roots of rap 1. ... The first rap record is generally acknowledged to have been "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band in 1979, but there were many predecessors and early indicators of the possibilities of chanting rhymes over a musical background. ... Rap emerged from block parties after DJs isolated percussion breaks and began speaking over the beats; in Jamaica, a similar vocal style called dub developed from the same isolated and elongated percussion breaks. Earlier styles that contributed to rap West African griots, wandering poets and "praise-singers" spirituals and other forms of Ch...

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Music would not have its beat, and for specific types of music, such as jazz or blues the rhythm meaning would disappear! ... (Lee) Music was a very important to the slaves to keep them going and "music continues to play an important role in African societies. ... (African American music). ... Elvis is a perfect example of the African rooted music becoming mixed into one entire American style music. ... Blues and jazz are still strongly rooted to the past as the new sound of "old school", "R&B", and "Rap" are not only tied to the early African American culture but are also predominantly ...

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Fall and winter would bring another shift in music, with groups such as "Roadrunner and Wiley Coyote," with splashes of "Bonobo" and "Radiohead." ... Up to present, the soundtrack for this year is the music from the fire-levels of the original Mario Brothers on the NES. ... The rest of 2014 should be feel-good music. Ray Charles, up-beat country music, blues, classic rock, "The Gorillaz," perhaps a few interruptions of good techno, not that crap they play on stage from the comfort of their iPod's and laptops. ... My musical soundtrack would include a mysterious lack of rap music, and I wi...

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As Folk Rock became more and more popular, a new music style was evolved from it that became known as "hippie music." ... They lived for music. ... The music was filled with contempt for previous styles; its fast-tempoed songs, usually propelled by electric guitar, featured irreverent lyrics often obscured by the music. ... As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. Rock artists became more concerned with album sales rather than music. ...

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