naked ladies, and hashtags; yet the most memorable thing about Robin Thicke’s song, “Blurred Lines”, is the lawsuit that surrounds it. Most fans of Marvin Gaye will be able to recognize his song “Got to give it up” and the way it was ripped off by Robin Thicke. But the issue goes deeper than just plagiarism; there is also the issue of cultural appropriation. A song originally done by a Black man was stolen, had the lyrics changed, and put back out with someone else claiming credit for the work. This is not new for Black artists. The genre of rock came from Rhythm and Blues, or R&B, which came from jazz, and so on through Black tradition. Yet as time has shown, there has always been a dominant White force that comes in and adopts,

Making its start in the 1970’s in New York , rap has taken the world by storm as a way to express individuals emotions and give a inside look at one's life through rhythm and rhymes. The genre of rap is an outlet for emotion and struggle for many individuals . Creating lines that tells stories about one's life and paints a visual and scenes in the listeners minds of the situations and problems that the artist has encountered . Rap has made many strides and changes from 1970-2017. There are so many similarities and differences in the age of old school rap and new school rap . So much as changes going artist to their lyrics and things will always such as the culture of rap .

The Gayes’ lawyers simply decried Thicke and Williams as outright liars who emulated and copied one of legendary R&B hits, ‘Got to Give it Up’. An expert from Gaye’s family insisted that there were eight discrete elements present from ‘Got to Give It Up’ that were used in ‘Blurred Lines’, including the bass rhythm and melody, while Thicke and Williams denied these similarities. However, although Williams may have not explicitly copied Gaye’s song as he declared that he was simply emulating the R&B vibe, paying homage to the musician,

Marvin Gaye, a sex music icon, was a symbol of the social and political issues during his time. Though his music he represented young culture, racial injustice, peaceful protest and his black identity. Produced with Motown Records, his album What’s Going On made it to the top ten on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums,” (Dyson). Motown Records is known for its crossover music and artists that sang about things that would not create controversy in the political world, however their artists began to address social issues following the release of Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. Though Gaye’s message was not direct until the release of this album, he represented a rage against the black stereotype and political issues associated with his black identity at a much larger scale being one of Motown Record’s most successful artist.

The CEO of Motown, Berry Gordy, had said to Gaye that “What’s Going On” was the worst record he’d ever heard and completely refused to release the piece. Dyson (2005) states that Gordy was irritated with the song's musical tributes to jazz and nervous about making something political. Furthermore, Gaye was seen as a Motown hitmaker which could be argued that making a politically charged record would be detrimental to his career. However, Gaye believed that “What’s Going On” was an important record that needed to be heard by the masses and refused to record any new material until “What’s Going On” was released. Eventually, with the help of lower executives at Motown and while Gordy was on holidays, the song was released and from that day some would say it changed the legacy of Marvin Gaye

Hearing the genuine power in his voice whether on simple ballets or protest songs was more than just words, it was a voice to those who could not stand up for themselves or who were scared. A lot of record companies as mentioned before such as Motown would clash with Mr. Gaye and the creative direction of a song. Compare and

The terms "Old World" vs. "New World" are meaningful in historical context and for the purpose of distinguishing the world's major ecozones, and to classify plant and animal species that originated therein.

John Covach, the author of What’s That Sound, distinguishes the cultural elements of pop-culture/music within four distinct categories: social, race, business, and technology. Without a doubt, all four of these traits within pop-culture have been evolving and changing ever since the emergence of any pop-culture. The cultural themes of the always-changing society, business, and technology have indefinitely changed pop-culture and vice-versa. In my essay, I want to discuss how the technology and the evolution of technology affected the growth and modernization of popular music.

Music can come from natural resources, as well as man made instruments. All around us, everyday, are sounds called music. Rain can produce a pattern on a roof that can be called music, although there are not sets of notes or pitches for rain. Leaves rustling in the wind can conjure up in the mind's eye some sort of reed instrument. Wind itself sounds like a beautiful whistle of some sort. Even water has a kind of rhyme that fits the quota for music. Even footsteps can be called musical. Music itself can be considered subjective. For some, music can be the beautiful Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven. For others, it could be the bizarre Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass. So it is no surprise that the changes in musical tastes various so much

The most popular and influential form of African-American pop music of the 1980's and 1990's, rap is also one of the most controversial styles of the rock era. And not just among the guardians of cultural taste and purity that have always been counted among rock 'n' roll's chief enemies--Black, White, rock and soul audiences continue to fiercely debate the musical and social merits of rap, whose most radical innovations subverted many of the musical and cultural tenets upon which rock was built. Antecedents of rap are easy to find in rock with other kinds of music. Music is often used to tell a story, often with spoken rhymes over instruments and rhythms. Talking blues, spoken passages of sanctified prose in gospel,

Music has been known to exist before 4,000 years before the common era in Egypt (The

In 1982, with the arrival of the single "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, rap music tackled another reason. The melody expressed the hardships of living in the "ghetto" of New York as is demonstrated in the tune of the tune. "Don 't push me, cause I 'm near the edge, I 'm attempting not to detached my head, It