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Glimpse into Hip-Hop

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One of the most prominent music genres in American music history is hip-hop. This music genre was cultivated by Black, Latino, and Caribbean youth in the 1970s. Hip-hop is a culture as well as an art movement. This music genre is characterized by four key elements: rapping, breakdancing, DJing, and graffiti. Hip-hop has other elements and characteristics other than the musical aspect. Hip-hop is also considered to be a culture. Hip-hop has affected so much from politics, language, fashion, style, and knowledge. It is a debate whether hip-hop originated in West Bronx or the South. Particularly, Bronx hip-hop came to light in the mid-1970s. Block parties thrown by the Black Spades, an African American music group during the time, really kickstarted the birth of the hip-hop music genre. DJ Kool Herc and Cindy Campbell, a brother-sister duo, are credited for making the genre more well-known from their history of DJing parties in the Bronx. Hip-hop has all kinds of different sounds. I...
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Gender in my playlist

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  I have always thought that music reflects culture. That is the reason that music is always changing because as cultures combine, split, and are born the music representing those people will always be pushed to the forefront in their respective cultures. I say that to say important ideals, opinions, systems, and ways of governing can all be found in music. My music of choice American rap almost always has a theme connecting in some way to gender, of course, that depends on your perspective. If gender places a role in society, it will be heard in music. This could be why across distance and time one thing that is seen in all cultures and music are different parallels of gender. In this blog, I am going to give examples of popular songs in rap culture and how it relates to gender in mainly the African American community.     There are a lot of different angles and perspectives about women in this community as in any other. This song by Deante Hitchcock to me represen...
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music and me

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 Hey, my name is Ryan, I am a very introspective thinker, very social, and understanding, and I am always trying to learn something new. Just like every other person, there are many sides to myself, some that even I have not recognized yet, but hopefully, through this and future blogs we both get a better grasp of ourselves. The first song I'm bringing up is “Leave me” by Anees. I first heard the hook for this song on TikTok 8 months before it was officially released and waited ever since. It is a very soulful song dealing with insecurities while in a relationship. Mainly not feeling adequate for your partner and loving them enough to want them to be happy even if it is not with you. At the same time, you do not want them to leave because you realize how special they are. The song sounds so genuine and from the heart, I have been listening to it on repeat since its release and I am so glad the song lived up to the hype.     I also want to talk about "Runaway" by Kanye Wes...
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