Chosen Music Genre Analysis

1. Music Genre AnalysisMusic Genre Analysis

3. The music genre that I have chosen is…
Hip Hop

4. History of Hip Hop
■ The music genre Hip Hop began in 1970’s. This was originated in the underground
and was first developed in New York City
■ This type of music was not listened to much at the start but increased popularity 10
years later and then in 2010 it was the most listened to genre of music in the
world!
■ This type of music was considered to as rap music but involves more MC’ing, and
DJ’ing. These are a few of the elements in hip hop others involve: b-boying and
visual art which is more physical.
■ Hip hop music is based on rhyming and wordplay with a beat to go with it.
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5. Popular Hip Hop Artists
Jay-Z
Eminem
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Lil Wayne
Snoop DoggDr Dre
Drake

6. ■ Kanye West – Stronger
■ Eminem – Love the way you lie
■ Jay-Z – Empire state of mind
■ Fetty Wap – My way
■ G-Eazy – Me myself and I
■ The Notorious B.I.G – Juicy
■ Soulja Boy – Crank that
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Popular Hip Hop Songs

7. ■ Controversy is one of the many things that come with hip hop, this is mostly due to the
lyrics from the artists an example of this is when N.W.A offended the FBI. The lyrics
were:
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"F--- tha police, coming straight from the underground/ A young n---a got it
bad cause I'm brown," from N.W.A's "F--- Tha Police.“
These lyrics suggested that the N.W.A group were offended by the police because they were
getting racially attacked. Some of the members of the N.W.A group suggested that these lyrics
came from a real life scenario and were just explaining what they saw.
Controversy in Hip Hop

8. Popularity of Hip Hop
■ Hip hop is one of the most listened to genres in the world. This is because people
like the style of the music.
■ Also many Hip Hop artists have made the genre more popular by creating songs that
have been listened to all over the world.
■ This is because these artists such as Kanye West and Jay-Z are known worldwide,
not only for their music but their personnel life. This will increase more people to
listen to their music because they are interested In them as a person.
■ Hip Hop music is very popular because of the difficulty of making popular songs.
This is because it takes many skills to create a successful song like; making the
beat rhythmic and flow with the song, also the lyrics need to be in context to the
whole song and make sense.
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