Black Music Appreciation Month Further Proves That American Culture Is Black Culture
In the late ’70s, a group of DJs in The Bronx pioneered new techniques that allowed them to use two turntables to extend the popular instrumental break sections of funk and disco records to keep the crowds dancing at their parties. The techniques of these DJs became so captivating to the audiences that people started watching them and forgot to dance. And so the DJs, and later separate masters of ceremonies, would get on the microphone during these parties and use rhymes and catchphrases to hype up the crowd.
These rhymes soon evolved into full-fledged rap verses, and the records into samples and original tracks, giving birth to a new genre of music dubbed hip-hop. Over the last 45 or so years, hip-hop has taken on various regional flavors and sub-genres — west coast, southern, gangsta, backpack, trap music — and spread to every region of the world. The musical influences of hip-hop beats have been incorporated into other genres such as R&B and rock. And as the most lyric-heavy of all genres, rap has been used to address every topic imaginable.
Together, these musical genres, born of the creativity, pain and aspirations of the Black American experience, have been definitive features of this country and huge influences on cultures around the world. With Black artists and historically African American genres more ensconced in popular culture than ever, Black Music Appreciation Month is a good time to recognize the breadth and depth of Black music in American history and the world today.
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