receive royalty payments and Jungle producers now had to get copyright clearance, which made creating and producing the music more challenging. Furthermore Wookie said when describing Drum N Bass it has “More that rave-y kind of vibe, it went back into the university crowds – predominantly white. Drum N Bass is a predominantly a white scene, where as jungle was a predominantly black scene”. Wookie then states, “that in essence, there is no difference between Drum N Bass and Jungle, but with no longer using that reggae sampling I think it lost its Caribbean influence” (Bradley, 2013, p360)
This can generally be said to be the case within dance music every few years as genres change and mutate, the once “Hip” loses that authenticity of being a sub culture, which with it brings a togetherness, a sense of anti establishment (Thornton, 2001 pp3). Genres have come and gone, where they have their time in the lime light of public appreciation then tend to move back “Underground” whilst the next sound takes over, this is a natural progression of popular music
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David Langford is a 30-year-old mature Student who has been going out clubbing for the past 15 years. When I asked David about his first awareness of Breakbeat as a genre he said “in around 2000 when Stanton Sessions was dropped” which is a mix CD show casing Breakbeat music mixed by the Stanton Warriors. Langford then goes on to say that “Breakbeat isn’t currently in a good shape”. He said that “the particular high points for him in the Breakbeat scene were around 2000 and then again in around 2005/2006”, which coincides with the Breakbeat, boom of the mid 00s. Langford also interestingly points out that the Drum N bass crowds since its inception plus in contrast to Breakbeat always attracted a younger crowd and more female
Motown paved the way for future artists to explore themselves. It helped created the grounds of a great music and cultural integration in the 1970’s to now and hopefully forever. Hip Hop’s arrival was credit to Motown triumphs in the musical world. Through the mixing of percussion and the rhythm of the drumbeats of funk and disco, hip hop revealed the opposition to social inequality and discrimination
On the article “On a Date Rape” by Camille Paglia, creates a controversy discussion about how women have reached freedom throughout the years and blames young feminist for being “over privileged”. Her belief is that women in general misuse the social freedom she so virtuously fought for. She also mentioned that her generation was aware of the risk that they were taking, while today’s generation does not. However, she blames any young lady who finds herself into a perilous situation for the tragedy that follows; moreover, Paglia’s article is unreliable due to the abuse of several fallacies such as hasty generalization, false analogy, false cause, poising well, false dilemma, slippery slope, as well as straw men.
Since the early to mid 90’s, hip-hop has undergone changes that purists would consider degenerating to its culture. At the root of these changes is what has been called “commercial hip-hop". Commercial hip-hop has deteriorated what so many emcees in the 80’s tried to build- a culture of music, dance, creativity, and artistry that would give people not only something to bob their head to, but also an avenue to express themselves and deliver a positive message to their surroundings.
Throughout the semester, various styles of music and the aspects of culture associated with these styles have been analyzed. Musical elements such as dynamics, texture, form, timbre, melody, instruments, etc., have been used to thoroughly explore each kind of music from different areas of the world, with an emphasis in music from Africa, India and Indonesia. These aspects of music go far beyond just music itself. Culture also plays a huge role in music and the accompanying musical elements. Each country and culture has a different style and distinctiveness that add to what makes the music of that certain culture unique. Music in Africa may differ dramatically from music in Indonesia or India not only due to those certain elements but also due to how it is interpreted by people and what it represents for those people. In addition to this, what one may consider music in one culture may not be music to another. These differences have been made apparent in the several demonstrations that we have been exposed to in class.
ingredient of hip hop music, has brought this genre music to the top; attracting and influencing many
Despite having absolutely nothing to do with the four elements of Hip-Hop as defined by Afrika Bambaataa, the most influential person in the creati...
In this essay I intend to explore what is meant by the terms popular culture and high culture. I will also look at how the relationship between these two terms has become distorted and blurred over time. In order to reinforce what I am saying about popular and high culture I will be using a range of examples from the music industry to show how the line between high culture and popular culture has become ambiguous. I will also call upon the work of John Storey to give my work an academic foundation. Although Storey is the main academic I will be looking at, I will also include references to a number of other academics who have written about popular culture and high culture.
Hip hop culture is known for its negative reputation. It is often thought as an entrance way into gangs, illegal drug activity, and malicious behavior. In today’s culture it is important to lead kids toward a positive direction in life but the hip hop culture of today is not steering youth in that direction. This is because hip-hop has moved away from what it was supposed to be used for. This genre of music was supposed to be used to for personal expression and growth not to create negative images for the youth and encourage them to change their behaviors and beliefs. Hip hop was supposed to give hope to the youth. Give them a reason to pursue their dreams and give them a positive outlook on life. Are there artists who keep it “old school?” Yes there is, but it is never heard on mainstream radio. Hip hop culture has the potential to help the youth follow their dreams and become better people. It just needs to go back to its roots and bring those morals back up again.
Music is a form of communication, letting others knows what is going on in the country, political, social or economic and any other problems the people of the Caribbean faced. With so many different ethnic backgrounds in the Caribbean, they are people with Asians, Indians, and Africans descents. This created a language and culture barrier but each ethnic background shared a common link music. Music bridged the gap between the different ethnicities Music is part of everyone’s culture especially here in the Caribbean. Our culture is recognized worldwide for its music. The Caribbean has different genres of music such as calypso, reggae, dance hall, zouk and many others. Our music has roots in both African and European cultures. The drum rhythm comes from the African in...
“No,” isn’t a line of defense when it comes to marital rape. In our society marital rape is not considered a huge issue because your body belongs to who you marry. Rape is defined as being forced into enduring sexual actions without consent. As for marital rape, it is being forced into having sex with who the victim is married to. Raping a stranger is considered unlawful but as for raping a marital partner, it is technically okay according to the law and the bible. Only 27% of victims who are raped do not know their attackers in anyway. This means that 73% of the victims knew their attacker, and 28% of them were raped by their marital partner (RAINN). With these kind of statistics, it creates several discussions throughout the years with the topic of marital rape. The talk of how the legal system doesn’t defend victims as well as they should and how it displays an extreme example of sexism not only in todays world but also hundreds of years ago. Even the holy Bible does not condemn against marital rape. Sense marital rape is not frowned upon as much as other types of rape, it becomes known as an unacknowledged crime.
In conclusion, since the early 1970s the boom and craze that is Hip-Hop will continue to be on the rise. Notwithstanding such criticisms, regardless of either most people just associate the two together and undermine the progress Hip-Hop has made its popularity remains largely undiminished. But I guess it’s those haters that always bring about the greatest ingenuity, and in this case it was the evolution of Hip-Hop as a whole. So in order to understand the present, one must look to the past to fully grasp the concept of new school and old school
Hip hop, however, has transformed into mainstream culture, therefore losing itself. "Black culture, which has a long tradition of struggling against (and at the same time, working in close collaboration with) the dominant white culture, has rounded the corner of the 21st century with what looks in one sense like an unequivocal victory. Young America now embraces hip-hop as the signal pop-music genre of its time. So why does that victory feel strange: not exactly hollow, but a little haunted?" (“When the People Cheer”). As hip hop itself has begun to change so has the form of dance. Hip hop dance now has a mixture of what the Flex kings do in their videos and dances such as the popular dance “N...