First of all, I want to talk about pop music. Pop music's style is changing through time but the definition of it remains the same. People have different flavors as the time period changes. One single song can combine lots of styles and mix them together. For example, the song Fade and Faded have more than 10 versions, DJs from all over the world did their own remix for the song, even fans make great remix for the song as well. Alan Walker, the author himself reaches the top of EDM because of these two songs. Remix is one way to mix a song, sometimes, people will just put different styles into the song. Take No pressure from Justin Bieber as an example. This song comes from his album Purpose, and it is mainly R&B style. The content is about love and relationship. But Justin Bieber decides to add a section of rap. He invites Big Sean to corporate and rap for him. Rap was considered as a type of underground music for a long time, and lots of people have stereotype about rap. They think rap is all dirty words and only complains about life. In this song, Big Sean uses rap to express the feeling in a deeper level and it gives people a surprise.
Billboard is a very important thing we need to talk about. It is a list that updating weekly to show what are the top popular songs around the world. It is the most influential music list for a long time and it is a glory to be a song on this list. This list is based on the quality and popularity of the songs, and we can tell how people's flavor changes over time. The Beatles used to be the top, but right now, Gucci Mane is on the top for the newest list. People's attitude toward different types of music is changing all the time and Billboard is a reflection of it. Most of the songs I talked about this time was on the list, and some of them got No.1 on this list.
Rap is another thing I focused on. Rap came from underground black people in New York City, and they came up with blues as well. But this doesn't mean rap only belongs to black people and it can only be negative about life. There are many aspects of rap today that should be respected and praised. There are some famous rappers I mentioned last post, and the one I want to focus the most is Eminem. Eminem is one of the most famous rapper all over the world, and the most special thing about him is that he is a white person, not a black person. There is nothing racist about it, it's just a very classical example that can break people's stereotype. Personally, Eminem is my favorite rapper and I listen to his song for more than 5 years already. I still remember the day that one of my middle school classmate played his song in the classroom, that was the time we first got our smartphones. The first song I listened was love the way you lie, and he feats Rihanna for that song. Like I said before, a rap song has more than just rap, the main part of it is rap, but it include other elements of pop music as well. Of course, this song became one of the most popular song even until today.It has more than 5 Grammy nominations and it wonBillboard 2011 Top Rap Song, 2010 Best Hip Hop song.
Another song from Eminem, called I need a doctor is another perfect example. In this song, Eminem express his mental support and appreciation to his mentor, Dr,Dre. Even though he used some dirty word, but these won't affect his emotion and the theme of this song. These dirty words, with Skylar Grey's feat, made this song perfect. People can easily understand the content and the spirit of this song. From this we can see that, rap is not just for complaining about life, it can give people positive powers and encourage them to face and beat the difficulties in their life. Eminem was not successful until Dr.Dre gives him the chance, and he had a terrible grow-up experience as well. But he didn't give up and he use his talent plus his effort to produce best hip hop songs in this world.
The last example I will give is a song from the singer I talked before, Big Sean. The song is called One man can change the world. In this song, Big Sean talked about his own view of life and he used his experience and his grandma's experience to encourage people to fight against everything that stop them to achieve what they want. This song is full of gratefulness and positive attitude towards life. Big Sean realizes the truth and he shared with the fans, and this is truly powerful. I'm deeply moved by this song, I never listened to a hip hop song that is so quiet but strong. Love, gratefulness, respect,if you get these, you gonna be successful, it is just a matter of time.
All in All, the main thing I focused this time is about the combination of different type of pop music in a single song and how rap music, or hip hop music developed and people's view about it. I want to correct some stereotype about hip hop music, I hope more and more people will enjoy them and understand what the singers want to express in the song instead of just focusing on the dirty words, because those dirty words are not the points. Popular music is developing super fast and I wish there will be more and more great songs being produced in the future. I will talk about country next time.
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Billboard is a very important thing we need to talk about. It is a list that updating weekly to show what are the top popular songs around the world. It is the most influential music list for a long time and it is a glory to be a song on this list. This list is based on the quality and popularity of the songs, and we can tell how people's flavor changes over time. The Beatles used to be the top, but right now, Gucci Mane is on the top for the newest list. People's attitude toward different types of music is changing all the time and Billboard is a reflection of it. Most of the songs I talked about this time was on the list, and some of them got No.1 on this list.
Rap is another thing I focused on. Rap came from underground black people in New York City, and they came up with blues as well. But this doesn't mean rap only belongs to black people and it can only be negative about life. There are many aspects of rap today that should be respected and praised. There are some famous rappers I mentioned last post, and the one I want to focus the most is Eminem. Eminem is one of the most famous rapper all over the world, and the most special thing about him is that he is a white person, not a black person. There is nothing racist about it, it's just a very classical example that can break people's stereotype. Personally, Eminem is my favorite rapper and I listen to his song for more than 5 years already. I still remember the day that one of my middle school classmate played his song in the classroom, that was the time we first got our smartphones. The first song I listened was love the way you lie, and he feats Rihanna for that song. Like I said before, a rap song has more than just rap, the main part of it is rap, but it include other elements of pop music as well. Of course, this song became one of the most popular song even until today.It has more than 5 Grammy nominations and it wonBillboard 2011 Top Rap Song, 2010 Best Hip Hop song.
All in All, the main thing I focused this time is about the combination of different type of pop music in a single song and how rap music, or hip hop music developed and people's view about it. I want to correct some stereotype about hip hop music, I hope more and more people will enjoy them and understand what the singers want to express in the song instead of just focusing on the dirty words, because those dirty words are not the points. Popular music is developing super fast and I wish there will be more and more great songs being produced in the future. I will talk about country next time.
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