... of this seemingly lewd, loud, and obnoxious music were teenagers who wished to upset their parents, others were individuals who sincerely felt passionate for rock. Either way, Rock became a culture, one that was not afraid to express every feeling, thought, and emotion. Musical culture is an evolutional process. Spirituals, Blues, Swing, Rock n Roll, disco, and other genres have matured over time, while ... still maintaining at least a touch of their roots. In the 1970s, a new sort of music was born in The Bronx, New York City. A Jamaican immigrant by the name of DJ Kool Herc developed ...

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... late 1960's and early 1970s, many nightclubs in America shut down, or replaced DJs with live bands (Wegner). The disc jockey's popularity would not rise again until the emergence of disco music in the mid to late 70s. During this downtime, there was a plethora of advances in the field of DJing. Most notable is the introduction of the direct drive turntable by ... Wizard Theodore who was trying to listen to his mother while keeping the record he was listening to in the same place (Frick). Around the same time turntablism takes off, disco music begins to emerge as the pop music of the lat...

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... and other popular entertainment, hip-hop has expanded into a central identity for an entire generation. This street culture which has been manifested through numerous genres of music and entertainment is exuberated with pride through the majority of the youth culture and is now used as a major money making industry. However, first we must ... . It was the voice of a generation that wanted to be heard and refused to be brought down by urban poverty. Now in the early 70's, disco ruled the airwaves. But then a man named Kool DJ Herc migrated to the Bronx from Jamaica with, at the time, an ...

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... has come a long way from the days of Run-DMC and N.W.A. Yet these groups help start the crazy popularity of rap music. It was the first time a type of music incorporated a type of style or attitude to go along with it. Run-DMC helped make Adidas the hot item to wear, by ... always wearing them and writing songs about them. (My Adidas) N.W.A. had an f*ck the police attitude and made gangsta music very popular. Since I wasn't really old enough, I can't attest to why they were insanely popular. Now you have the wannabe gangsters rappers and emcees that ... and David Banner's Get Down Like ...

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... love and cherish rap, break dancing, DJ'ing and graffiti. Hip-Hop spilled out of the ghetto and became a popular form of music. From the housing projects, hip-hop spread onto the streets and subways, taking root in Bronx clubs like the Savoy Manor Ballroom, Ecstasy Garage, Club 371, The ... Disco Fever, and the T- Connection. From there, it spread across western states of the country like Los Angeles. Finally, It migrated to New Orleans, ... Lil Wayne or Master P and in western, Los Angeles there is rappers like Mac 10 and Ice Cube. Southern music also has different beats then East Coa...

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... entertainment world has brought us movies. Of all the movies made for the past years, one thing remains the same. The movies were brought to life by music. Music plays such a major role in movies. Without it, the effects are not as strong. Some famous works with this characteristic are Grease, Dirty Dancing, ... and Save the Last Dance. All three of these movies are based on different types of music. The first movie, Grease, is based on a innocent girl named Sandy who gets involved with a bad boy named Danny. He is the rebel with a ... girlfriends learns the way of life in high school an...

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When you hear the phrase "hip-hop" often music, dancing and rapping come to mind. Hip-hop is all of that and much more. Hip-hop is a culture. When you look up culture in the dictionary it is defined ... songs. From the housing projects in south Bronx hip-hop poured onto the streets and subways, taking over in Bronx clubs like Savoy Manor Ballroom, Ecstasy Garage, Club 371, The Disco Fever, and the T-Connection. From there it spread downtown to the Renaissance Ballroom, Hotel Diplomat, the Roxy, and The Fun House. It migrated to Los Angeles, where a whole West Coast ... ...

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