YY channel 7450 welcomes you J-POP, Japanese POP, refers to Japanese pop music. The name was coined in 1988 by J-WAVE, a Japanese radio station, and once used it to represent "new music". It has since been widely used in Japan to refer to modern music influenced by Western influences, including pop music, R&B , rock, dance, hip-hop and soul music.

Generally, Japanese stores divide music into four categories: J-pop, enka, classical music and English/international. Some of their music is a fusion of enka and J-pop, represented by Safe Zone and Miyuki Nakajima.

Korean pop music, also known as Korea-pop, or K-Pop for short, is a music style based on Korean music mixed with a large amount of black street hip-hop.

In K In the early days of -pop, represented by the group HOT, the emotions were mostly fanatical and flashy, which reflected the rebellious psychology of young people and also represented the aspirations of many young people. Most of the songs have a fast tempo and a strong sense of rhythm, making them suitable for dancing. They often sing and dance during their performances, and dance is a very important factor in their popularity.

Later, due to the wide spread of Korean TV dramas, the theme songs or interludes in Korean dramas also became popular. Most of them were songs with the theme of beautiful love. Therefore, Korean pop music began to gradually become softer. Lyrical, coupled with the fact that Korean has a lot of breathy sounds in pronunciation, it has a soft element in the feeling of sound. Therefore, its unique lyrical elements form the main style of K-POP today.

There is also a boy band in South Korea called k-pop. However, it is not well-known in China.

The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues". In a broad sense, R&B can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock music. Billboard magazine once defined R&B as all black music-except for Jazz and Blues. All can be classified as R&B - which shows how broad the scope of R&B is. Hip-Hop and RAP, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, both originate from R&B and retain many R&B elements.

Hip-hop is a black culture that began on the streets of the United States more than 20 years ago. It also generally refers to rap (rap music). The four expressions of hip-hop culture include rap (talking in rhythm and rhyme), b-boying (street dancing), dj-ing (record playing and turntable skills), and raffiti writing (graffiti art). Therefore, rap (rap music) is only an element in hip-hop culture. It must be added with other dances, costumes, life attitudes, etc. to form a complete hip-hop culture.

Hip-hop: (broadly speaking) is a culture, cultural phenomenon, cultural movement and lifestyle originating from the streets. Hip-hop: (narrow sense) includes MC, DJ, all Street dance (including: Breakin', HipHop, new Jazz, Poppin', Lockin', House, Krumpin', reggae, C-walk and other dances are collectively referred to as hip-hop) and Graffiti (graffiti) and other four main aspects, supplemented by streetball, beatbox, etc.

POP, that is, Popular music includes the other two.

The following are R&B and hip-pop.

1. R&B and Hip-Hop have developed to this day and have become fashionable. Whether abroad, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or even China, many mainstream singers are playing these two styles of music.

Let’s talk about Hip-Hop first. This kind of music rhythm is directly aimed at and suitable for hip-hop, and it can easily create a visual impact. The success of today's "Korean Wave" relies to a large extent on the dance choreographed by Hip-Hop melodies, and further uses the rhythm of OLD SCHOOL to interpret the dance steps of NEW SCHOOL, which is novel, exciting, and quite provocative.

The Korean band H.O.T perfectly expresses this kind of music on stage. However, compared to the United States, the birthplace of Hip-Hop music, due to differences in geography, history, ethnicity, and culture, bands like H.O.T do not have too many black dance colors, and they also avoid too many old disadvantages of RAP music. Influence. Therefore, Asian Hip-Hop music has a unique style, which is different from the American NEW YORK style and L.A. style.

When it comes to American Hip-Hop music, it must be experienced auditoryly rather than visually. Because in the evolution of American Hip-Hop, dance changes with the change of music. The development from OLD SCHOOL to NEW SCHOOL is largely due to the change of rhythm. This may be the reason why Hip-Hop music changes. , the biggest difference between beauty. And when it comes to Hip-Hop music, we have to go back to Dr. Dre’s RAP era.

Hip-Hop is developed from RAP music. The music of RAP is extremely impactful and the performance method is extremely controversial. The lyrics are also twisted and chaotic, full of violence and incitement. The albums "Strange Outta Compton" and "The Slim Shady" represented by the "black and white duo" of Dr. Dre and Eminem can very well reflect the ideological darkness and reactionary nature of RAP music.

