Blues and rap are two extremely controversial music genres that arose from the black community. ... Blues music is very structured in its form. ... Rap music is influenced by many genres, including rock and roll, disco, jazz, and of course blues. ... Rap music is rebellious in nature, which makes sense, since rap was created out of rebellion to disco music. ... Although Tupac was loyal to the west coast, and his music had the sound of west coast rap, Tupac was actually originally from New York and was partially raised in Baltimore. ...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Rock unlike pop never combined its music with other genres. ... Rap began in late 1980s and still lives on. ... Rap suffers from the same problem rock and roll did. ... Very few white rappers have been able to overcome the barriers of rap and had success in it. ... The biggest problem with rap is its glorification of violence. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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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Music was his life. ... At the age of 18, Davis went to study classical music at the Juilliard School of Music, in New York. ... Before long he was joining them to make music. ... Together they blended the sounds of jazz and orchestral music. ... Miles Davis died of a stroke in 1991, at the age of sixty-five, he was working on a new album with several young, black rappers that became known as "Doo Bop" when it was released in 1992. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Within the musical world there are many different genres that offer an abundance of sounds that are both pleasing and painful to the ear, from the importance of classical from composers such as Bach and Mozart, to the wild deception of societies problems of rap from such artists as Ice Cube and Snoop Dog. ... I by no means am an authority of music, and I do not think I will ever know everything when it comes to music, but I will try to offer my interpretation of this thing called Jazz. ... The world of music was expanding, sharing its enthusiasm throughout the world. ... E...

• Word Count: 2286
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School