Music Genre > Playlist “Jazz Rap” is a sub-genre of hip hop which incorporates jazz influences, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentricity, and general positivism. Allmusic writes that the genre “was an attempt to fuse African-American music of the past with a newly dominant …
Category Archive: Genre of the Week (2011)
May
29
2011
May
22
2011
Genre of the Week (21) “Latin Alternative”
Music Genre > Playlist “Latin Alternative” or Alterlatino, is the brand of latin music produced by combining genres like alternative rock, electronica, metal, New Wave, pop rock, punk rock, reggae, heavy metal or ska with traditional Latin American sounds. Because these genres are generally considered to fall under the broad Rock en Español or Latin …
May
15
2011
Genre of the Week (20) “Christian Hip Hop”
Music Genre > Playlist “Christian Hip Hop” (originally Gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, Gospel hip hop, or holy hip hop) is hip hop music characterized by a Christian worldview, with the general purposes of evangelization (Christian mission work), edifying members of the church, and entertaining with respect to both of those aims. History …
May
08
2011
Genre of the Week (19) “Country Rap”
Music Genre > Playlist “Country Rap”, also known as hick hop, hill hop or hip hopry, is a subgenre of popular music blending country music with hip hop music-style rapping. The genre has been identified as a genre for about twenty years. Artists noted for practising this genre include Boondox, Bubba Sparxxx, Cowboy Troy, Nappy …
May
01
2011
Genre of the Week (18) “Soca”
Music Genre > Playlist “Soca” is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago. The best-known soca song is possibly “(Feelin’) Hot Hot Hot”, a 1982 soca song by Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell). The original version became an international dancefloor hit and was later covered by artists around the world, including David Johansen, who created a …
Apr
17
2011
Genre of the Week (16) “Breakcore”
Music Genre > Playlist “Breakcore” is a style of electronic dance music largely influenced by hardcore techno, drum and bass and industrial music that is characterized by its use of heavy kick drums, breaks and a wide palette of sampling sources, played at high tempos. Characteristics Breakcore is hard to accurately describe as musicians and …
Apr
10
2011
Genre of the Week (15) “Tejano”
Music Genre > Playlist “Tejano” music or Tex-Mex music (Texan-Mexican music) is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas. In recent years, artists such as Selena, often referred to as “The Queen of Tejano”, La Mafia, Jay Perez, Mazz, and Jennifer …
Apr
03
2011
Genre of the Week (14) “Bebop”
Music Genre > Playlist “Bebop” or bop is a style of jazz characterized by fast tempo, instrumental virtuosity and improvisation based on the combination of harmonic structure and melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians’ argot some time during the first two years of American involvement in the …
Mar
27
2011
Genre of the Week (13) “Fusion Music”
Music Genre > Playlist “Fusion Music” is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm and sometimes the use of long musical “journeys” that can be divided …
Mar
20
2011
Genre of the Week (12) “Tango”
Music Genre > Playlist “Tango” is a style of syncopated ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the “Rioplatenses”). It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons. Earlier forms …
Mar
13
2011
Genre of the Week (11) “Boogie-Woggie”
Music Genre > Playlist “Boogie-woogie” is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, but originated much earlier, and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music, and even gospel. Whilst the blues traditionally depicts a variety of …
Mar
06
2011
Genre of the Week (10) “Gangsta Rap”
Music Genres > Playlist “Gangsta Rap” is a subgenre of hip hop music that purports to reflect the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of …
Feb
27
2011
Genre of the Week (9) “Latin Pop”
Music Genre > Playlist “Latin pop” (Pop Latino, in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, Pop Latine in French) generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence. Geographically, it could refer to pop music from Latin America or sung by Latin Americans, generally regarded as Hispanics in the United States. …
Feb
20
2011
Genre of the Week (8) “Persian Classical Music”
Music Genre > Playlists “Persian Classical Music” (also known as Persian/Iranian classical music) is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran: moosiqi, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983). Origins Archeological evidence reveals musical instruments that were used in Iran during the Elamite era around 800BCE. …
Feb
13
2011
Genre of the Week (7) “Pibroch”
Music Genre > Playlist “Pibroch”, Ceòl Mór or Piobaireachd is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. It is currently performed principally on the Great Highland Bagpipe. and is also increasingly played on the Scottish fiddle and the …
Feb
06
2011
Genre of the Week (6) “Argentine Rock”
Music Genre > Playlist “Argentine Rock” (locally Rock Nacional), is composed or made by Argentine bands or artists, in the Spanish language. For nearly half a century it has been a major popular genre, and it is considered part of the popular music tradition of Argentina alongside Argentine Tango, and Argentine folk music. The moment …
Jan
30
2011
Genre of the Week (5) “Cuban Jazz”
Music Genre > Playlist “Cuban Jazz” is a type of Latin jazz, played at first in Cuba, then in New Orleans, and later still in New York and Puerto Rico. The history of jazz in Cuba was hidden for many years by the unwillingness of record companies to make recordings available. However, in recent years, …
Jan
23
2011
Genre of the Week (4) “Hip House”
Music Genre > Playlist “Hip House”, also known as house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip-hop. The style rose to prominence during the 1980s in New York and Chicago. However, in the UK, the first officially credited hip house track was 1987′s Rok Da House by UK producers …
Jan
16
2011
Genre of the Week (3) “Contemporary R&B”
Music Genre > Playlist “Contemporary R&B” (also known as simply R&B) is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B, pop and funk. Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after …
Jan
09
2011
Genre of the Week (2) “Rap Rock”
Music Genre > Playlist “Rap Rock” is a cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with various forms of rock. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively. Characteristics Rap rock is varied in sound, with performers incorporating influences from various …
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