When RAP music has developed into the era of 2PAC, the rap master, RAP is gradually becoming artistic, and more cultural elements have appeared in the content. 2PAC rap songs have added some soft rock elements. , even though albums like "Until the end of time" were poorly produced and the mix was noisy, you can still hear the faint staccato of the strings and the discussion of sexual rights in the content. With further evolution, this music form, which is regarded as an outlier in the music industry by orthodox music, is regarded as too unique and abrupt by the music defenders of mainstream society because it can have a huge spiritual impact on young people. For the unfashionable street trash culture. Therefore, in the Hip-Hop era, it is no longer possible to make a moderate compromise in both content and form. The music form incorporates many other musical elements, and the content of the songs contains sharply reduced vocabulary for frontal attacks.

But here, I don’t want to elaborate too much on Hip-Hop’s musical compromises. Instead, I want to introduce DMX, a hardcore rapper with a rebellious style. As a new force in the rap world, DMX is accustomed to swearing in lyrics, has an unruly personality, and likes to cause trouble. From DMX's music, you can feel that he has returned to the original chaotic street rap era of Hip-Hop music.

2. Comparison between HIP-HOP and R&B

DMX reveals a sensitive, angry and lonely emotional expression from his hoarse and rough voice. For example, the song "SOMETIMES" is pure talk, vulgar and barbaric, but the emotions are real and the expressions are sincere. "SCHOOL STREET" uses gunshots and church bells such as alarm bells as the musical background, implying death and crime. The explosion at the end of the song has a touching sound effect. The song "BLOODINE ANTHEM" that best reflects DMX's hardcore style. Amidst the strong and harsh noise of the electric guitar, DMX's voice is set off to be sharp and abrupt, embellished with vulgar, vicious and outspoken words, highlighting the hardcore style. .

In fact, compared to death metal and black metal, DMX’s voice is not a lawless sound extreme. His music is structured on a negative consciousness. It is a sound art that combines anarchic barbarism and frustration with real life. It has a rough and intuitive critical spirit. This kind of sound not only attempts to subvert the value system of traditional aesthetics And shake the status of orthodox music, and want to use the mechanical solipsism dormitory view to resist the traditional values ??of society. However, since Hip-Hop music itself has not constructed a complete value system, DMX's sound can only express the alternative bright colors of Hip-Hop music, but cannot represent all of it.

Let’s talk about R&B. It appeared earlier than Hip-Hop and evolved from early blues. Its style is more musical and melodic than Hip-Hop.

R&B simplifies the instrumental components of pure blues and pays more attention to the singer's singing level. There were many outstanding singers in early R&B, such as Bill Haley. However, the development of R&B to the present is very different from the early R&B. For example, British singer Craig Daivid, who is known as the "youngest R&B music poet", has more garage elements in his R&B music, and incorporates more rock, JAZZ, and gospel elements. In the album "BORN TO DO IT" Initiated the "two-step/garage" genre. For those who are accustomed to listening to traditional R&B music, his songs are undoubtedly fresh and touching, warm and soft, and have a strong youthful atmosphere and vitality. However, looking at the orthodox R&B music form, his R&B (including most of today's R&B music ), have all deviated from the early R&B framework. Therefore, it is difficult to hear the style of early R&B music among today's R&B artists. However, Chinese-speaking listeners are relatively lucky, because in the album of Hong Kong and Taiwan singer Jay Chou, some works are in the early style, such as "William's Castle", "Nunchaku", etc., and a few works are Hip-Hop, such as "Dad" I'm back". Although I disagree with the singing skills, in terms of style, it is still worth listening to.

The difference in music styles between R&B and Hip-Hop is because there are so many musical elements intertwined between them that it is impossible to make an absolute distinction. From the perspective of music history, their development and evolution all have the color of black bottom culture. Although they are different in expression, they are similar in early ideological connotation. Moreover, they have evolved from a variety of musical elements, and these musical elements have influenced each other during the evolution. Therefore, R&B and Hip-Hop still have a lot of uniqueness in their development to this day. If we must make a distinction, we can only make a simple summary: R&B is mostly about singing, and Hip-Hop is mostly about talking and dancing (dancing).

