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Mus in Society (4.5)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Origins of Hip-Hop | Jamaican Sound Systems -Talkers and Selectors -Toasting Cross-Bronx Expressway Elements of Hiphop -Tagging, Breakdancing, Playing the Dozens, DJing, MCing |
| Early DJ's | DJ Kool Herc -Borrowed from Disco DJs -Invented the breakbeat Grandmaster Flash -Slipmat -Extended the breakbeat -DJing as an artform “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash...” |
| Conscious Rap | Acknowledges conditions and promotes positive change Centered in NYC “The Message” Public Enemy “Fight the Power” Queen Latifah “Ladies First” |
| Gangsta Rap | Rap with heightened realism Appropriates negative racial stereotypes Aggressive reaction to Drug War politics Run-DMC: mixed rap with rock, expand rhyme schemes Still contains elements of toasting Centered in LA NWA-“F*** tha Police” |
| East Coast Rap | Centered in NYC Less communal focus, more self-aggrandizement Diddy-label owner and manager |
| Notorious B.I.G. | “Big Poppa” Concept album about his life Retains aggressive stance of Gangsta rap Self-aggrandizement More heavily produced beats Adlibs like “uhh” and “what” Rap’s regionalism leads to violence -Diss tracks |
| Dirty South Rap | Uneven rhyme schemes "Dirty" beats Southern pride Sense of humor Outkast -“Ms. Jackson” |
| Nationalism | Imagined Communities: invent traditions & histories. give symbols meaning Banal–everyday, so obvious it’s boring but NOT ineffective Overt– in your face, can’t be ignored Greenwood- “God Bless the U.S.A.” Creedance Clearwater Revival -Fortunate Son” |
| Origins of Country Music | European Roots -Irish and Scottish immigrants -Plucked strings, winds, fiddling Influenced by Black American music -Banjo, harmonica, blues |
| Hillbilly Music | Music from Appalachia Vaudeville and Medicine Shows Earliest recordings made in Bristol, TN: 77 songs in 10 days Religious themes, nasal vocals, guitar accompaniment Jimmie Rodgers “Blue Yodel)” Mixes blues with hillbilly music. Yodel sounding. |
| Western Music | Cowboy songs Top register of voice. Little syncopation Popularized in the 1930s-50s Western films often had singing cowboys Roy Rogers-“Home on the Range” King of Cowboys: singer to actor. |
| Grand Ole Opry | Grand Ole Opry 4- hour radio show on Saturday night Popularized country: reached 750 miles. Vaudeville and Barn Dances Ernest Tubb: United hillbilly and western music under one roof |
| Nashville Country | NO Rock N Roll: except Johnny Cash Industry centers in Nashville Makes music more marketable “Nashville sound”: commercialized. Tried to make money by combining pop and country. -Patsy Cline -“Crazy” |
| Outlaw Country | Rejects commercialization and political appropriation of Nashville Centered in the West Mixes traditional western style and songs with Southern Rock influences Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson-“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies...” |
| New Country | Commercialism Mixes pop w/ country “Hat Acts,” like Garth Brooks, are accused by neo-traditionalists of appropriating country symbols Brings $ & ears to Country music Breaks down genre barriers. “Beyoncé -JOLENE” |
| Beethoven- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor | NOT program music: Narrative But has a narrative of overcoming oppression Oppression represented by “da-da-da-duuuuum" motif Music struggles to overcome the presence and influence of motif Absolute music |
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