I decided to try and go for a different genre out of my comfort zone, but realised that I knew more about the art of Urban music rather than music genre's such as Rock and heavy metal. The aim that I set out to achieve was an URBAN magazine that both genders could read and enjoy, therefore I had to research on my chosen genre and how I could create a magazine good enough for male and female audiences.
I used search engines such as google to gather information on what hip hop and R&B music is all about. I found out that under hip hop music the genre is split up into many different segments. Firstly we have New school hip hop. New school hip hop originated in 1983-84 with the early records from Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J. As with the hip hop preceding it, the new school came predominately from New York City and included influences by rock music. It was notable for taunts and boasts about rapping, and socio-political commentary, both delivered in an aggressive, self-assertive style. In image as in songs its artists projected a tough, cool, street b-boy attitude.
Gangsta rap and west coast hip hop is also another element which lays beneath the Urban category. Gangsta rap is a sub genre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths.The genre was established in the mid 1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice T, and was popularised in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. Ice-T released "6 in the Mornin'", which is often regarded as the first gangsta rap song, in 1986. After the national attention that Ice-T and N.W.A created in the late 1980s and early 1990s, gangsta rap became the most commercially lucrative sub genre of hip hop. The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy. Criticism has come from both left wing and right wing commentators, and religious leaders. Gangsta rappers often defend themselves by saying that they are describing the reality of inner-city life, and that they are only adopting a character, like an actor playing a role, which behaves in ways that they may not necessarily endorse.
World Hip Hop is basically hip hop music which has spread all around the country from Haiti which was established in the late 1980's all the way to Bosnian Hip Hop. My Magazine is going to mainly be on Urban Hip Hop music based around the UK and USA. New York City experienced a heavy Jamaican hip hop influence during the 1990s. This influence was brought on by cultural shifts particularly because of the heightened immigration of Jamaicans to New York City and the American-born Jamaican youth who were coming of age during the 1990s. In Europe, Africa, and Asia, hip hop began to move from the underground to mainstream audiences. In Europe, hip hop was the domain of both ethnic nationals and immigrants. British hip hop, for example, became a genre of its own and spawned many artists such as Wiley, Dizzee Rascal, The Streets and many more. This is more of the type of music and artists which would be included in my music magazine.
http://www.hiphopmusicdotcom.com/
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