“Glory” is a song that is classified under the hip-hop and
soul genres of music. The parts of the song where John Legend sings with the
chorus in the background clearly sound like soul/gospel music, but then Common
comes in and his rapping creates the hip-hop aspect of the piece. This is relevant
to the audience and African American culture, which incorporates both gospel
and hip hop music. Hip hop and R&B music is also popular among American teenagers/young
adults, so the song was created with the intent that its message would reach
wide audiences. The genre choice was significant in that regard; the song had
to be meaningful, catchy, and contemporary.
-Angela Jacob
I like the way you hyperlinked to the history of African American culture. It really added a more informative element to your post. I really liked the way you related the hip hop and gospel music genre to teenagers today. Personally, i enjoy that type of music so related to this post easily.
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This is a really insightful analysis. I didn't think of the fact that they included some of these elements with the intent of appealing to younger audiences today. That makes a lot of sense, and it was clever of you to realize that. This is a really solid analysis, you explored the different parts of the song and the reasonings behind them. My only suggestion is that you could also add hyperlinks to the different music genres (hip-hop and soul), just so someone could read more in-depth about them if they wished. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of describing how Glory fits under Soul and Hip Hop/Rap. I liked how you mentioned the audiences the genres appealed to in particular. I would have just added about how because the song is Hip Hop and reaches teenagers, it is essentially reaching the future generation. Since teenagers are soon to be the "adults," it is important that in order to create change, we start with them.
ReplyDelete-Amrita Mitra