Hip Hop, Identity and Keeping it Real (Trailer)
Hip-hop is more than a music: MCing, DJing, B-Boying and graffiti writing are the four core pillars to the inner-city African-American subculture, and hip-hop music reflects that strong sense of identity. Rappers prize “keeping it real” to their roots, and that includes making use of a new technology - the sampler - to rap over. Here we explore into the links between African-American identity and culture, and to the technological advancements that made their music possible.
A Brief History of Music
Exploring the evolution of western popular music, and the social, cultural and technological contexts it exists within. this podcast aims to study and examine an oft-ignored but very prevalent aspect of music history: popular music. While degraded as ‘low art’, popular music, by definition, passes the test of common approval and thus is a powerful tool for understanding the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time. Join me as I dive into four of the most predominant genres of the 20th century - jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop - and analyse what their successes mean to us.
- No. of episodes: 5
- Latest episode: 2020-11-30
- Music Music History
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