During the 1990s and early 2000s, rhythm and blues was an up-and-coming genre that was dominated by black voices. Even though R&B was just starting to emerge as a mainstream genre, a new subgenre was in the works. Neo-soul was a subgenre born from soul and R&B. This genre became popular with many musicians and artists, including the birth of a new artist, Erica Badu. Erica Abi Wright, also known as Erykah Badu, is an American rhythm and blues singer born in Texas. She used Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis art styles to create her take on R&B music. Erykah Badu has been and still is a very influential Neo-soul and R&B artist. Erica Abi Wright was born in Dallas, Texas on February 26, 1971. She was the oldest sister of three younger siblings and …show more content…
She displayed a multitude of creativity from a young age. In grade school, she created her own clothes and poems; additionally, she performed in a local community theater named “Booker T. Washington”. While in her Catholic grade school, she considered herself “weird”, but Erica eventually found other “weirdos” to hang out with in theater. While in high school, Erica changed the spelling of her first name to Erykah and referenced her birth name as a “slave name”, and she continued to dance. These moments and experiences from her childhood directly affect her personality and profession as an artist today. Erykah Badu attended Grambling State University, a historically black college and university, in 1989; She majored in dance and performing arts. Erykah had a cousin named Robert “Free” Bradford. He was studying music production at a college in Chicago. Robert would send Erykah his demos for her to rap over while she was in college. One day, Erykah decided to sing instead of rap; that song became the blueprint for the future songs they would make …show more content…
Unfortunately, Kedar wasn't interested in a duo, he was looking for a solo act and Erykah was one of his candidates. Badu signed a solo deal, leaving her partner Free behind. With Kedar as her producer, she could collaborate with more well-known artists of that time; for example, D’Angelo and the Roots. Kedar also helped her album Baduizm rise to fame, which was the official start of Erykah Badu’s career. Kedar Messenbrug coined the music genre “neo soul’ to help market his artist style of music. Neo-soul is a less contemporary sound mixed with soul and elements such as jazz, hip-hop, and funk. Neo-soul is mainly known as the counterpart to contemporary R&B. Kedar's neo-soul movement was mainly associated with his 2 artists D’Angelo and Erykah Badu. The term still sticks to Erykah music and now she is referred to as the Queen of neo-soul. Erykah Badu inspired many well-known artists from the R&B genre to neo-soul. For instance, Durand Bernard constantly publicly announced Erykah's influence on his music; he even named his 2010 mixtape 8ight: The Stepson of Erykah Badu. Durands music career started from Erykahs
R&B singer and actress Aaliyah died after a small plane that was to carry her and eight others back to the United States crashed after takeoff in the Bahamas, authorities said.
Along with the blues, R&B has soul in which is shown to express the artist deep feelings and emotions. The genre truly transmits as much emotion within the music. For example, another group that includes the blues in their song is the Black street, “No Diggity”. As well as the famous legend Erykah Badu in which you can feel her feelings and her emotions throughout all of her music.
Whitney Houston is considered to be a legendary singer in the world today. Houston was not just a singer, she was an actress, producer, and model. Even though she is known for her singing voice, Whitney Houston had many ups and downs throughout her life, such as drug and health problems that almost ended her career. Throughout her singing career, she has been honored for her great singing voice. Whitney experienced many things in her personal life from being an outstanding woman, an award winning singer, and an actress and model.
Throughout America’s history there have been countless influential leaders that have proudly been American. Those have held positions of politicians, soldiers, and . Kanye Omari West has opened the eyes of today's generation and still continues to shape American history. His musical influence has transformed the lives of countless people. Inspiring many to stand up and fight for what they believe in is something Kanye West continues to do even today.. Also, opening the eyes of many to racial injustice towards African American citizens. I’ll further elaborate my claim in the following paragraphs using historical evidence.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary Indiana. His parents were Katherine Jackson, and Joseph Jackson. Michael had 8 siblings, who all loved music. His mother stayed at home and took care of the household, while his father was a guitarist and crane operator. Katherine taught the children folk and religious songs daily. He grew up around music and learned many things from his brothers and father. Joseph Jackson thought that his sons were very talented; therefore, he helped shape them into a music group known as the “Jackson 5.” Starting out, it was just Michael’s older brothers, Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon. When Michael turned 5, he became the lead vocalist of the group. The group was very successful and became popular quickly. As a child, Michael was
Elvis Aaron Presley, “the King of Rock and Roll”, passed away suddenly at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. The famed singer and actor, who graced the world with his melodious voice by singing his well-known hits such as “Hound Dog”, “Jailhouse Rock”, and “Burning Love”, was age 42.
