Since the beginning of civilization, mankind has been creating music. Of course back then, it was either random patterns of beating on a drum, or some chants done at a ceremonial ritual. Whether on purpose or not, it is still music and does have relationship with what people listen to today. Today, however, people are more interested in the beats produced and the genre of music that intrigues them.
Even though music has progressed over the thousands of years, America made music its own as soon as it arrived. The reasons are many but can be summed up in one sentence. American Music intertwines with aspects of American social and cultural identity, including through social class, race and ethnicity, geography, religion, language, gender and sexuality. Musical meaning from the United States has mostly come from one main source; however, the relationship between music and race. The African American identity has been a constant theme in this music as well, and has become an integral part of American popular music through blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, soul, and hip hop. This has since then been incorporated into America by all races of people.
Now in the twenty first century, people listen to all sorts of music with the most popular being hip hop, rap, R&B, and rock and roll. The popularity of these genres depends solely on the interest of the population. For example, I am a fan of hip hop and rap so I like songs that have a good beat and have a meaning that I can identify with. This is only one example so there might be other reasons for the liking of a specific genre of music. So please, give me your reasons for liking the music you like. Don’t be shy, contribute to the blog. Please...
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