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However, the genres of Shinqi’s title songs are all SMP

SMP refers to the music that started with HOT, passed through Shinhwa, and then ended up with TVXQ A genre stereotyped by SM Entertainment. This type of music has the characteristics of a strong and gorgeous performance center. SMP is the abbreviation of SM Music Performance, which can be seen as a song that pays attention to strong effects. Therefore, music with impact effects is used, mainly various short sounds, and gorgeousness and repetition are added in the middle of the song to form a very extreme composition.

The natural alternation of members can highlight the advantages of each member. Looking at Asia as a whole, we need to find a path with SM characteristics. On top of this, when various music elements such as Hip-hop and Rock are added to the flow and change of the song, it can change the feeling of the stage. The lyrics that reflect the changes of the times, opinion leaders, and sincere philosophy satisfy SM Entertainment's 10 main goals. The dream of modern teenagers is not so much about enjoying music, but music that is combined with the performance effect. It is inaccurate to evaluate simply by music. When you listen to SMP music, of course what you hear after seeing the performance is completely different from what you hear after not seeing the performance.

When the effects, performances and music are heard together, the senses are maximized, which only SM can achieve. Although other entertainment companies have followed suit and want to produce the same music, there is a difference in purity that cannot be surpassed. SMP is a kind of music at the center of the stage. The strong effect is a large proportion of the music. Therefore, the large-scale choreography with the backup dancers is not only vivid and full of power, but also feels as solemn as seeing a consciousness without any error. With the formation changes and rhythmic movements, you can imagine the amount of training required for this performance, and with this effect, SMP becomes more complete.

There are many collisions and public opinions about "O-positive and negative combination". With collision as the center, how can I say, the melody is divided into many, the melody is not made of one kind, divided into melody A, Melody B or C comes on stage, and the climax of the song also has a collision. Watching TVXQ dance on the stage means that you need to see the dance track of TVXQ, so when you just listen to the song, this kind of song is especially popular on the stage. People who haven't seen TVXQ perform will find the song very strange.

SM Entertainment initially started to develop SMP songs with director Yoo Young-jin. Liu Yongzhen's creation of this kind of music at the center of the stage is closely related to his rare experience as a composer with background as a dancer. As for his understanding of the stage, his background as a backup dancer is higher than that of any writer.

Music that maximized charisma on stage easily turned HOT into an idol star in the 1990s. "I Yah" from HOT ten years ago is now reproduced by TVXQ with "TRI-ANGLE". With its strong and stimulating sound and lyrics that criticize society, the typical SMP style "TRI-ANGLE" fails to reflect the characteristics of the singing group TVXQ. Fans of TVXQ, a very new singing group, felt a sense of betrayal. Not only did the public not like the song, they thought it was a role play of HOT.

SMP songs like the ones started by HOT have a great uniting effect on extreme fans. On the contrary, they have also become a bottleneck. For ordinary people, SMP songs are still unpopular songs if the music and performance effects are considered separately. . The image of TVXQ under this kind of music is incomprehensible to ordinary people and is unique to the 10th generation. As far as SMP is concerned, he makes all members explode. For example, it’s shouting, it’s time for U-Know Yunho to express himself to his fullest. Therefore, in these parts, for example, the situation in China is still viewed this way for idol groups. In China, handsome boy bands are really the gods of the East, and god-like people have fallen to the mortal world.

This kind of very gorgeous consciousness, showing the stage, showing charm, and using this feeling to get close to their fans, but this kind of preconceived idea about idol groups has been negative. The strength of LIVE, although it is a dance music, requires a very high degree of completion. For the Korean public who regard pure music as such, it may increase their prejudice against TVXQ.

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The fact that Shinki plays SMP in Korea does not mean that their singing skills are not good, but it is a very real problem. SMP is the product of the combination of dance and music, emphasizing the effect of LIVE. Shinqi wants to produce songs, release records, and attract fans, so live performances are very important. The singles in Japan mainly focus on ballads, such as why I fell in love with you, stand by you, etc.

Xinqi’s singing skills are actually second to none among boy groups. In the eyes of Japanese people, they are an a cappella harmony group, and they really sing no matter what the occasion is in Japan. Now Shinqi is like a grassroots group. The information about singing on the escalator in the shopping mall is still there, the five of them really worked hard!