One Direction is a band that was formed on the ITV reality show The X Factor in 2010. Each member of the group auditioned on the show as solo contestants but failed to succeed past the bootcamp stage of the show. Simon Cowell, the executive and head judge of the show, then decided to form a group out of the boys, who later went on to finish third in the competition. Like other finalists from the past years, the band were offered a contract under Simon Cowell’s record label Syco, and within a year they shot up to number one with their debut single What Makes You Beautiful released in September 2011. Success for the band never seemed to diminish, as following their debut single they managed to have countless number one singles over the span of 5 years, including each album following their debut peaking at number one worldwide.
Said to be the father of jazz, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. Duke Ellington was known and is remembered for his unique and profound style of jazz music. His development in jazz was one of the most spectacular in the history of music, as demonstrated by more than fifty years of sustained achievement as an artist which led him to be known as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. Duke’s music was so original, he called it “American Music” rather than jazz. Based on his success, it’s unlikely to think that he was not even attracted to music in his younger years, however music clearly became a very important part of his life, as he still reigns
Whitney Houston to most was a very amazing and talented person who allowed life and its mishaps break her down. As a young girl she grew up in the church where she felt like it was a sign from God that she should be singing. Freud believes that religion is an illusion, an attempt to gain control over the external world. In his eyes saying that anything is a sign from God depends on how you vision life. There were times in her life where she would produce more music just to get thru the thing that she would be going through. She would use her music as a defense mechanism to get away from all of the abuse, problems with her marriage, neglect, and drugs. Defense mechanisms are ways to distort reality to reduce anxiety: Rationalization is giving a positive reason to a stressor and regression is withdrawing from reality and going to pastime.
Music that expresses deep emotion soul music traditionally from African American gospel music and rhythm and blues. Soul music started spreading through Memphis and spread widely through Southern United States where most performing artist are from. Ray Charles is often cited for popularizing the soul genre starting in 1945’s with a hit single “I Got A Women”. However, music from Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, and James Brown began to help the African American identity of the civil right activist. James Brown began the worldwide spread of Soul Music. Aretha Franklin “The Queen of Soul” was the first African American artist to receive two Grammies for her song called “Respect”.
Eryka Badu and Lauryn Hill ‘s Rythim and blues and Hip Hop reflects the African American
Tupac Shakur, also known from the stage as 2Pac, was a great American rapper. also as people know him as a name he used a lot when he was on stage is 2Pac. 2Pac was a great American rapper, people say. Tupac was considered by people as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Tupactime Tupac had a high percentage rate with selling his albums, selling 75 million records worldwide.
Badu considers herself as a neo-soul artist, and has worked with many known artists like the
“Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly?” is a quote from the artistic, yet eccentric Frida Kahlo. With her unique character, Kahlo was an iconic Mexican artist and is known for shaping Latinx art today. She grew to be an emotionally driven rule breaker who took her life stories and events and turned them into mesmerizing art. She took painful experiences from her life and encapsulated them into beautiful paintings. Just as Kahlo was inspired to create art from her own life, many others have used her artistic methods and learned to incorporate her art into various forms.
Michael Jackson is known for King of Pop. Jackson full name is Michael Joseph Jackson, he was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indian. Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Michael has a mother name Katherine Jackson and a father name Joseph Jackson. Michael was a singer, music producer, song writer, and a dancer, he also was married twice. Michael was married to Debbie Rowe, November 15, 1996, and had a divorce with her on October 8, 1999. He also was married to Lisa Marie Presley, May 18, 1994 and divorced her on January 18, 1996. (biography.com) & (cnn.com)