Rock music

Rock music was officially produced in the mid-1950s, but the term appeared in the early 1950s. In 1951, Cleveland radio disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" from a rhythm and blues song, "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll." Divided into heavy metal, alternative metal, indie rock, industrial metal, post-garage, progressive metal, black metal, gothic metal, punk, blues rock, anarchist punk, British rock, Celtic rock, glam rock, revival punk, Mountain rock.

Metal music

Mainly appeals to evil, pagan worship and Satanic thoughts. It is usually classified as black metal when the lyrics contain anti-Christ and anti-religious tendencies. In addition to traditional In addition to heavy metal fixed instruments, other instruments such as piano, violin, or opera soprano are often used to create a weird and scary atmosphere in the songs. "Black metal" is most represented by heavy metal groups from Northern Europe.

Jazz

In less than a century, the distinctly American music called jazz evolved from an obscure, folk-based music to a state-of-the-art music. The most significant kind of art produced. Today it is listened to and played in almost every corner of the world, and jazz flourishes in many forms, from roots blues and ragtime through New Orleans to Dixieland, swing, and mainstream jazz. , bebop, modern jazz to free jazz and electronic jazz.

Electronic music

In a broad sense, the term electronic music can refer to many types of music, because the use of electronic instruments has become more and more common, and many people in the late 1980s The dance music is all electronic. However, generally, electronic music refers to the unique sounds that artists explored through electronic equipment when it first took shape, as well as the works created by later generations that inherit these pioneers. Avant-garde composers have long been fascinated by using advanced technological means to create unprecedented electronic sounds.

Dance music

Instrumental or vocal music written according to dance rhythm. There are many types due to different eras, national characteristics, functions, and uses. Generally, dance music has a distinctive rhythm. Many dance music (especially folk dance music) also requires certain special instruments or singing methods to be played and sung. In dance music, a certain typical rhythm pattern runs throughout. This typical rhythm is the most important symbol that distinguishes various dance music.

Country music

This name appeared in the United States in the 1920s, and it has a wide origin. The content of the songs at that time included, in addition to expressing working life, aversion to the lonely wandering life, yearning for a warm and peaceful home, singing about sweet love and the pain of lovelorn, etc. The two most important components of country music are string accompaniment (usually a guitar or electric guitar, often with a Hawaiian guitar and fiddle) and the singer's voice. Country music abandoned the "electronic" sounds (effects) that were widely used in pop music. Most importantly, the singer's voice is the hallmark of country music (folk voice).

RAP is an important part of African American music, the main tone of street culture, and a piece of "black chocolate" in world pop music. This article attempts to introduce several popular American RAP singers/groups so that fans can understand the background information of these people and find their favorite RAP stars.

lt;!--Content End--gt;First of all, let’s briefly introduce the origin and development process of Rap music. In the mid-1970s, disco, break dancing, graffiti art, and rap music became popular among black and Hispanic youth in the outer boroughs of New York City.

Teenagers on the block who couldn't afford to go to trendy clubs were tired of disco music, so they played heavier black funk pop music, repeating the same records (such as BROWN JAMES' "Dance Me Up") over and over again. (Get on the Good Foot)] to create their own remixes of music to encourage dancers to perform more creative moves, and the dance soon became known as sleaze dancing.

When the host added rap to the music (which started with reciting some impromptu street poetry in the language popular in the 1960s), the music began to become rap. After that, "Grand Wizard Theoder" became more innovative. He invented the "scratching method", which is to turn the record by hand to move the needle back and forth to obtain a repetitive and distinctive rhythm. musical effect. Another DJ, Grandmaster Flash, uses a metronome that he listens to in conjunction with edited record clips. A street subculture emerged, whose members (known as "beat kids") wore uniforms, connected speakers to streetlight circuits to receive free electricity, and created music based on other people's works or their own imagination. A similar music form is called hip hop, and Lovebug Starsky used the lyrics "To the hiP, hop, hippy hop". "Rapper's Delight" (Rapper's Delight), released in 1979 by the Bronx band Sugar Hill Gang on the Sugar Hill label, became a strange chart-topping song. This new black underground music combines fast-speaking pop phrases with melodies and strong rhythms. Its roots can be traced back to radio pop music broadcasts. At these festivals, DJs play a pivotal role. It was they who made urban rhythm and blues popular over the airwaves. When they introduce records or songs, they often use some rhyming slang, witty remarks and very fast speed. This style of language is an ode to show off, praise for black Africans, and the style of crazy, rapid-fire, comical songs often sung through the traditional spoken language of black Americans. "The Breaks" released by Mercury in 1980 was also a novel song, as well as some other new music. In 1982, BAMBAATAA (AFRIKA) and his "Soul Sonic Force" band successfully carried out the most daring revolution in the history of rap music, bringing "power generation" to the world. "Trans Europe Express" by the band "KRAFTWERK" was transformed into a rap song called "Planet Rock". Working with producer Arthur Baker and the rap group Soul Sonic Force, Bambaataa recorded a record that blended club styles, intense electronic beats, European music and A new rap music called "DJ Pop" came into being.