Thursday, March 4, 2010

Wiki Brainstorm

Here's the list of the musical categories that we brainstormed in class:

Vaudeville
Rock/subgenres (Yapei)
Pop
Hip-hop
Jazz
R&B
Classical
Musical Theater
Spoken Word
Folk/Acoustic (Ashley)
Bollywood
Traditional (Sarah)
Religious
Soca (Nureya)
Reggae (Kelsey)
Bhangra

Let's figure out who wants to cover which musical category for the rest of the term.

1 comment:

  1. ASIAN AMERICAN HIP HOP
    Discuss Asian Americans in genre overall
    Make note that many artists can be placed in more than one category
    Like in other genres Asian American hip hop artist have not received a lot of mainstream success. This is also a male dominated genre.
    MCs
    Discuss struggles and up and coming artists
    With the exception of Jin the majority of Asian American MCs remain underground or behind the scenes. Very few have mainstream success.
    Jin
    Mila J
    Bambu
    Jamez
    Kero One
    Lyrics Born
    Dumbfoundead
    Far East Movement
    Producers
    It appears as though Asian Americans are finding more success in behind the scene work as producers rather than MCs which receive more media attention.
    Chops
    Illmind
    DJs
    DJ Qbert
    Groups
    Dame Four
    Mountain Brother
    Native Guns
    Far East Movement
    Asiatic Apostles
    Yellow Peril
    Seoul Brothers
    Websites
    http://www.aznraps.com/

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