Today, rock and rap can be thought of as quite different. When someone begins to describe what kind of music they like, they’ll say, “I like rock, rap…” Hardly ever are they considered siblings, or ...
No one believes that country music legend Johnny Cash shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. When Cash in 1968 released “Folsom Prison Blues,” a ballad about shooting and killing a man for no ...
It has been observed that some people of the Hip-Hop generation could use and/or be more responsible father figures. However, that’s not to say that there aren’t many men in that demographic who take ...
The post The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of Rap-Rock Crossovers in 10 Songs appeared first on Consequence. Rock music and hip-hop were never quite opposites. Hip-hop emerged through the use of ...
Rap began as a group endeavor. It was born in the melting pot that is New York City and was nurtured by friends who formed crews to spit to the tune of their favorite beats. Decades later, that’s no ...
Todd Boyd started writing his new book, “Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World,” about three years ago, though in many ways, it’s been underway for decades. “I’ve been telling that in many ways, ...
Funk allowed Black musicians and their audiences to shapeshift and speak truth to power—even while speaking in tongues. But as Stanley Nelson and Nicole London’s documentary WE WANT THE FUNK! reveals, ...
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