Different Types of Music

In America, there are many different types of people who prefer many different types of music. Two of the most popular types of music among teenagers today are hip hop and alternative. In this paper, I will demonstrate that differences between the two types of music already mentioned.

The first type of music mentioned is hip-hop music. Hip-hop was developed in the early 70's in New York City. Afika Bambaataa, the "Godfather of the Hip-Hop culture", helped create the music. He started it by Djing in the early 60's mixing all types of music's. The DJ's and MC's, masters of ceremonies, would get the crowd hype by mixing all types of music and using the words from the songs.(Light, pg.8) Hip-hop is more then just a type of music; it is also a culture and a type of ghetto youth that claimed their own self-expression. There four elements to hip-hop that consist of dancing, djing, rapping, and graffiti. Every element has its own history inside the hip-hop culture.

The next type of music talked about is call Alternative music. The first alternative music was made in the early 60's by groups like MC5 and the Silver Apples. Then, other bands started to make the same type of music such as David Bowie, T-Rex, and Television and the New York Dolls. All of these groups became stepping stools for

future bands. Even though the music began in the late 60's, this genre did not really start to get popular and well known until the early 80's. That was the time that alternative music began being played on the radio, and more into the eighties, the bands started to appear on TV. The phrase Alternative music actually describes the part from barrage of pop and hair metal to find a new direction of more focused and honest rock. It includes many subcategories such as grunge, hard rock, rock, experimental rock, progressive rock, college rock, gothic rock, heavy metal, punk rock, power pop, hardcore punk, and new wave. By the year of 1991, alternative was part of the mainstream, thanks to Nirvana. There are many people today who do not like the term alternative because it is everywhere now. Music that did not really have a genre is put under alternative, and now the term is sometimes used to describe popular music. As long as the record labels and musician continue to make honest and artful music, alternative will continue to grow.

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