Paige

=__Welcome to my music page __=


 Welcome to my wikispace on ethomusicology, the study of music. Below I have a display of three songs, one old, one new, one foreign, and their descriptions. I chose to put up these songs because they relate to African American music. I will also explain what the song and African music have in common, such as the rhythm, the notes the the artist sing and beat.

Old School
media type="file" key="Rapper's Delight.mp3"

__Video & Lyrics web link__: [|VIDEO]

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__Artists__: Sugar Hill Gang __Song__: "Rapper's Delight" __Album__: Sugar Hill Gang __Released__:1979 __Genre__: Old school hip hop __Description / Connection__: This song relates to African American music being that it’s a hip-hop record. The genre of hip-hop was started in the African American community. Adding on to that reason, it’s an old school hip-hop song. It was released back when hip-hop had just came to be. This song is one of the songs that really, gave hip-hop a start.

media type="file" key="Alexis Y Fido Ft Toby Love - Soy Igual Que Tu.mp3"

__Video & Lyrics web link__: [|VIDEO]

[|LYRICS]

__Artists__: Alexis & Fido __Song__: "Soy Igual Que Tú" __Album__: Sobrenatural __Released__: 2007 __Genre__: Reggaeton __Description / Connection__: Soy Igual Que Tú relates to African American music. I say this because though it's genre is reggaeton, in the song they're rapping in spanish. The skill of rapping started in the african community, as I said before.

**New School**
media type="file" key="Love Lockdown.mp3"

__Video & Lyrics web link__: [|VIDEO]

[|LYRICS]

__Artists__: Kanye West __Song__: "Love Lockdown" Album: //808s & Heartbreak// __Released__: 2008 __Genre__: R&B and Pop

__Description/ Connection__: This song relates to Afircan American music because has qualities that are simliar to African American music. Such as the drums included in the hook. Africans often used hand made drums in their music. Hand made drum are used in "love lockdown", wich can be seen in the video. Also the repetition some lyrics is another simalarity between the two. Kanye even included africans, actors, i coyography of "love lockdown".