Music has a revolutionary impact on shaping the minds of individuals who view music as a marker of identifying within a class, group or race. ... Many European Americans listen to pop and rock music and mimic the personas of pop and rock legends by their hairstyles, piercing and apparel. ... They created a familiarity of home through music. ... Thirdly, music was a sign of strength. ... In conclusion, music has always had a great impacts on mankind in fact music has a major part of revolutionary movements throughout history. ...

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In music there has always been a cultural effect. ... Psychedelic music was and is looked at as a heavily drug influenced genre and the demographic of people listening to the music were a very drug based group. ... The Alternative Movement in the 90's, Blink-182 and Green Day, broke, giving a genre not as strong as grunge or rock, but not pop. ... The alternative movements claim to fame is creating music that, while its punk or rock, it has pop roots. ... The encompassing word for this generation of music and music listeners is raw. ...

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In America middle and lower class white people make the trends, but if you look at some of the main parts that make up pop culture, it is cool to be black. The most popular musical artists are of Hip Hop music in origin. Hip Hop is a genre of music strongly dominated by the black community. ... Music is not the only area Hip Hop culture is present in pop culture. ... The one black man in the beginning is a rapper named Rich Bowers heavily involved with the Hip Hop music/dance club industries and the crime associated with both industries. ...

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This goes for hip hop music as well. ... The reader is left wondering: Does she work in the music industry? Has she been traumatically influenced by the music industry in some way? ... On the other hand, the comments McLune makes pertaining to Jay-Z are meaningless because she fails to establish credibility to offer an opinion of this music genre. ... If the article itself doesn't persuade the reader of this then one can easily goggle Jennifer McLune, click images and a caramel skinned female with jet-black dreadlocks pops up. ...

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Pop's, who is my grandfather, came from Jacksonville, Florida. Pop's would narrate many historical events that took place in Harlem, which brought us to the turning points of Harlem. ... This new sense of pride also emerged in the form of literature, music, and theater. ... Music, especially jazz was another very important aspect of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Black music became very popular all over the United States and Europe. ...

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LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, playwright, author, poet, activist, critic, and educator. His life has been a changing cycle through multiple philosophy and beliefs. He has been considered a literary genius among his peers and a man we all can learn from. A leader of the Black arts movement, Baraka's n...

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