Dancehall

culture in other countries. Then when immigrants come into our country, they do experience culture. I myself saw one person experience culture shock in our country, this is with our Dancing, we the Belizeans are used to the way we dance punta songs, dancehall and etc. but this person is not and when he saw the way the Belizean people dance he was shocked and he asked what kind of dancing is that because it is nasty, and rough. He says that that is not the way they dance in their own country even though

As we near the finale of this year’s first quarter, it’s hard to go without thinking which artists have made statements via releasing new music to the world and gifting us with projects we’ve been longing for. Ensuing the release of Drake’s highly-anticipated “More Life”, we still have numerous albums awaited to release including albums from Tyler, the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Mac Demarco, Earl Sweatshirt and countless amounts of others. For the mean time, there has already been numerous great singles

SOUTHERN RAP Southern hip hop also referred to as southern rap originated from the southern cities like New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, Memphis, and Virginia Beach, just like the names implies. Rap music has transformed modern music greatly during the decade of 1997 and 2007 (Dyson 61). The decade has seen the southern artists rise to both national and international prominence. The southern cities have churned up modern rap artists like Dwayne Michael (Lil Wayne), Clifford Joseph (T.I) and

Roaring 20’s vs. Swinging 60’s Taking a look back in time, so much has changed, especially in the time period between the 1920’s and 1960’s. The 1920’s and 1960’s are two decades that have really defined the United States’ culture. From flappers to hippies, jazz music to rock, and Civil Rights movements, these two decades have helped shape the beliefs and rights we have today. The 1920s were an age of social and political change that would change the face of history in the United States. The 1960s

Reggae music was a big part of Jamaican culture. Many artists practiced the style of reggae and some of the artists like Bob Marley influenced and showed people internationally all about this music. It originated around the time that Jamaica was being attacked by European countries like Spain and native people being taken into slavery. Bob Marley was born after the time of slave trading but whites still effected the native people and this is how he got his inspiration for his music. a) The music

In 1795 the word terrorism was first used, it was born with the Reign of Terror. The use of the guillotine by the French to kill their enemies and to intimidate a potential uprising. one states terrorist is another states freedom fighter. For example, The British in Palestine by Israeli freedom fighters (or terrorists), British backers in SOE had been ordered by prime minister Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze" they weren`t terrorist but freedom fighters. Their work of sabotage and ambush was

Grime and trap music have slowly found their way to the top of mainstream popular music culture over the last decade. Grime is now one of Britain’s largest and well known musical styles as it is taking over from American Hip Hop and can be widely heard over radio stations such as “Capital 95.8fm” and “Kiss 100 Fm”. What Jazz was from the 1920s to 40’s or what R&B was between the 70’s to 80’s. Like most genres of music which have made mainstream popularity such as Rock n Roll, Grime too tends to

Hip-hop is known as a culture movement. Hip-hop is a pleasing art form, formed by African-Americans and Latinos in the late seventies. Its formation derives from a young generation of African-Americans in South Bronx, New York. They created a beautiful, complimentary expression of melody, skill and dance from an environment of poverty. Ever since it has encouraged people from all across the world. Hip-hop is discussed as an art form and not just flowing, it typically is meant to include the four

before. This early example of Lautrec's caricature and graphic style shows the ringmaster and a bareback rider at one of the famous Montmatre circuses. The people at the Moulin Rouge thought so highly of the painting that it was hung in the dancehall from the opening night. The exaggerated features and silhouetted suit tails of the ringmaster make it look as if he has been cut out and stuck down in an appropriate position on the circus floor. I admired this painting because I liked the way

An eerie flute sounds in the distance. Smack dab in the center of, let’s call it, “A Staple Town in the Wild West™” are two cowboys in the midst of a head to head shootout for God knows what- a spilled drink, malicious comments, a poached lover. The piercing mix of sand and wind scathing your skin, eyes blinded by the high noon sun shining from above, and of course, the token roll of tumbleweed barely in your line of eyesight. “One… two… three… Shoot!” The hero always prevails... quite disparate