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Even though many of us are familiar with rap music, most of us don’t know its origin. Rap music began in West Africa. It started out as a story that was turned into rhymes. All they had for a beat were drums and made up instruments. In Africa, griots began telling stories about their home and family. Griots were the West African historians and storytellers who kept all the records throughout the village. In the 1970s, rap music started becoming popular in the U.S as street art among African American

Johnny Cash said it best, “Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.” Country music is everywhere, blasting from a lifted truck, a store, or a local bar, ranging from Classical country to Pop country. Country music is not just words written down on a piece of paper, they are more than that. The artists can write songs that most people can relate to. Alan Jackson and Luke Bryan are both

4. External Influences on Music Subcultures 4.1 Friends as an Influence Using growing adolescents as an example, schools play a part in developing students’ musical tastes when they are divided and arranged into different classes, since adolescent peer group activities are prevalent (Roe, 1985). It has also been observed that members in peer groups are able to create an identity and feel a sense of belonging that is different from that given by their family or school. Unlike academically successful

In the feature article “En conga, bonga y campana : the rise of Colombian salsa,” the writer states that Salsa is a popular dance music developed in the Latino barrios of New York City in the Latino barrios of New York City and urban centers of Puerto Rico during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition, the writer states that the term “salsa” literally means “sauce,” a culinary metaphor that evokes images of a spicy concoction somewhat mirroring the music’s own hybrid origins and infectious appeal. In

Hip Hop music is a popular subculture, a piece of music that is focused on rhythmic music along with rapping, a rhyming and rhythmic speech called chanting. Hip Hop culture was developed as part of hip hop customs, using four keys style elements: rapping, turntables, graffiti writing, break dancing, instrumental tracks and beat boxing. Hip Hop music is commonly referred to as rap music and includes the practice of the entire subculture. In the 1970’s, hip-hop began in the Bronx, NY. At block and

ideas through his music creating a voice for those who could not be heard. Bob Marley’s religious belief Rastafari movement, was influential in creating the music we know as Reggae. Reggae had originated around the 1960s in Jamaica, it has been noted that Mento and Calypso heavily influenced reggae, however Reggae is derived from ska and rocksteady.The music is often filled with poetic , political and social content of the songwriter or musician. Marley wrote a variety of music ranging from the

knopfler was born in Glascow, Scotland on August 12 1949 to a hungarian father, working as an architect and an english mother working as a school teacher. When he was 7 years old his family moved to Newcastle, England Where he developed a passion for music while listening to his uncle play the boogie woogie on the piano. He recently told a reporter this “ I heard my uncle Kingsley playin the boogie woogie on the piano when i was about eight or

When it comes to the overall perception of the African American community in the United States rap did not contribute positively to the African American community’s image. In Senegal, rap music revolutionized the public’s awareness of the youth and their essential role in Senegal. In the United States, rap did not improve the socioeconomic standing of African Americans. Likewise in Senegal rap did not bolster the socioeconomic standing of the youth. Rap in the United States emerged from the South

Music would be opposed by this growing conservative organization, with concerned parents led by Tipper Gore going as far to start up the PMRC, or Parent Music Resource Center. The PMRC would be responsible for the “Parental Advisory” stickers placed on album covers, and advocated the banning of specific music, notably rock, that was considered inappropriate for children due to its references to drugs and

The Beatles After the Beatles (Fall B 2013) You are signed in as: Pan Chen Top of Form Sign Out Bottom of Form Home Classroom Exams/Assignments Grades Help Exam #2 Time Limit 50 minutes Starting Time 10:18 pm Arizona time Top of Form 1 In April of 1979, a U.S. court finds the Beatle 's former manager _________ guilty of tax evasion and he is sentenced to serve two months of a two-year sentence in prison.  Brian Epstein  Mal Evans  Allen Klein  George Martin  Pete Best 2 ____________ is the