Harmony is a sound combination formed by two or more different sounds that sound at the same time according to certain rules. From this perspective, there is no distinction between lead singers in the East Band. However, there are obvious strong, light, thick, and thin in the harmony, and the difference between the main and the deputy is obvious at a glance. Therefore, the argument that 2J is the lead singer can also be established. Junsu is usually responsible for the more difficult modifiers in Dongtuan songs. He handles high notes, transitions, and the exchange of true and false tones very well. There are few mistakes in the live, which shows that Junsu has profound singing skills; The climax and main melody are usually dominated by Jaejoong's voice. Junsu once said that Jaejoong is the most vocal among the members because his voice can wrap up the voices of other members, making the singing sound like everyone's. Characteristic, yet harmonious and natural. (For details, see All About TVXQ Season2 - Couple Talk 2J’s discussion on music) However, harmony is harmony after all. Without anyone’s voice, it will lose a lot of color. Different ranges and different voices are more beautiful when blended together. Therefore, there is no need to emphasize who is more important, everyone performs their duties.

(Insert a few words: Not to mention Korean master-level solo male singers such as Im Jaebum, Cho Yong Pil, and Shin Seung Hoon. There are also many Korean boy groups with good voices, such as BigBang’s Taeyang and Beast’s Yang Yoseob. , Mblaq's G.O, 2pm's Kim Junsu, Ft-Island's Lee Hongki... As for me, my favorite Korean male vocal Top 3 are: SHINee's Kim Jonghyun, and TVXQ's Kim Junsu and Kim Jaejoong's voice and singing style. They are all domineering, and their singing voices are naturally electrifying. I once made an analogy: Jonghyun's voice is like an arrow shooting through a person's body, with strong penetrating power and great lethality; his handsome voice is like an arrow. Spread a net, covering people in it, unable to escape, and lingering. The last one is Zai Zhong. I am used to using two words to summarize his voice, beautiful and warm; to put it in a longer way, Zai Zhong’s voice is very healing. , delicate, sweet, and refreshing. )

Because it is a harmonious combination, each member’s voice must have distinct characteristics, that is, it must be highly identifiable and blend without being mixed. TVXQ has done this very well. Regarding music, the video "070424 M.net 21c ARTIST" is worth watching. In it, some experts in the music industry commented objectively on the songs of the east group and the characteristics of each member. Unlike the usual praise on variety shows, The comments here are very pertinent and also put forward some shortcomings and suggestions. Time has proven that TVXQ has lived up to everyone's expectations. They returned with their fourth Korean album in 2008, and they have completed a new leap in music. Back to the discussion of recognizability, let’s talk about Junsu. Most fans know that he went through a voice-changing period for about 3 years before his debut. This is a combination of good and bad times. Junsu now has such a unique voice because of this, called People are deeply impressed when they hear it. (Take the girl group as an example. Kim Taeyeon, the leader of Girls’ Generation, has good singing skills and strong high notes. She is the number one vocalist of SNSD. However, she has one shortcoming: her voice recognition is poor, while Jessica’s voice in the same team is more distinctive. Another Park Bom of the powerful girl group 2NE1 has a very recognizable voice and is very attractive, but her live singing is a bit unstable, maybe because Bom uses his breath to sing, and this method of vocalization is not easy to control)

I am very proud that in terms of music, there are no members in the East Group who are so obsessed with soy sauce. Everyone has their own strengths: high notes - 5 people can do it. To elaborate: Changmin’s great thing is that he can Singing high notes with a real voice, Changmin's high notes in "Rising Sun" were very shocking; 2J's high notes are also very good, such as the high notes in "Tonight", the handsome high notes in "Love In The Ice"; Yoochun's voice It's relatively thick, but the high notes he hits should be of the thin and high type. Bass - 5 people can do it, usually 2U is responsible. Alto - each has its own characteristics (everyone has their own preferences for radish and cabbage~). Rap——2U, I like Yunho’s rap better. And I think: Junxiu is the best at transposition (see "Bolero"); vibrato, Jaejoong is the best at it, especially the allegro vibrato (see "Evergreen", "Darkness Eyes"); portamento, Mihua Duo , because it is best to learn glide with front nasal sounds; the low pharyngeal sound in falsetto is best done by Zhong (see "Whatever They Say"); Junxiu is best at swapping true and false sounds, with almost no sense of abruptness .

TVXQ’s music style is also quite varied, and it’s difficult to summarize it in one sentence.

