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1
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Mass entertainment types in 19th century

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the circus, vaudeville, minstrel

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How did WC Handy compose ST Louis Blues

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After hearing the blues being sung by by someone in a train station

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Bessie Smith

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star singer of race records

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What happened to European art music in the 19th century

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symphonic music became more complex, tonality is broken up, reconfigured, abandoned

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5
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What did the invention of the microphone allow for

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crooning

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6
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S Wonderful by Frank Sinatra is an example of

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Tin Pan alley song

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When did the radio become famous

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1920’s-record industry suffered

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The swing era

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playing more syncopated songs for dancing, was the “psychological rescue” from the great depression

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Key features of Swing- Boogie Woogie

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rhythmic, using left hand walking bass, 12 bar blues

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hillbilly music

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Earliest form of country (blue yodel)

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Rural blues

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Piedmont, texas, delta- Robert Johnson (delta) “crossroad blues”

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Musicians strike of 1942-44

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union musicians not allowed to record (protest against low royalty payments)

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Post war changes to race records and hillbilly

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race records= R and B

hillbilly = country and western

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14
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What year did rock and roll emerge?

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1955

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15
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First movie to feature rock and roll

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Blackboard Jungle

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16
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“Rock around the clock”

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Tin pan alley, was in Blackboard jungle, was controversial

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Sun Records

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Sam Phillips- recorded R and B artists and country, wanted to merge the two- Elvis Presley

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18
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Elvis Presley first song

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Thats alright mama

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19
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What is a crossover?

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When a song goes on more than one billboard

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20
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How were the most famous rock and roll songs released?

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As independent labels

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21
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Jerry lee Lewis

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Sun records- rockabilly style

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22
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“tutti frutti” by little richard

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first hit single for little Richard, 12 bar blues, suggestive of sex

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23
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Why was rock and roll considered a threat?

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people thought it would weaken the west, had a bad influence on teens

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24
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“maybellene” by Chuck Berry

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His first big hit, merges R&B with country, 12 bar blues, cover song?

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“Peggy sue” by Buddy Holly

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only famous for short time, 12 bar blues, hiccup vocal

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26
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When was the death of rock and roll

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1959

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27
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Classic jazz

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Traditional and swing

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28
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modern jazz

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bebop and other versions

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29
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Swing jazz key componants

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music for dancing and entertainment

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30
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bebop jazz key componants

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music for listening/ art music

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31
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How did bebop develop

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from after hour jam sessions

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32
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Charlie Parker

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Co founder of bebop, was a saxophonist who came from swing bands

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33
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“Koko” by Charlie parker

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32 bar blues, based on swing called “Cherokee”

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Dizzy gillespie

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co founder of bebop, trumpet, wanted to bring bebop back to entertainment

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35
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“Manteca” by Dizzy Gillespie

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example of latin jazz

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36
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Thelonious Monk

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pianist and modern jazz composer, co founder of bebop

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37
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What is the main modern jazz composition

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32 bar form

38
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Cool jazz

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relaxed, complex (like bebop)

39
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Who developed cool jazz?

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Miles Davis

40
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Hard bop/ soul jazz

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blended soul and gospel, attempt to make jazz danceable again (against bebop and cool jazz)

41
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Modal jazz (miles Davis again)

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simple chord progression = more freedom for improv, abandons conventional harmony

42
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Avant Garde Jazz

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No AABA form, abandons normal structure

43
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Beatles start

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copied the great rock and rollers, working class boys,

44
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The Beatles first era

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couldn’t hear the music in concert, lots of touring and performing

45
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Beatles second era

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began to represent counter culture, no more live performances, only studio recordings

46
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rock counterculture

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values and norms differ from mainstream society

47
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Bob dylan

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Started as protest folk singer, then switched to rock, represented the counter culture

48
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“Like a rolling stone” Bob Dylan

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example of folk rock using electric instruments, became anthem of the counterculture

49
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Bands that came to the US after the Beatles

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Dave Clark Five, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who

50
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The Rolling Stones

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middle class, were marketed as raunchy, kept rock simple

51
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Break through hit for the stones

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I can’t get no satisfaction, rock song with guitar riff

52
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The Beach Boys

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California, sophisticated harmonies, competed with Beatles

53
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Key feature of “God Only Knows”

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Ambiguous tonality

54
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Psychedelic Rock

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drugs and counterculture, experiments with music

55
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Example of psychedelic rock and inspiration

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“white rabbit” Jefferson airplane, inspired by miles Davis modal jazz and Spanish rhythms

56
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The Who

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Part of the second British Invasion, famous for destroying instruments

57
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Intertxtuality/ code switching

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alternating between to languages,

58
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What was music like by the end of the 1960’s?

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rock was art music, albums became dominant, long songs instead of short, Rock concerts became tribal gatherings

59
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Late 60’s rock

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marketed to young whites, large festivals

60
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Late 60’s jazz

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marketed to affluent whites (art music), started to decrease in popularity

61
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Late 60’s R&B

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Marketed to blacks

62
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Late 60’s country

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marketed to rural whites

63
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1960’s Af Am Art

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Free (Avant garde) jazz- abandons normal structure, not very popular in the 60’s

64
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1960’S AF AM entertainment

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Soul music- combined blues, gospel and jazz

65
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James Brown

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popular soul singer for black audiences in the late 60’s

66
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Sly and the family stone- type of music

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soul merged with rock = funk

67
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Miles Davis

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explored avant garde jazz, then merged jazz and rock = fusion jazz

68
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Fusion Jazz

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mix of jazz and rock, rejects tin pan alley standards- “Bitches Brew” Miles Davis

69
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Listening example for Funk

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Superstition, appealed to both black and whites

70
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Progressive rock (early 1970’s)

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art rock for middle class youth, greater virtuosity

71
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What happened in the late 70’s?

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Music went from complex back to simple (dance music)

72
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Beginning of disco

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started as independent labels, dance music of cultural outsiders (gays, blacks)

73
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The disco craze

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marketed to mainstream audiences by large labels (Saturday night fever)

74
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1970’s rock- art

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Hard rock and progressive rock

75
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1970’s rock- entertainment

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Punk rock and new wave- high energy, simpler forms

76
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The sex pistols

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UK funk revolt

77
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Punk

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Fast tempo, loud, simple, short songs

78
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What did the Naughty Women do (late 70’s)

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combined glam rock with punk rock = glam punk

79
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Bob Marley

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Raggae- fighting racism

80
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First music video broadcast by MTV

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Video killed the radio star

81
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Michael Jackson

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king of cross over (and pop), helped integrate MTV

82
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Rap

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vocal style focused on spoken lyrics

83
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Hip Hop

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expressive form featuring rap, dancing, ghetto

84
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The break (hip hop)

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playing the most dancable part of the record

85
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First rap song to go mainstream

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Rapper’s Delight by the Sugarhill gang

86
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“The message” by Grandmaster flash

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first rap hit to address urban realities

87
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Crossover in hip hop

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“walk this way” with Run DMC and Aerosmith

88
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Late 80’s/90’s rap

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social message of rap intensifies, East coast vs west coast rivalry

89
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Grunge

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Nirvana- part of alternative rock movement, punk + alternative rock

90
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Radiohead

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British art rock in 90’s

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