★Songs with Acappella acapella characteristics: "My little princess", "Always There...", "Whatever They Say", etc.;

★Songs with R&B tunes: "Tonight" ""On&On", "Remember", "Your LOVE Is All I Need", etc.;

★Songs with Jazz charm: "Hey! Girl", "Beautiful you", "My Destiny", etc.;

★Songs with classic characteristics of S.M.Entertainment SMP: "Rising Sun", "O-positive.Anti.Head", "Tri-Angle", etc.;

★Songs with rock style: "Phantom" "Maze", "Wild Soul", etc.;

★The fourth Korean album of Dongtuan moved me. They challenged themselves and made new breakthroughs:

"Mirotic" "This song is a dance track of reverse beat. The superb melody and addictive chorus leave a deep impression on people;

"Wrong Number" is a song that can feel the refined groove. , its biggest feature is a strong and aggressive singing voice full of masculine beauty;

"Picture of You" is a pop ballad that is a perfect fusion of emotional melody and appealing voice;< /p>

"Crazy Love" is a song that combines electronic music beats with string melody;

"HEY! (Don't bring me down)" is a song with strong and powerful An SMP genre song with drum accompaniment and beat box as the main theme;

"You're My Melody" has an Urban/R&B style song;

"Rainbow" is a sour jazz song genre song, with a sweet melody flowing on top of its brisk house beat;

"Paradise" is a song that blends Pop and Indian folk songs with a unique feel, and is in harmony with the inaccessible Indian tradition The melody of the musical instrument Sitar makes the dreamy feeling of the song even stronger;

"Are you A Good Girl?" is a high-spirited Electro Miami beat style dance song that combines drum beats and simple melody ;

In the entire song "Flower lady", electric guitar, drums, percussion, etc. form the main melody, completing the soft Groove;

The song "Forgotten Season" is in the middle The solo cover song uses concise R&B beats and elegant electronic keyboard as accompaniment, emphasizing the popular trend in the music industry while fully embodying the sweet style of the original song.

Whether a group is popular or not is positively related to whether it is strong or not, but not directly proportional. (Tianzhang Zhixi, SeeYa, etc. are all examples of strong but not popular) If you have to compare the level of the singing skills of the East Group, it is really hard to say, but the praise of "good singing skills" is well-deserved, and The strength of Dongtuan is also consistent with its reputation. (Of course, this singing skill cannot be compared with senior singers. Take this year’s hit variety show as an example. Korean people like "I Am a Singer" far better than "Immortal 2", although all the people participating in "Immortal 2" are Leaders of the younger generation, such as Sistar's Hyorin, IU, SuJu's Yesung, 2AM's Changmin... But compared with the contestants of "I Am a Singer", they still lack a lot of years of experience. Baek Ji-young, In Soon Yi, Yoon Do-hyun, Kim Beom-soo, and Kim Moo-mo, who is not a real singer and a great god in the hearts of Korean people? So after the first episode of "I Am a Singer", many classic songs once again aroused the public's enthusiasm, causing the music charts to be often replaced. The phenomenon of chart-washing. )

As for Dong Tuan, other fans often criticize them for not having released Korean "magic songs". My senior sister once said that "Mirotic", the main song of the fourth album, is a divine song, but I think it's not even close.

What is Divine Comedy? It means whoever sings has a big hair style. People are famous because of their songs, not because of their songs. Korean songs are often rhythmic, with repetitive and catchy lyrics, such as "Nobody" by Wonder Girls, "Gee" by Girls' Generation, and "Sorry Sorry" by Super Junior. WG debuted a year and a half ago and became the king of girl groups in 2008 with "Nobody"; SNSD reached its peak in 2009 with "Gee" and finally got through the more difficult 2008; SuJu became the king of girl groups with "Sorry Sorry". Ushering in a new high point in your career. From this perspective, the song "Mirotic" itself does not have such a powerful effect. Dongtuan's fourth album is very successful because they have grown up musically, and because they are TVXQ who have already established their dominance. However, there is no need to worry about the issue of "Divine Comedy" in Korean. After all, the Divine Comedy emphasizes more on the value of the song and the value of the lyricist and composer, not the singer. Moreover, the Korean songs in the later period of Dongtuan are relatively difficult, with frequent high-pitched harmonies, which are difficult to control, and the popularity of the songs is naturally not high. Thinking about it this way, the absence of "Divine Comedy" is not a shortcoming.